Abstract
3/2025
vol. 100
Case report
Stroke in the vascularization area of Percheron artery during treatment of severe pneumonia in a patient with ulcerative colitis
- Students’ Scientific Association at the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Zabrze, Poland
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Pediatr Pol 2025; 100 (3): 294-298
Online publish date: 2025/09/24
Abstract
Stroke is an acute onset neurological event that is entirely vascular in origin. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at increased risk of thromboembolic events, and consideration of prophylactic anticoagulation in such patients with additional multiple risk factors seems justified.
The aim of this case report was to present a patient with severe ulcerative colitis undergoing biological therapy, who experienced a stroke in the vascularization area of Percheron artery during treatment of septic pneumonia. Due to severe course of ulcerative colitis, he was eligible for biological therapy. During hospitalization for pneumonia, patient developed neurological signs consistent with a stroke, confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. Further investigations revealed factor von Leiden mutation and patent foramen ovale.
Given the rarity of stroke in the pediatric population, early and accurate diagnosis is important to start appropriate treatment as soon as possible.
Stroke is an acute onset neurological event that is entirely vascular in origin. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at increased risk of thromboembolic events, and consideration of prophylactic anticoagulation in such patients with additional multiple risk factors seems justified.
The aim of this case report was to present a patient with severe ulcerative colitis undergoing biological therapy, who experienced a stroke in the vascularization area of Percheron artery during treatment of septic pneumonia. Due to severe course of ulcerative colitis, he was eligible for biological therapy. During hospitalization for pneumonia, patient developed neurological signs consistent with a stroke, confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. Further investigations revealed factor von Leiden mutation and patent foramen ovale.
Given the rarity of stroke in the pediatric population, early and accurate diagnosis is important to start appropriate treatment as soon as possible.
Keywords
risk factors, stroke, pediatrics, ulcerative colitis
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