Thrombocytosis -- reactive state in
chronic inflammatory bowel disease
such as ulcerative colitis
•Case 3
•History
•9 year-old presenting
with headaches, dizziness and left arm weakness; history of
Marfan’s syndrome and thrombocytosis associated with
ulcerative colitis
•Finding
•MRA of head: Right
proximal MCA occlusion (associated with right MCA infarct)