Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis as presenting feature of Crohn's disease.
Hepatobiliary and vascular manifestations are rare form of extraintestinal manifestations in Crohn's disease. We report a 20-year-old man in whom cerebral venous sinus thrombosis was the presenting symptom and preceded the diagnosis of Crohn's disease.
Samal
S C
SC
Global Hospital, Center for Liver Transplantation, Hyderabad-500 004, India. subashsamal@hotmail.com
Patra
Sushma
S
Reddy
D Chandrasekhar
DC
Sharma
U P
UP
D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000925:Anticoagulants; D010672:Phenytoin