title: Severe colonic diverticulitis in an adolescent with Williams syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, The Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hutson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003082:Colectomy; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D018980:Williams Syndrome / Q000150:complications*