Intracranial sinus thrombosis in a patient with Crohn disease and factor V Leiden mutation

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003 Aug;127(8):1037-9. doi: 10.5858/2003-127-1037-ISTIAP.

Abstract

There is a well-known risk of thrombosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Documented cases of intracranial sinus thrombosis in this setting are rare. We present the case of a 30-year-old man with Crohn disease who spontaneously developed a superior sagittal sinus thrombosis and bifrontal infarcts that resulted in death. The patient was heterozygous for factor V Leiden mutation. The literature was searched to assess the frequency of cerebral venous infarcts in inflammatory bowel disease and the role that factor V Leiden plays in thrombosis in such patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Crohn Disease / complications*
  • Crohn Disease / genetics
  • Factor V / genetics*
  • Factor V / physiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Genetic Carrier Screening
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease / genetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Point Mutation*
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / diagnosis*
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / etiology*
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / genetics

Substances

  • factor V Leiden
  • Factor V