Two Cases of Adult-onset Kawasaki Disease with a Difficult Diagnosis

Intern Med. 2023 Nov 1;62(21):3157-3161. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.1204-22. Epub 2023 Mar 8.

Abstract

We encountered two consecutive cases of adult-onset Kawasaki disease (AKD) that were difficult to diagnose. In both cases, Kawasaki disease was not considered as a differential diagnosis in the early stages. However, it was possible to make a diagnosis by citing the disease as a differential diagnosis and introducing the patients to the pediatrics department. AKD has a minimal incidence rate and may have a clinical course different from that of childhood-onset Kawasaki disease. Therefore, it is necessary to incorporate Kawasaki disease into the differentiation of an adult fever and to consult with a pediatrician for its diagnosis.

Keywords: Kawasaki disease; adult; diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fever / diagnosis
  • Fever / etiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome* / complications
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome* / diagnosis