ISCHEMIC COLITIS IN A PATIENT WITH CROHNS-DISEASE TAKING AN ORAL-CONTRACEPTIVE AND AN ERGOTAMINE ALKALOID

Authors
RUTGEERTS L GHILLEBERT G DROGNEE W TANGHE W VUYLSTEKE P DECOSTER M
Citation
L. Rutgeerts et al., ISCHEMIC COLITIS IN A PATIENT WITH CROHNS-DISEASE TAKING AN ORAL-CONTRACEPTIVE AND AN ERGOTAMINE ALKALOID, Acta Clinica Belgica, 48(1), 1993, pp. 48-51
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Acta Clinica Belgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015512
Volume
48
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
48 - 51
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5512(1993)48:1<48:ICIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A 22-year-old woman developed transient left-sided ischermic colitis w ith submucosal oedema and bleeding, six weeks after an uneventful righ t hemicolectomy for Crohn's disease. The thrombogenic properties of th e contraceptive pill and the concomitant use of an ergotamine alkaloid were thought to be the cause of this complication in a patient at ris k. An increase of procoagulant activity and underlying vascular injury has been described in Crohn's disease.