PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D G de Silva
AU  - T P Gunawardena
AU  - F M Law
TI  - Unusual complications in siblings with marfanoid phenotype.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.75.3.247
DP  - 1996 Sep 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 247--248
VI  - 75
IP  - 3
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/75/3/247.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/75/3/247.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1996 Sep 01; 75
AB  - Marfan's syndrome has diverse manifestations that overlap with those seen in other connective tissue disorders. Visceral diverticula have been described only once in four adults with marfanoid features of recessive inheritance. Two siblings of a consanguineous marriage with marfanoid features, visceral diverticula, and diaphragmatic eventration are reported.