Small Bowel Diverticulosis and Jejunal Perforation in Marfan Syndrome.

ACG Case Rep J

Center for Esophageal Disease and Swallowing, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.

Published: January 2018

Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder involving mutation in the gene, which encodes fibrillin-1, a protein critical to maintain the integrity of connective tissue. A mutation in this gene can affect multiple organ systems, but it is not classically associated with gastrointestinal complications. We describe a man with Marfan syndrome with multiple small bowel diverticula leading to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and recurrent small bowel perforations.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2018.5DOI Listing

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