Pulmonary diseases associated with inflammatory bowel diseases.
Among the extra-intestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel diseases, those involving the lung are relatively rare. However, there is a wide array of such manifestations, spanning from drug-related pathologies to airway disease, fistulas, granulomatous diseases, autoimmune and thromboembolic disorders. Although infrequent, people dealing with inflammatory bowel diseases must be aware of these conditions, sometimes life-threatening, to avoid further impairment of the health status of the patients and to alleviate their symptoms by prompt recognition and treatment.
Division of Internal Medicine, Italy.
Giovanni
G
Casella
Vincenzo
V
Villanacci
Camillo
C
Di Bella
Elisabetta
E
Antonelli
Vittorio
V
Baldini
Gabrio
G
Bassotti
D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology