title: Central nervous system lesions associated with Crohn's disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brohee
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Violon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mavroudakis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pirotte
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brotchi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zegers de Beyl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
mesh_terms: 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*