Diverticulitis in the multiple endocrine neoplasia type II B syndrome.
Diffuse ganglioneuromatosis of the entire alimentary tract is a characteristic finding in the multiple endocrine neoplasia type II B syndrome. Symptoms and complications of colonic involvement are common. We report a 37-yr-old woman with multiple endocrine neoplasia type II B syndrome and a colovesical fistula complicating sigmoid diverticulitis.
D000328:Adult; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D009377:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging