title: [Peripheral arterial thromboembolism in Crohn's disease].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) usually affects the gastrointestinal tract, although some patients can also develop extraintestinal manifestations, such as vascular symptoms both venous and arterial ones. The former being more frequent than the latter.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 62-year-old male, diagnosed of Crohńs disease (CD) (A3,L1+L4,B3), admitted to hospital for treatment of a retroperitoneal abscess. He presented a peripheral arterial thromboembolism during his stay, which required urgent embolectomy. After anticoagulation with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH), vascular magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large thrombus involving the descent aorta, which was solved with surgery and long-term anticoagulation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Peripheral arterial thrombosis is a rare extraintestinal manifestation of IBD. Nevertheless it is always important to consider it in patients with IBD. Prophylactic treatment should be made with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and definitive treatment with a combination of LMWH and surgery.
authors: Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital de Manises, Valencia, España. 26siser@terra.es
authors: Isabel
authors: I
authors: Ferrer
authors: Guillem
authors: G
authors: Benavent
authors: Guillermo
authors: G
authors: Bastida
authors: Miguel Ángel
authors: MÁ
authors: Arnau
authors: Marisa
authors: M
authors: Iborra
authors: Belén
authors: B
authors: Beltrán
authors: Mariam
authors: M
authors: Aguas
authors: Joaquín
authors: J
authors: Hinojosa
authors: Pilar
authors: P
authors: Nos
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology*