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Onoki T, Metoki T, Iwasawa S, Kawano K, Kimura M, Kure S, Ota C. Two Distinct Cases of Adult-onset Kawasaki Disease. Intern Med 2022; 61:3525-3529. [PMID: 35466164 PMCID: PMC9790799 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9044-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis syndrome that mostly affects children under 4 years old. Among the reported KD cases, only 1% were over 10 years old. We herein report 2 cases of adult-onset KD (AKD) in 19- and 17-year-old boys diagnosed with a persistent fever and cervical lymphadenitis. Both patients showed cardiac complications, such as coronary artery dilation and myocarditis. Repeated intravenous immunoglobulin therapy was effective in the 19-year-old, while plasma exchange therapy was needed for the 17-year-old, with no sequelae noted at discharge. KD should be considered as a differential diagnosis for persistent fever in adults.
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- Takehiko Onoki
- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Hospital, Japan
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Hagino M, Ota C, Onoki T, Iwasawa S. Male infant with Noonan syndrome with RAF-1 gene mutation who survived hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-induced fatal heart failure and uncontrollable arrhythmias. BMJ Case Rep 2022; 15:15/9/e250342. [PMID: 36171012 PMCID: PMC9528629 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2022-250342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Noonan syndrome (NS) is a congenital disease with characteristic facial features as well as heart disease, short stature and thoracic abnormalities. More than eighty per cent of patients with NS show several cardiac disorders including pulmonary valvular stenosis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and/or atrial septal defects. HCM is a serious cardiac comorbidity in patients with NS, especially in those who are diagnosed within 6 months of age with congestive heart failure. Arrhythmia with or without HCM in NS is a rare comorbidity with a complicated clinical course and poor prognosis. In this manuscript, we present the case of a male infant with NS with RAF1 gene mutation, who showed various types of arrhythmias. He developed life-threatening heart failure and uncontrollable arrhythmias. We attempted several antiarrhythmic agents and finally controlled the arrhythmias to establish a normal sinus rhythm with a combination of amiodarone and flecainide.
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- Mao Hagino
- Department of Paediatrics, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Ota C, Saito R, Tominaga J, Iwasawa S, Hirama T, Matsuda Y, Ono K, Onoki T, Kimura M, Kawabata Y, Okada Y. Bilateral lung transplantation in a 9-year-old girl with bronchopulmonary dysplasia with pulmonary hypertension. Pediatr Pulmonol 2021; 56:3417-3421. [PMID: 34350735 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 07/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic respiratory disease that occurs in premature infants and the prognosis is variable depending on the comorbidities including fibrosis, emphysema, or pulmonary hypertension (PH). We present a case of a 9-year-old girl who developed PH associated with severe BPD (BPD-PH) and underwent bilateral lung transplantation (BLTx). Case description A 9-year-old girl was admitted to our department to undergo BLTx. She was born at 23 weeks and 4 days gestation with a weight of 507 g. She received ventilation for the first 2 months and required further respiratory care due to repetitive, severe respiratory infections. She was diagnosed with BPD-PH at 6 months of age and oral administration of pulmonary vasodilators were initiated. She was registered as a lung transplant candidate at 4 years of age after the life-threatening exacerbation. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed severe lung conditions with ground-glass opacities and emphysematous low-density areas in the upper and lower lobes. BLTx from a brain-dead male donor was performed. The pathological findings of her resected lung revealed saccular, hypoplastic lung with alveolar repair/regeneration, and medial hypertrophy and muscularization of peripheral arteries. The postoperative course was mostly uneventful. She was free from oxygen administration and showed no signs of PH after 6 months of the surgery. CONCLUSION This is the first case report of BLTx in a pediatric, irreversible BPD-PH patient with detailed pathohistological findings and clinical examination. Lung transplantation is one of the treatment options for severe BPD-PH.
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- Chiharu Ota
- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Diagnostic Pathology, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Masaki N, Onoki T, Ozawa A, Tanaka T, Kikuchi C, Koizumi T, Matsuo S, Sadahiro S. Rare Case of Neonatal Cardiac Ischemia Due to Intermittent Aortic Insufficiency. Ann Thorac Surg 2020; 110:e295-e297. [PMID: 32151581 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.01.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We report a case of a 23-day-old girl who presented with repeated life-threatening myocardial ischemia from intermittent aortic insufficiency because of fixation of the left coronary cusp against the aortic wall. The patient underwent aortic valve repair with partial commissuroplasty of the left-right and left-noncommissures. After the surgical intervention the patient has been well, with no ischemic event for over 1 year. This diagnosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis in pediatric cases with myocardial ischemia.
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- Naoki Masaki
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
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- Department of Cardiology, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Akatsu T, Yamada Y, Hoshikawa Y, Onoki T, Shinoda Y, Wakai F. Multifunctional porous titanium oxide coating with apatite forming ability and photocatalytic activity on a titanium substrate formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation. Materials Science and Engineering: C 2013; 33:4871-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2013.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Revised: 07/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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