A Case of Bronchilolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis. |
Hyun Jung Lee, Byung Hoon Park, Ji Young Son, Ji Ye Jung, Sena Hwang, Young Eun Chon, Eun Young Kim, Ju Eun Lim, Kyung Jong Lee, Yoe Wun Yoon, Young Sam Kim, Se Kyu Kim, Joon Chang, Hyo Sub Shim, Sang Ho Cho, Moo Suk Park |
1Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. pms70@yuhs.ac 2The Institute of Chest Diseases, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 3Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 4Department of Pathology, Bundang CHA Hospital, CHA University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea. |
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Abstract |
The ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease with an unknown etiology. The major symptoms of ulcerative colitis are diarrhea, abdominal pain and hematochezia. However, arthritis, skin disorders, hepatobiliary inflammation and uveitis are occasionally recognized as systemic complications. Although there are few reports of coexistent pulmonary and inflammatory bowel disease, the lung is not generally considered to be a target organ in ulcerative colitis. We report a patient with ulcerative colitis-related bronchilolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia confirmed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, who responded to corticosteroid therapy. |
Key Words:
Colitis, Ulcerative, Lung, Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia |
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