Thrombosis in inflammatory bowel disease: clinical setting, procoagulant profile and factor V Leiden |
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Authors: | Jackson LM; O'Gorman PJ; O'Connell J; Cronin CC; Cotter KP; Shanahan F |
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Institution: | Department of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland. |
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Abstract: | Patients with inflammatory bowel disease have an increased frequency of
thromboembolism, and microvascular thrombosis has been proposed as a
contributory pathogenic factor. The mechanism of enhanced procoagulant
activity is not understood. We examined the clinical setting of
thromboembolic events in 52 patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative
colitis, and assessed the procoagulant laboratory profile, including Factor
V Leiden, in a subset of 20 patients to identify procoagulant risk factors.
Patients who developed thrombosis tended to be young; 60% of thrombotic
events occurred in patients under 50 years. Multiple thromboembolic
episodes occurred in 13% and unusual sites of thrombosis (e.g.
intracardiac, cerebral, inominate veins) in 11%. No risk factor was
identifiable in 52% of cases and two-thirds of thromboses occurred in an
out-patient setting. The mortality rate was 8%. Evidence for inflammatory
disease activity was found in only 45% of patients with ulcerative colitis
at the time of the thromboembolic event, in contrast to 89% of those with
Crohn's disease. Assays for specific coagulation defects were negative in
all cases tested (protein S, C were normal in 17/17; anti-thrombin III,
anti-phospholipid antibodies and activated protein C resistance were
negative in 20/20, and only 1/20 patients was found to be heterozygous for
Factor V leiden. Thrombosis in inflammatory bowel disease is important
because it occurs in a young population, often in unusual sites, and has a
high mortality. The development of thrombosis is related to active
inflammatory disease in most patients with Crohn's disease but apparently
not in those with ulcerative colitis. Since approximately half of the
patients had no other identifiable risk factor, there remains a substantial
group of patients with IBD who develop thrombosis for unknown reasons.
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