End-colostomy diverticulitis with parastomal phlegmon: A case report.

Rationale: Acute colonic diverticulitis is a well-known surgical emergency, which occurs in about 10 percent of patients known for diverticulosis.

Patient Concerns: The case of a 77-year-old woman is reported, with past history of abdominoperineal resection with end-colostomy for low rectal adenocarcinoma, and who developed an acute colonic diverticulitis in a subcutaneous portion of colostomy with parastomal phlegmon.

Diagnoses: Initial computed tomography imaging demonstrated a significant submucosal parietal edema with local fat tissues infiltration in regard of 3 diverticula.

Occurrence of aortic aneurysms in 5 cases of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.

Aortic aneurysms are a rare condition in children. Here we report the occurrence of aortic aneurysms in 5 children with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS). Three patients had a WAS score of 4, and 2 patients had a WAS score of 5, but autoimmunity was only present in 1 patient.