title: Giant epiphrenic diverticulum in a boy with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
abstract: We treated a 12 year old boy with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. There were multiple diverticula in the oesophagus, stomach, colon and urinary bladder. Most prominent was the giant epiphrenic diverticulum of the oesophagus, a rare finding as a complication of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Aso-Iizuka Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toyohara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000209:etiology*; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male