title: Symptomatic cerebral microangiopathy preceding initial manifestation of ulcerative colitis.
abstract: Focal white-matter lesions in the brain have been frequently found in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. These findings have been discussed as a novel extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease. In this case report we delineate the clinical relevance of such lesions by presenting a patient with ulcerative colitis and his associated neurological symptoms. The cerebral lesions were shown by magnetic resonance imaging, whereupon a successful treatment with corticosteroids was initiated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dejaco
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fertl
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prayer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oberhuber
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wyatt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gasché
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gangl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male