A girl with severe fistulizing Crohn's disease

Citation
A. Barabino et al., A girl with severe fistulizing Crohn's disease, DIG LIVER D, 32(9), 2000, pp. 792-794
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenerology and Hepatology
Journal title
DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE
ISSN journal
15908658 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
9
Year of publication
2000
Pages
792 - 794
Database
ISI
SICI code
1590-8658(200012)32:9<792:AGWSFC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We report the case of a girl with a severe perianal fistulizing Crohn's dis ease who during intravenous infusion of cyclosporine developed headache, ge neral seizures and cortical blindness. Head magnetic resonance imaging show ed spread, cortical-subcortical nonenhancing signal changes. Full neurologi cal recovery was achieved in 24 hours. Cyclosporine was stopped and a singl e dose of infliximab was infused with rapid improvement of the fistula that at 7 months' follow-up is still closed.