Small Bowel Diverticulosis and Jejunal Perforation in Marfan Syndrome | Zendy

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Small Bowel Diverticulosis and Jejunal Perforation in Marfan Syndrome

Author(s) -

Benjamin Robey,

Anne F. Peery,

Evan S. Dellon

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

acg case reports journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112

H-Index - 4

ISSN - 2326-3253

DOI - 10.14309/crj.2018.5

Subject(s) - marfan syndrome , medicine , diverticulosis , bowel perforation , perforation , connective tissue , mutation , connective tissue disorder , fibrillin , gene , short bowel syndrome , gastroenterology , pathology , genetics , complication , biology , parenteral nutrition , materials science , punching , metallurgy

Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder involving mutation in the gene, which encodes fibrillin-1, a protein critical to maintain the integrity of connective tissue. A mutation in this gene can affect multiple organ systems, but it is not classically associated with gastrointestinal complications. We describe a man with Marfan syndrome with multiple small bowel diverticula leading to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and recurrent small bowel perforations.

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