title: Tracheobronchitis in a Patient With Crohn's Disease.
abstract: We report a 63-year-old woman who presented with 1 month of non-productive cough and non-bloody diarrhea. She was on maintenance therapy for a 15-year history of Crohn's disease. Treatment with systemic corticosteroids resulted in rapid improvement of both her diarrhea and respiratory symptoms. Our patient is unique in that she presented with tracheobronchitis during an acute flare of her Crohn's without obvious lung pathology on chest imaging. Tracheobronchitis is a rare manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease that should be considered in Crohn's disease patients presenting with persistent non-infectious cough.
authors.affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Anusha G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Govind
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Sanaa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arastu
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Christopher H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Henry