Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Limb Loss Caused by Thrombosis led to the Diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis

Document Type : Case Report(s)

Authors

Seyed Mohammad Vahid Hosseini
Hamid Reza Foroutan
Babak Sabet
Mohammad Nasibi
Seyed Abbas Banani

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Abstract
Arterial thrombosis associated with ulcerative colitis usually occurs in the postoperative period with a good response to anticoagulant therapy and embolectomy. Our patient was a 14-year-old girl with ulcerative colitis who presented with bilateral pulsless extremities, which did not respond to medical treatment and embolectomy. Subsequent colectomy did not save her limbs. The repeated thrombosis caused gangrene of extremities in the below knee region leading to bilateral amputation. Thrombosis can be the first presentation of ulcerative colitis.

Keywords

Ulcerative colitis
palate
thrombosis
loss
diarrhea

  • Received 02 March 2015
  • Revised 24 August 2020
  • Accepted 24 December 2018

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