Case Reports: Late bare-metal stent thrombosis in a patient with Crohn’s disease

Stent thrombosis (ST) is classified as acute (if it occurs within the first 24-hours), subacute (if it happens between 1-30 days), late (if it ensues between 31 days to 1 year), and very late (if it occurs later than 1 year) after the stent placement (1). The late ST is not common with bare-metal stents (BMS) since the stent endothelialization is considered to be completed within 4 weeks after the intervention. The inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with prothrombotic state and impaired endothelialization (2, 3). We described herein a patient with IBD who presented with late ST 4 months after BMS implantation.