Cerebral arterial thrombosis in ulcerative colitis

Case Rep Gastrointest Med. 2013:2013:679147. doi: 10.1155/2013/679147. Epub 2013 Jun 20.

Abstract

Thrombosis, mainly venous, is a rare and well-recognized extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We describe a 25-year-old Caucasian man affected by ulcerative colitis and sclerosing cholangitis with an episode of right middle cerebral arterial thrombosis resolved by intraarterial thrombolysis. We perform a brief review of the International Literature.