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Central Nervous System Lesions Associated with Crohn's Disease
Author(s) -
Brohee P.,
Violon P.,
Mavroudakis N.,
Pirotte B.,
Brotchi J.,
Zegers de Be D.,
Hildebrand J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon199773195
Subject(s) - medicine , crohn's disease , vasculitis , central nervous system , disease , multiple sclerosis , differential diagnosis , nervous system , pathology , dermatology , immunology , psychiatry
Central nervous system vasculitis is an exceptional extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn's disease. Reported here are 2 cases, highlighting the difficulty of differential diagnosis with multiple sclerosis and stressing the importance of early immunosuppressive therapy.