title: [Pulmonary granulomatous necrotizing vasculitis: an extra-intestinal manifestation of ulcerative colitis or Wegener's granulomatosis?].
abstract: Respiratory symptoms are rare manifestations of ulcerative colitis as well as intestinal manifestations in Wegener granulomatosis. We report the case of a 17-year old man previously diagnosed as having ulcerative colitis who presented with diffuse thoracic pain. Hypermetabolic pulmonary nodules were discovered at the positron emission tomographic scan. Necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis was demonstrated at lung biopsy. In this paper, we describe the association between pulmonary nodules and ulcerative colitis and we discuss the possibility of an overlap syndrome between ulcerative colitis and Wegener granulomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Services de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles. aouazzan@ulb.ac.be
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ouazzani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sokolow
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanebaly
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rondelet
authors.forename: M Ruiz
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Patino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Remmelink
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jacobovitz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cappello
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cogan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology