Arterial Thrombosis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a Series of 6 Cases and Literature Review

Vascular complications in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), comprising mainly Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), representing 2% extra-intestinal complications. In over 60% of cases, these vascular complications of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE). Several studies have shown that patients with IBD have a risk of venous thromboembolic disease (VTE) increased from 1.5 to 3.5. This risk is closely related to disease activity.

However, the association between IBD and arterial thromboembolic events such as cases of myocardial infarction, stroke, aortic thrombus, mesenteric ischemia, peripheral arterial disease and members senior, was described less and remains a subject of debate. These arterial complications occur in young subjects accountability of IBD remains debated, and no clear pathophysiology. Here the investigators describe a series of 6 cases of patients with IBD who developed severe arterial complications, and whose cause was retained digestive inflammatory underlying disease.

This study is report of six (6) cases that will be described