The Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, type IV, with an unusual combination of organ malformations.
A patient having type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is described because of an uncommon combination of malformations. He had multiple aneurysms, a hepatic artery-to-portal vein fistula, and diverticula of the biliary passages, the sigmoid colon, and bladder. He also suffered from scoliosis and dilatation of inner and outer cerebral spinal fluid containing spaces.
Kahn
T
T
Institute for Diagnostic Radiology, Clinic rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Federal Republic of Germany.
Reiser
M
M
Gmeinwieser
J
J
Heuck
A
A
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000293:Adolescent; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed