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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Main Authors: Elmer Hoekstra, Michael van der Voorn, Rudolf Keunen
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Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:BMJ Open Gastroenterology
Online Access:https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000526.full
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-b1b2dea7d43f48889f9ff3c4208b40582025-08-20T01:56:34ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open Gastroenterology2054-47742020-12-017110.1136/bmjgast-2020-000526Inability to walk: a rare presentation of Crohn’s diseaseElmer Hoekstra0Michael van der Voorn1Rudolf Keunen21 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands9 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Haga Hospital, Den Haag, The NetherlandsDepartment of Neurology, Haga Ziekenhuis, Den Haag, NetherlandsA 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.https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000526.full
spellingShingle Elmer Hoekstra
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BMJ Open Gastroenterology
title Inability to walk: a rare presentation of Crohn’s disease
title_full Inability to walk: a rare presentation of Crohn’s disease
title_fullStr Inability to walk: a rare presentation of Crohn’s disease
title_full_unstemmed Inability to walk: a rare presentation of Crohn’s disease
title_short Inability to walk: a rare presentation of Crohn’s disease
title_sort inability to walk a rare presentation of crohn s disease
url https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000526.full
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