Ulcerative colitis with sagittal sinus thrombosis with normal coagulation profile.
Thromboembolic events are serious complications in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases. We describe a 30-year-old man with ulcerative colitis complicated by sagittal sinus thrombosis with normal coagulation profile; he achieved clinical remission with subcutaneous heparin.
Bansal
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Department of Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi. sanjaybansal@hotmail.com
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D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin