[2 cases of Kawasaki disease with increase of beta-2 thromboglobulin]

The authors report two cases of Kawasaki disease, in which both the classic symptomatology and an increase in the beta 2 thromboglobin were present. The antigens of histocompatibility do not appear similar either to those which are more frequent in the Japanese population or in the patients suffering from arterial occlusive disease and Takayasu arteritis. The prognosis for these patients appears to be favourable: vascular and heart damages have not been shown. The therapy by means of antiaggregating agents has given good results showing a regression of the symptoms and a normalization of the laboratory tests within a few months.