PORTAL-VEIN THROMBOSIS - A RARE COMPLICAT ION OF CROHNS-DISEASE

Among usual extra digestive manifestations of inflammatory bowel disea ses, vascular injuries are rare, but often of excessive gravity. The e mergence of a portal thrombosis, often accelerated by infection or tra umatism, particularly surgical, remains exceptional. We report the cas e of a young patient who is followed for a severe crohn's disease and affected with a brutal portal vein thrombosis. Although initial progno sis was bad, the patient now lead a normal life ten months after this episode. It's the third described case of portal thrombosis in crohn's disease. We discuss the predisposing role of an acquired protein S de ficiency during a estroprogestative treatment.