title: Diaphragmatic hernia in an 8-year-old with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
abstract: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) includes a group of connective-tissue disorders characterized by abnormal collagen metabolism. The diverse spectrum of this disease and its complications present a distinct challenge to the surgeon. Patients with this hereditary disorder may have hyperelastic or fragile skin, poor wound healing, hypermobile joints, clotting abnormalities, spontaneous pneumothoraces, recurrent hernias, bowel perforation, and vascular complications. An 8-year-old female with EDS type VII and a newly diagnosed diaphragmatic hernia is presented. Surgical considerations of this syndrome are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mail code 9159, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75235-9159, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Renard
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications