title: A 28-Year-Old Man Presenting With Intractable Dry Cough and a History of Ulcerative Colitis.
abstract: A 28-year-old man of Japanese descent presented to the ED with a 2-month history of dry cough, shortness of breath, and weakness. He did not complain of fever, chest pain, or abdominal symptoms, and had no history of smoking. The patient's medical history was significant for an episode of ulcerative colitis 6 years previously after presenting with bloody diarrhea, stomach pain, fever, weight loss, and bilateral episcleritis. He had been treated consecutively with mesalazine, azathioprine, infliximab, golimumab, and adalimumab. Concomitant respiratory symptoms had been present during 2 flare-ups of severe ulcerative colitis disease activity and were successfully treated with a course of oral prednisone.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals and School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Lise M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Lücker
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiology, Geneva University Hospitals and School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Anne-Lise
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hachulla
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals and School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lador
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunology and Allergy, Geneva University Hospitals and School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chizzolini
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals and School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: dan.adler@hcuge.ch.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Adler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055420:Perfusion Imaging; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed