title: Cerebral thromboembolic disease in pediatric and adult inflammatory bowel disease: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510-8064.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Markowitz
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Ment
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Gryboski
mesh_terms: 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