Colonic Diverticulitis in a 19-Year-Old Boy With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Surgical Implications of Chronic Immunosuppression

J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016 Feb;62(2):e15-7. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000378.

Authors

Danielle B Cameron¹, Alexis Scherl, Tamara Fitzgerald, Doruk Ozgediz

Affiliation

¹ *Department of Surgery†Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT‡Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, TX.

PMID: 26799279
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000378

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / etiology
Adult
Arthritis, Juvenile / drug therapy*
Colectomy* / adverse effects
Colon / pathology*
Colon / surgery
Diverticulitis, Colonic / etiology*
Diverticulitis, Colonic / surgery
Humans
Immune Tolerance
Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects*
Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects*
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Male
Postoperative Complications
Young Adult

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents