著者

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

pp.8758-16, (Released:2017-09-15)

参考文献数

25

被引用文献数

6

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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.