25-year-old man with sudden onset paraplegia
(2019) In BMJ Case Reports 12(10).- Abstract
A 25-year-old man with Crohn's disease presented to the emergency department with sudden onset bilateral leg pain, paraplegia and loss of anal sphincter tone. CT angiography revealed a massive abdominal aortic thrombosis. Revascularisation surgery was performed promptly, saving most of the abdominal organs, but motor function of the legs was not restored. No coagulation disorder was identified, and no other underlying cause for thrombosis was found. It was speculated that it may be related to the patient's underlying Crohn's disease.
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- author
- Manieri, Marco LU
- publishing date
- 2019
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- adult intensive care, Crohn's disease, emergency medicine, neurology, vascular surgery
- in
- BMJ Case Reports
- volume
- 12
- issue
- 10
- article number
- e228281
- publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- external identifiers
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- pmid:31619397
- scopus:85073462637
- ISSN
- 1757-790X
- DOI
- 10.1136/bcr-2018-228281
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- eeac385c-8ec0-4ead-b68b-0a0f9c36ed57
- date added to LUP
- 2019-10-28 11:09:52
- date last changed
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