Successful outcome of multiple arterial embolisation in a 16-year-old girl with ulcerative colitis

Introduction: Though thromboembolic events are known to complicate inflammatory bowel disease very few cases with arterial occlusion have been reported in pediatric ulcerative colitis (UC) so far. Report: A 16-year-old female patient who had been treated for UC (descending colon and rectosigmoid localization) for 2 years was admitted because of a flare-up (PUCAI=70). Lab tests and abdominal ultrasound were consistent with the clinical picture. Stool culture proved giardia infestation. On 48mg methylprednisolon and metronidazole her condition improved, bloody diarrhoea ceased. On day 14 her condition deteriorated…