Oblivion: autopsy findings of a 31-year-old man with sudden cardiac arrest, a case report of a sequalae of Kawasaki disease

Authors

Maria Eugenia Zuluaga Ruiz, Universidad del Valle, Grupo de Investigación en Rehabilitación de la Universidad del Valle, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Desiree Ann Marshall, University of Washington, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Seattle, Washington, United States
Daniel Fernando Gallego, University of New Mexico, Office of the Medical Investigator, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Abstract

A 31-year-old man presented to the hospital after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest. Despite optimal therapy, the patient passed away. His medical history included febrile rash at age 2. At autopsy, there was aneurysmal dilation and severe coronary artery stenosis by atherosclerotic plaques and myocardial fibrosis. These findings were presumed to be due to complications of Kawasaki disease, given the remote history of severe febrile rash as a toddler and the presence of chronic coronary artery injury, recanalization, and thrombosis with ischemic heart disease leading to sudden cardiac collapse and death.

Recommended Citation

Gallego DF, Ruiz MEZ, Marshall DA. Oblivion: autopsy findings of a 31-year-old man with sudden cardiac arrest, a case report of a sequalae of Kawasaki disease. Autops Case Rep. 2022 Oct 19;12:e2021404. doi: 10.4322/acr.2021.404. PMID: 36312877; PMCID: PMC9613377.