title: [Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and ulcerative colitis].
abstract: Hypercoagulability is a extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease, which could provoke thromboembolic phenomena. Central nervous system venous thrombosis is a rare complication and could be unnoticed. We report on a patient with ulcerative colitis who presented cerebral venous sinus thrombosis as the first manifestation of a hypercoagulable state. We review the literature and discuss about the pathogenic mechanisms of such complication.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital "Santa María del Rosell, Cartagena, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Alcalde Encinas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pérez-Gracia
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hallal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bautista De Prado
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Conesa Pallarés
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vilaplana García
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology*