Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine (Jan 2013)

Cerebral Arterial Thrombosis in Ulcerative Colitis

  • Giovanni Casella,
  • Claudio Camillo Cortelezzi,
  • DeLodovici Marialuisa,
  • Princiotta Cariddi Lucia,
  • Verrengia Elena Pinuccia,
  • Vittorio Baldini,
  • Sergio Segato

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/679147
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2013

Abstract

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Thrombosis, mainly venous, is a rare and well-recognized extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We describe a 25-year-old Caucasian man affected by ulcerative colitis and sclerosing cholangitis with an episode of right middle cerebral arterial thrombosis resolved by intraarterial thrombolysis. We perform a brief review of the International Literature.