TY - JOUR
T1 - Thrombosis of a Developmental Venous Anomaly in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Case Report and Radiologic Follow-up
AU - Pilato, Fabio
AU - Calandrelli, Rosalinda
AU - Gaudino, Simona
AU - Profice, Paolo
AU - Martucci, Matia
AU - Esposito, G
AU - Colosimo, Cesare
AU - Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) are benign embryologic vascular variants, and before the advent of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were supposed to be rare conditions. Usually, DVAs are asymptomatic and accidentally discovered during routine brain imaging studies, but sometimes they can be the cause of disabling neurologic symptoms. We describe the clinical and neuroradiologic follow-up of a 62-year-old man with a history of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) presenting with new onset epilepsy and intracranial hemorrhage caused by thrombosis of a DVA who fully recovered after treatment with oral anticoagulant therapy. Patients with IBD have an increased risk of thrombosis because of inflammatory activity and the hypercoagulable state. Here we describe the first case of DVA thrombosis in a patient with IBD, and we show clinical and neuroradiologic follow-up after anticoagulant therapy.
AB - Developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) are benign embryologic vascular variants, and before the advent of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were supposed to be rare conditions. Usually, DVAs are asymptomatic and accidentally discovered during routine brain imaging studies, but sometimes they can be the cause of disabling neurologic symptoms. We describe the clinical and neuroradiologic follow-up of a 62-year-old man with a history of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) presenting with new onset epilepsy and intracranial hemorrhage caused by thrombosis of a DVA who fully recovered after treatment with oral anticoagulant therapy. Patients with IBD have an increased risk of thrombosis because of inflammatory activity and the hypercoagulable state. Here we describe the first case of DVA thrombosis in a patient with IBD, and we show clinical and neuroradiologic follow-up after anticoagulant therapy.
KW - thrombosis
KW - thrombosis
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/41140
U2 - 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2012.11.022
DO - 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2012.11.022
M3 - Article
SN - 1052-3057
SP - 250
EP - 253
JO - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
JF - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
ER -