Central nervous system lesions associated with Crohn's disease.
Central nervous system vasculitis is an exceptional extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn's disease. Reported here are 2 cases, highlighting the difficulty of differential-diagnosis with multiple sclerosis and stressing the importance of early immuno-suppressive therapy.
Brohee
P
P
Service de Neurologie Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Violon
P
P
Mavroudakis
N
N
Pirotte
B
B
Brotchi
J
J
Zegers de Beyl
D
D
Hildebrand
J
J
D000328:Adult; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*