Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome; disease of children that may involve more serious phenomena such as cardiac disease.
Systemic vasculitis of childhood characterised by fever, changes in the extremities culminating in desquamation, red eyes and cervical lymphadenopathy. May lead to the development of coronary arterial aneurysms at a later date.
an acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever; of unknown cause
A childhood disease causing fever, rash, skin peeling, swollen lymph nodes, and possibly complications of the heart and brain.
the most common form of vasculitis that primary affects children. The disease produces irritation and inflammation of many tissues of the body, including the hands, feet, whites of the eyes, mouth, lips, and throat.
Kawasaki disease, also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, mucocutaneous lymph node disease, infantile polyarteritis and Kawasaki syndrome, is a poorly understood self-limited vasculitis that affects many organs, including the skin and mucous membranes, lymph nodes, blood vessel walls, and the heart. It does not seem to be contagious. It was first described in 1967 by Dr.