Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome in Denver

INFANTILE PERIARTERITIS NODOSA OR MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME A report on four cases and diagnostic considerations

“…In the light of the general experience that coronary aneurysm is a very rare disease in childhood, we find the accumulation of such cases in a small area of Sweden with about 2 million inhabitants exceptional. It is also remarkable that so few reports have appeared from other parts of the world since the original report of Kawasaki ( 3 , 10,17,19,23). This may partly be due to ignorance of the disease and the uncharacteristic and obscure symptoms.…”

The mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome: a critical re-examination

“…Several cases of reported Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (John, De Benedetti & Zee, 1976;Bergeson & Schoenike, 1977), leptospirosis (Humphry, Sanders & Stadius, 1977;Wong et al, 1977;Bergeson, Serlin & Corman, 1978), viral exanthems (Brown et al,, 1976;John et al,, 1976;Siegel & Wenner, 1976;Miriovsky & Downing, 1978), infectious mononucleosis (Lyen & Brook, 1978;Lee & Vaughan, 1979) and primary EBV infection (Barbour et al, 1979) may also mimic MCLS. In many patients, the illness has presented like bacterial cervical lymphadenitis (Lauer et al,, 1976;Gross & Cham-berlain, 1977;Strauss, 1977). In addition to periarteritis nodosa, several investigators have considered other collagen vascular disorders, particularly juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus (Russell, Zaragoza & Shea, 1975;Robinson & Adler, 1976).…”