• World Neurosurg · Sep 2018

    Case Reports

    Unusual Clinical Sequelae of Kawasaki Disease-Symptomatic Extracranial Internal Carotid Stenosis in Young Adult.

    • Shigeomi Yokoya, Aiko Tamura, Akihiko Hino, Masamichi Bamba, Toshikazu Kato, Hidesato Takezawa, Yukihiro Goto, Hideki Oka, Akihiro Fujii, and Youichi Hashimoto.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Imperial Gift Foundation Inc., Ritto, Shiga, Japan. Electronic address: yokoya@ks.kyorin-u.ac.jp.
    • World Neurosurg. 2018 Sep 1; 117: 162-164.

    BackgroundKawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis that primarily affects the coronary artery, but it does not commonly affect the carotid artery. Cerebral infarction (CI) with internal carotid artery stenosis (ICS) in patients with KD has not been reported until now. We report a patient with CI as a remote-phase complication of KD.Case PresentationA 32-year-old man presented with impaired consciousness. Magnetic resonance imaging and digital subtraction angiography confirmed CI and ICS. He successfully underwent carotid endarterectomy. The resected plaque had pathologic findings of KD, which suggested that the internal carotid artery suffered from chronic inflammation.ConclusionKD in childhood may cause symptomatic ICS as a sequela of a remote phase.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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