title: Successful Colchicine Therapy in a Patient With Follicular Bronchiolitis Presumed to Be Asthma.
abstract: Follicular bronchiolitis (FB) is a rare small-airway pathology that is associated mainly with connective tissue diseases. This case report presents a new, diagnosed, different airway disease in a non-smoker with rheumatoid arthritis in remission who was treated for presumed asthma, but was not controlled. She was ultimately diagnosed with FB after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The clinical findings of FB were controlled successfully by colchicine after she did not respond to systemic steroid therapy. This is the first case report of FB associated with rheumatoid arthritis that responded to colchicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine goksel.ozlem@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Goksel
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nart
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayse Gul
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ergonul
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sifa University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fidan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sever
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine.
authors.forename: Tuncay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goksel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D050257:Tubulin Modulators / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids; D050257:Tubulin Modulators; D003078:Colchicine
keywords: asthma; colchicine; follicular bronchiolitis; rheumatoid arthritis