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Case Reports: Reminder of important clinical lesson
Central venous sinus thrombosis in a young girl with ulcerative colitis
  1. Freya Guinness1 and
  2. Alfonso Rodriguez-Herrera1,2
  1. 1Paediatrics, Saint Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny, Ireland
  2. 2UCD School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  1. Correspondence to Dr Alfonso Rodriguez-Herrera; a.rodriguezherrera{at}hse.ie

Abstract

Paediatric central venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is an uncommon but important life-threatening complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). As the incidence of IBD has increased in the last four decades, paediatricians need to be aware of this complication. There is currently no consensus on when children with IBD should receive prophylactic anticoagulation. We present the case of a young girl with ulcerative colitis who suffered an acute ischaemic event secondary to a CVST during an acute flare of her disease. We aim to bring awareness to CVST in IBD due to its high risk of morbidity and mortality.

  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Paediatrics

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2022-249904

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    • Contributors FG conducted the case review and wrote up the report under the supervision of AR-H who is the guarantor of this article.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Case reports provide a valuable learning resource for the scientific community and can indicate areas of interest for future research. They should not be used in isolation to guide treatment choices or public health policy.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.