Pulmonary vasculitis complicating ulcerative colitis.
Pulmonary vasculitis is an infrequent complication of ulcerative colitis. The patient reported herein had biopsy-proven pulmonary vasculitis on two occasions, associated with flares in ulcerative colitis. The diagnosis of this entity is best made by open lung biopsy. Corticosteroid therapy appears to be a rational first step in the management of this condition.
D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology