Abstract
Arterial thrombo-embolism is an unusual complication in inflammatory bowel disease in adults and children. Cerebral arterial disease has been reported on only a few occasions. There are only two previous case reports of arterial disease occurring in a child with Crohn disease. However in both instances the arterial disease was part of a generalised Takayasu arteritis which resulted in multi-organ involvement. This report describes a 14-year-old boy who developed seizures before a histological diagnosis ofCrohn disease was made. These seizures were the result of a vascular lesion which was confined to the right middle cerebral artery.
Conclusion
Crohn disease as well as ulcerative colitis should be considered as a possible cause of cerebrovascular accidents in children
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Abbreviations
- IBD :
-
inflammatory bowel disease
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Gormally, S.M., Bourke, W., Kierse, B. et al. Isolated cerebral thrombo-embolism and Crohn disease. Eur J Pediatr 154, 815–818 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959788
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