[Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and ulcerative colitis].
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.
Alcalde Encinas
M M
MM
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital "Santa María del Rosell, Cartagena, Murcia, España.
Pérez-Gracia
A
A
Hallal
H
H
Bautista De Prado
J
J
Conesa Pallarés
F J
FJ
Vilaplana García
R
R
D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology*