Severe colonic diverticulitis in an adolescent with Williams syndrome

J Paediatr Child Health. 2005 Dec;41(12):687-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00761.x.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Colectomy
  • Diverticulitis, Colonic / diagnosis
  • Diverticulitis, Colonic / etiology*
  • Diverticulitis, Colonic / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pelvis / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography
  • Williams Syndrome / complications*