[A case of pulmonary thromboembolism in active ulcerative colitis].
Inflammatory bowel disease often involves extra-intestinal organs. Cerebral thrombosis, portal vein thrombosis and pulmonary thrombosis have been reported. Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism are significant causes of mortality in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. A 48-year-old woman was diagnosed as inflammatory bowel disease on colonoscopy and histology. We used hydrocortisone and mesalazine for the treatment of disease. Nineteen days later, she complained of abrupt dyspnea. Pulmonary CT angiography revealed a thromboembolism in right pulmonary arteries. After the treatment of heparin therapy, follow-up pulmonary CT angiography showed significant improvement of previously thrombosed pulmonary arteries.
Park
Byoung Do
BD
Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
Kim
Hyung Gil
HG
Jung
Hyun Jung
HJ
Choi
Yong Jun
YJ
Kim
Sang Gu
SG
Kim
Soo Han
SH
Kwon
Gye Sug
GS
Shin
Yong Woon
YW
D000208:Acute Disease; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed