Resumen

CORONEL CARVAJAL, Carlos. Enfermedad de Kawasaki. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2003, vol.75, n.3. ISSN 0034-7531.

An updated review of Kawasaki disease was carried out to make pediatricians and family physicians familiar with the clinical elements of the disease so that it can be properly diagnosed and managed. Kawasaki disease was described by Tomisaki Kawasaki in 1967 and manifests as a febrile syndrome at early childhood. The disease is very often diagnosed in under five years-old children on the basis of a series of set clinical criteria. The typical form of the disease had 3 phases of variable duration. The cardiac effect is the most important manifestation of the disease since 10 to 40 % of children show signs of coronary vasculitis in the form of coronary arterial aneurysms.

Palabras clave : MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME [complications]; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANEURYSM; VASCULITIS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY [education]; CHILD.