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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-28
pubmed:abstractText
Portal vein thrombosis followed by the occurrence of a portal cavernoma is a rare condition that requires convergence between systemic predisposition and local factors in order to develop. Among the complications of inflammatory bowel diseases, such eventuality is quite unusual. Ulcerative colitis accounts for the majority of these vascular complications, while in Crohn's disease the occurrence of such events is exceptional. We present the case of a young male patient aged 42, without any particular history, in whom the diagnosis of the first flare of colonic Crohn's disease was accompanied by the discovery of a portal cavernoma, followed by the demonstration of a heterozygous mutation factor V Leiden associated with the presence of an antiphospholipid syndrome with IgG anticardiolipin antibodies. This unusual association of portal vein thrombosis with antiphospholipid syndrome in Crohn's disease, observed according to our knowledge only in one other instance, raises the discussion regarding the convergent action of general thrombophilic (hereditary and acquired) and local factors in the genesis of vascular complications of inflammatory bowel diseases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1842-1121
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
449-52
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Activated Protein C Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Antibodies, Anticardiolipin, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Antiphospholipid Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Biopsy, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Blood Coagulation, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Colonoscopy, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Crohn Disease, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Factor V, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Phlebography, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Portal Vein, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Tomography, X-Ray Computed, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Ultrasonography, Doppler, pubmed-meshheading:21188340-Venous Thrombosis
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Portal cavernoma in a patient with Crohn's disease associated with factor V Leiden mutation and antiphospholipid syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Internal Medicine, Filantropia University Hospital, Craiova, Romania. efgmed@gmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports