Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis 10 years after surgery for ulcerative colitis.

Abstract

Cerebral vein thrombosis is a known complication of active ulcerative colitis. Panproctocolectomy evidently ameliorates the thromboembolic and other systemic complications of ulcerative colitis. An unusual patient, 10 yr post-panproctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis, who developed a cerebral sinus thrombosis is studied. Physicians should be aware of the possibility of thromboembolic complications of ulcerative colitis long after definitive surgery is performed.