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Severe colonic diverticulitis in an adolescent with Williams syndrome
Author(s) -
Deshpande AV,
Oliver M,
Yin M,
Goh TH,
Hutson JM
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00761.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diverticulitis , diverticulosis , etiology , diverticular disease , gastroenterology , williams syndrome , pediatrics , psychiatry , cognition
  Williams Syndrome (WS) is a condition with multisystemic involvement caused by a genetic deletion in chromosome 7. Colonic diverticulosis has been described in adults with WS; however, it has not previously been reported in adolescents with WS. We report an adolescent boy with WS who developed complicated colonic diverticulitis and briefly review the possible aetiology of diverticular disease.

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