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Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
Lt Col Richard B. Odom, MC;
Capt Eric G. Olson, MC
Arch Dermatol. 1977;113(3):339-340.
Abstract
• In 1967, Kawasaki reported an acute, febrile, mucocutaneous condition accompanied by swelling of cervical lymph nodes that afflicted infants and young children in Japan. He called the entity mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome. In 1974, the condition was reported in Hawaii, and several cases have been reported subsequently from the continental Unites States and other countries. One percent to two% of patients had died suddenly of cardiac failure. Rickettsia-like bodies have been demonstrated from skin and lymph node biopsy specimens, and the pathologic features suggest a relationship to infantile periarteritis nodosa.
(Arch Dermatol 113:339-340, 1977)
Author Affiliations
USA; USA
From the Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 30, 1976.
The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.
Reprint requests to Technical Publications Editor, Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129
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