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Amaurosis fugax, Crohn's Disease and the Anticardiolipin Antibody

1993; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 2; Issue: 1_suppl Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/096120339300200116

1477-0962

S Greenfield, Julian Teare, M.W. Whitehead, R. P. H. Thompson,

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Crohn's disease is associated with a hypercoagulable state due to platelet or clotting abnormalities which may be responsible for the thromboembolic episodes seen in this condition. We report the occurrence of anticardiolipin antibodies in a patient with Crohn's disease who presented with Amaurosis fugax and suggest that these antibodies may be a further cause of the hypercoagulable state of Crohn's disease in some patients.