title: Pulmonary involvement in inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: Clinically significant pulmonary involvement in inflammatory bowel disease is uncommon, and presentation to thoracic surgeons is rare. A literature review found no such cases in the cardiothoracic surgery network (CTSNET) journals. We describe a patient presenting with a lung mass presumed to be lung cancer that ultimately transpired to be pulmonary involvement of inflammatory bowel disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. aman.coonar@papworth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Aman S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Coonar
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Darling
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis