PMID: 20629432Jul 16, 2010Paper

Differential diagnosis problem of pulmonary changes in ulcerative colitis

Vojnosanitetski pregled. Military-medical and pharmaceutical review
Mirna DjurićJelena Jović

Abstract

Inflammatory intestinal diseases are often accompanied with extraintestinal and even pulmonary manifesStations. The treatment of these intestinal diseases includes sulphasalazine and mesalazine, which may have undesirable allergic and other side effects, including hypersensitive pneumonitis. Having performed colonoscopy due to abdominal pains and mushy stools, the diagnosis of ulcerous colitis was established in a 20-year-old female patient and the treatment with mesalazine initiated. However, the patient developed slimy and bloody stools, slightly increased body temperature, dry cough and bilateral lung lesions. The bronchological exploration established interstitial and organizing pneumonia. Despite the treatment with antibiotics, corticosteroids and mesalazine, dry cough, fever and bloody stools persisted, accompanied with bilateral inhomogeneous lesions of the pulmonary parenchyma. Upon discontinuation of the treatment with mesalazine, clinical symptoms and pulmonary lesions disappeared. The differential diagnosis of pulmonary lesions in patients with ulcerous colitis may be a problem. In the reported case, pulmonary lesions were interpreted as interstitial pneumonitis accompanying ulcerous colitis. However, they are most p...Continue Reading

References

Jan 1, 1997·Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology·S SviriE Ben-Chetrit
Feb 12, 1999·Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases·K TanigawaH Takagi
Oct 14, 2003·Inflammatory Bowel Diseases·Runi A FosterJohn F Valentine
Mar 21, 2007·Expert Opinion on Drug Safety·Alan C Moss, Mark A Peppercorn

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

May 4, 2018·Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics·P SehgalN Narula

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Antifungals

An antifungal, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis, cryptococcal meningitis, and others. Discover the latest research on antifungals here.

Antifungals (ASM)

An antifungal, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis, cryptococcal meningitis, and others. Discover the latest research on antifungals here.

Allergy and Asthma

Allergy and asthma are inflammatory disorders that are triggered by the activation of an allergen-specific regulatory t cell. These t cells become activated when allergens are recognized by allergen-presenting cells. Here is the latest research on allergy and asthma.

Related Papers

Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie
A LachauxM Hermier
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology : the Official Clinical Practice Journal of the American Gastroenterological Association
Jordan E AxelradVijay Yajnik
Revue de pneumologie clinique
G BruninC Aron
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
S GeneriniM Matucci Cerinic
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved