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. 2024 Apr 30;116(2):78–92. doi: 10.32074/1591-951X-993

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Figure 4. — Coronary artery vasculitis in Kawasaki disease. A 6-year-old child recently diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma died after some episodes of chest pain. The autopsy revealed aneurysmal dilatation of both the left and right coronary arteries, with suspected luminal thrombosis. (A) A tortuous and dilated left descending coronary artery is indicated by arrows. (B-C) The lumen of coronary artery is occluded by a thrombus. (D-E) Histological analysis confirms the presence of aneurysm with thinning of the vessel wall, polymorphic inflammation and elastic disruption (D). (C, D) Hematoxylin-eosin stain; (E) Weigert van Gieson stain.