A case of sigmoid colon perforation due to segmental absence of intestinal musculature (SAIM) accompanied by vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome: a case report

A case of sigmoid colon perforation due to segmental absence of intestinal musculature (SAIM) accompanied by vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome: a case report

Abstract Background Segmental absence of intestinal musculature (SAIM) is a partial defect of the intrinsic muscular layer of the intestinal tract. In this report, we describe a case of perforation of the sigmoid colon due to SAIM accompanied by vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (vEDS), which was succ...

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Main Authors: Kosuke Funaki, Tomonori Akagi, Hidefumi Shiroshita, Yusuke Itai, Kiminori Watanabe, Takashi Shuto, Yoshitake Ueda, Tsuyoshi Etoh, Shinji Miyamoto, Tsutomu Daa, Masafumi Inomata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-08-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-023-01721-9

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