AUTHOR=Martín-Masot Rafael , Ortiz Pérez Pilar , Serrano Nieto Juliana , Martínez León María , Pascual Martínez Antonia , Blasco-Alonso Javier , Navas-López Victor Manuel TITLE=Central Venous Sinus Thrombosis in a Boy With Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pediatrics VOLUME=7 YEAR=2019 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00019 DOI=10.3389/fped.2019.00019 ISSN=2296-2360 ABSTRACT=

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) in childhood is uncommon. Certain diseases predispose patients to CVST, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which is considered a risk factor for developing thrombosis, which in turn is considered an extraintestinal manifestation of IBD. The use of prophylaxis in certain patients is a controversial topic. We present the case of a 5-years-old child with ulcerative colitis, who presented with transverse sinus thrombosis immediately after colectomy. Considering the recent recommendations on prophylaxis in this disease, our patient and probably many others would benefit from establishing treatment with low-molecular-weight heparin. We believe that these recommendations should be known, with our case serving as an example, given that we are heading in a direction that has so far been controversial.