Cerebral thromboembolic disease in pediatric and adult inflammatory bowel disease: case report and review of the literature.
Cerebral and retinal vascular disease are rare complications of inflammatory bowel disease. Most reports are of adult patients, with only seven instances described in children. The eighth case, a 14-year-old boy with ulcerative colitis and cerebral venous thrombosis is reported in whom the diagnosis was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. The adult and pediatric literature is also reviewed.
Markowitz
R L
RL
Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510-8064.
Ment
L R
LR
Gryboski
J D
JD
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012171:Retinal Vessels; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed