SURGICAL-TREATMENT FOR CORONARY AND ILIAC ARTERIAL LESIONS IN A CASE OF KAWASAKI-DISEASE

We report a case of Kawasaki disease in a Japanese hoy who developed c ombined aneurysms and stenoses in both the coronary and iliac arteries . The boy underwent coronary artery bypass grafting using the left int ernal thoracic artery at the age of 7 years. The lower abdominal aorta and both common iliac arteries were replaced with a Dacron graft when he was 11 years old. Recovery from both operations was uneventful. Th is is the first report of coexisting coronary and extracoronary arteri al lesions in a patient with Kawasaki disease which required surgical treatment.