This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

An Otolaryngologist's Perspective

Fernando Burstein, MD; Ralph Metson, MD; Marc F. Colman, MD; Rinaldo F. Canalis, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1984;110(8):543-545.

Abstract
• Kawasaki disease has been recognized for more than 15 years in children, but it is only recently that adult cases have been known to occur. One such case is reported herein. The cases of previously described adult patients are reviewed in depth, emphasizing the otolaryngologic findings. Diagnosis is based on clinical findings with prominent fever, oropharyngeal erythema, dermatitis, and cervical lymphadenopathy. The underlying lesion is a vasculitis and treatment is mainly supportive, although aspirin seems to have some value in the prevention of cardiac complications.

(Arch Otolaryngol 1984;110:543-545)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles (Drs Burstein, Metson, Colman, and Canalis); and the Division of Otolaryngology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif (Drs Colman and Canalis).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 29, 1983.

Reprint requests to the Division of Otolaryngology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Box 6, 1000 W Carson St, Torrance, CA 90509 (Dr Colman).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Adult Kawasaki Disease: Report of Two Cases Treated With Intravenous Gamma Globulin
Jackson et al.
Arch Intern Med 1994;154:1398-1405.
ABSTRACT  

Adult Kawasaki Syndrome
Butler et al.
Arch Dermatol 1987;123:1356-1361.
ABSTRACT