Children (Aug 2021)

Segmental Absence of Intestinal Musculature in a Child with Type IV Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome

  • Nicole Zeky,
  • Celia Short,
  • Brent Keith,
  • Randall D. Craver,
  • Jessica A. Zagory

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/children8080680
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 8
p. 680

Abstract

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Patients with vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (vEDS) have a defect in the formation of type III collagen. This defect puts patients at risk of vascular rupture, uterine rupture, and bowel perforations. The segmental absence of intestinal musculature is a rare histopathologic finding, wherein there is a lack of a muscularis propria layer in the intestinal wall. Although typically documented in the literature in neonates or adults, it can be seen in children of other ages. This is a case report of a patient who exhibits both rare entities, which has not been described in the literature to date.

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