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Case Reports
. 1989;19(6-7):437.
doi: 10.1007/BF02387645.

Giant epiphrenic diverticulum in a boy with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

T Toyohara  1 , T Kaneko, H Araki, K Takahashi, T Nakamura
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Case Reports

Giant epiphrenic diverticulum in a boy with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

T Toyohara et al. Pediatr Radiol. 1989.

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.

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