Beaded Coronary Aneurysm in Kawasaki Disease

I-Hsin Tai; Kai-Sheng Hsieh; Ho-Chang Kuo

doi:10.3390/children9101463

Beaded Coronary Aneurysm in Kawasaki Disease

Children (Basel). 2022 Sep 24;9(10):1463. doi: 10.3390/children9101463.

Authors

I-Hsin Tai^{1

2}, Kai-Sheng Hsieh^{1

2}, Ho-Chang Kuo^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Cardiology, China Medical University Children's Hospital, China Medical University, Yude Road, North District, Taichung City 40447, Taiwan.
² Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Yude Road, North District, Taichung City 40447, Taiwan.
³ Department of Paediatrics and Kawasaki Disease Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.
⁴ College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, #.259, Wenhua 1st Rd., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Respiratory Therapy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.

Abstract

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a febrile systemic vasculitis that mainly affects children aged under five years old. The aneurysm formation of the coronary artery is the most common complication after KD. We report a case with multiple coronary aneurysm formation and a special pattern ofbeaded aneurysm after KD and review the form ofcoronary aneurysms in different diseases.

Keywords: CAA; IVIG; Kawasaki disease; beaded coronary aneurysm; vasculitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

CMRPG8J1151, CORPG8M0091 and CMRPG8L1241/Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital