Unusual pulmonary complication of ulcerative colitis with a rapid response to corticosteroids: case report.
Extraintestinal features of ulcerative colitis are well recognised. Pulmonary complications include pulmonary vasculitis, fibrosing alveolitis, asthma, and chronic bronchial suppuration. A case is described of a patient with longstanding quiescent ulcerative colitis who developed a life threatening pulmonary complication, which is extremely sensitive to corticosteroid treatment.
Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath.
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Hilling
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Robertson
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Chalmers
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Rigby
D000328:Adult; D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000150:complications; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
D011239:Prednisolone