title: A Flare of Ulcerative Colitis Accompanied With Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis And Bilateral Thalamic Infarctus: A Case Report.
abstract: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory and recurrent disorder that is characterized by bowel inflammation. Some patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) have acute, severe, and sometimes devastating intracranial complications that require immediate medical intervention. Cerebral sinus vein thrombosis is a rare but serious extraintestinal complication associated with ulcerative colitis. Herein we report a 30-year-old man with UC who presented with a flare of gastrointestinal symptoms with mental obtundation and apathy. Total colonoscopy revealed active colitis and cranial MRI showed extensive cerebral sinus venous thrombosis with thalamic infarcts. Because the patient was clinically unstable metilprednisolon with low molecular weight heparin were administered. Two days after treatment the patient was died despite all medical efforts.
authors: Yuzuncu Yil University, Department of Gastroenterology, Van, Turkey.
authors: Ahmet Cumhur
authors: AC
authors: Dulger
authors: Yuzuncu Yil University, Department of Internal Medicine, Van, Turkey.
authors: Huseyin
authors: H
authors: Begenik
authors: Ipekyolu Public Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Van, Turkey.
authors: Levent
authors: L
authors: Demirtas
authors: Yuzuncu Yil University, Department of Internal Medicine, Van, Turkey.
authors: Ramazan
authors: R
authors: Esen
authors: Yuzuncu Yil University, Department of Internal Medicine, Van, Turkey.
authors: Habib
authors: H
authors: Emre
keywords: Sinus vein thrombosis; Thalamic infarcts; Ulcerative colitis