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Unusual case of stroke in young
Author(s) -
Dhavala Aashitha,
T Umesh,
Mohammed Habeeb
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical and allied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-170X
pISSN - 2231-1696
DOI - 10.5455/jmas.249352
Subject(s) - stroke (engine) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering
Thromboembolism is a rare extra-intestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease. Thromboembolic event involving CNS in a case with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is very rare & leads to increase in mortality. The mortality of ulcerative colitis with thromboembolic complications have been reported to reach 25 percent. Here, we present a case of a young adult with a two years old history of ulcerative colitis with a sudden onset of stroke with no other associated co-morbidities for cerebrovascular disease. [J Med Allied Sci 2017; 7(1.000): 64-66

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