TY - JOUR
T1 - Gastrointestinal Complications of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
AU - Nardone, David A.
AU - Reuler, James B.
AU - Girard, Donald E.
PY - 1979/4/12
Y1 - 1979/4/12
N2 - To the Editor: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome complicated by fatal intra-abdominal hemorrhage was the topic of a recent Clinicopathological Conference in the Journal (Case 3–1979). We have seen a patient who illustrated another potentially lethal complication of this connective-tissue disorder. A 28-year-old man with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, manifested by hyperextensible joints, recurrent shoulder separations, hyper-elastic skin, easy bruisability, epicanthal folds, recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax, rectal prolapse and compatible family history and skin biopsy, presented with abdominal pain of acute onset. The patient was chronically constipated and, on the day of admission, was disimpacting himself with his index finger when he felt a piece of. No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.
AB - To the Editor: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome complicated by fatal intra-abdominal hemorrhage was the topic of a recent Clinicopathological Conference in the Journal (Case 3–1979). We have seen a patient who illustrated another potentially lethal complication of this connective-tissue disorder. A 28-year-old man with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, manifested by hyperextensible joints, recurrent shoulder separations, hyper-elastic skin, easy bruisability, epicanthal folds, recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax, rectal prolapse and compatible family history and skin biopsy, presented with abdominal pain of acute onset. The patient was chronically constipated and, on the day of admission, was disimpacting himself with his index finger when he felt a piece of. No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197904123001520
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197904123001520
M3 - Letter
C2 - 423929
AN - SCOPUS:0018788548
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 300
SP - 863
EP - 864
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 15
ER -