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Colonic diverticulitis in adolescents: an index case and associated syndromes
Pediatric Surgery International, 09/02/09

Santin BJ et al. – The patient had Williams–Beuren syndrome, although Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, Marfan syndrome, and cystic fibrosis may also be associated with colonic diverticula in adolescence. Pediatric patients with these disorders who experience abdominal pain should be evaluated for the presence of colonic diverticular complications.

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