- 著者
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Yoshihisa Fukuda
Yusuke Higuchi
Kanae Shinozaki
Yuji Tanigawa
Taro Abe
Nobuyoshi Hanaoka
Sunao Matsubayashi
Tomomi Yamaguchi
Tomoki Kosho
Koji Nakamichi
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人 日本内科学会
- 雑誌
- Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.56, no.20, pp.2791-2796, 2017-10-15 (Released:2017-10-15)
- 参考文献数
- 25
- 被引用文献数
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7
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hypermobility type (EDS-HT) is unexpectedly common and is associated with a high rate of gastrointestinal manifestations. We herein report the first documented case of mobile cecum associated with EDS-HT. A 21-year-old woman with repeated right lower abdominal pain was initially diagnosed with EDS-HT. Abdominal examinations performed in the supine position, such as CT and ultrasonography, showed no gross abnormalities. In contrast, oral barium gastrointestinal transit X-ray images obtained with changes in the patient's body position revealed position-dependent cecal volvulus with mobile cecum. She was finally discharged with a dramatic resolution of her symptoms after laparoscopic cecopexy for mobile cecum.