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Acquired protein C and S deficiency, inflammatory bowel disease and cerebral arterial thrombosis
P G Jorens1, C R Hermans, I Haber
1Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
Thromboembolic complications may occur in inflammatory bowel disease. Recently, we had the opportunity to observe a case of a cerebral arterial thrombosis in a young patient with active ulcerative colitis. Investigation of blood coagulation revealed a temporary Protein C, Protein S and Factor II deficiency. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a temporary Protein C and S deficiency in a patient with thrombosis and inflammatory bowel disease.
Thromboembolic complications may occur in inflammatory bowel disease. Recently, we had the opportunity to observe a case of a cerebral arterial thrombosis in a young patient with active ulcerative colitis. Investigation of blood coagulation revealed a temporary Protein C, Protein S and Factor II deficiency. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a temporary Protein C and S deficiency in a patient with thrombosis and inflammatory bowel disease.