Introduction
Kawasaki disease was first recognized and described in 1961 by Tomisaku Kawasaki with approximately 85% of cases occurring in the pediatric population (1). It is an acute systemic vasculitis of medium-sized vessels with a diagnostic pentad of high-grade fever, mucositis, cervical lymphadenopathy, extremity edema, and rash (2). The most serious complication of the disease is progression of the coronary artery vasculitis to aneurysm formation.