Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome in a young adult
T. J. Lee and D. Vaughan
Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (MLNS) is an acute febrile illness of
unknown cause first described in Japan but more recently reported in the
United States. The mean age in confirmed cases was 3.8 years (range, 3
months to 13 years), and the mortality is 1% to 2% when associated with
coronary artery thrombosis and aneurysm. We describe the first case of MLNS
in a young adult, with the additional clinical finding of associated
arthritis.
