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. 2013:2013:679147.
doi: 10.1155/2013/679147. Epub 2013 Jun 20.

Cerebral arterial thrombosis in ulcerative colitis

Giovanni Casella  1 , Claudio Camillo Cortelezzi, Delodovici Marialuisa, Princiotta Cariddi Lucia, Verrengia Elena Pinuccia, Vittorio Baldini, Sergio Segato
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Cerebral arterial thrombosis in ulcerative colitis

Giovanni Casella et al. Case Rep Gastrointest Med. 2013.

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.

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Figure 1
An emergency brain angio-computed tomography (A-CT) evidenced thrombosis of the M2 tract of the right middle cerebral artery.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Angiographic appearance of right middle cerebral artery before (a) and after (b) local intraarterial thrombolysis by urokinase (actylise 20 mg).
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