title: [Acute alveolitis in ulcerative colitis: extra-intestinal organ complication or drug side effect].
abstract: The histories of three possible cases of 5-ASA-induced toxic interstitial lung disease are presented. In addition diagnostical methods and procedures for the differential-diagnosis are discussed and as diagnostical program for the identification of remedy-induced toxic lung-damages is explained.
authors.affiliation: Innere Abteilung des evangelischen Krankenhauses Lindenfels.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hesselmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ostendorf
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Huep
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019804:Mesalamine; D008875:Middle Aged; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids; D019804:Mesalamine