Inability to walk: a rare presentation of Crohn’s disease

A wide variety of extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have been described, with joint or dermatological complaints as most prevalent. However, also neurological manifestations can occur, which are rarely recognised and therefore under-reported. We present an very unusu...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ open gastroenterology 2020-11, Vol.7 (1), p.e000526
Hauptverfasser: Hoekstra, Elmer, Keunen, Rudolf, van der Voorn, Michael
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Zusammenfassung:A wide variety of extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have been described, with joint or dermatological complaints as most prevalent. However, also neurological manifestations can occur, which are rarely recognised and therefore under-reported. We present an very unusual case of a young man who presented with the inability to walk, as a first presentations of IBD.
ISSN:2054-4774
2054-4774
DOI:10.1136/bmjgast-2020-000526