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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Pulmonary manifestations in a pediatric patient with ulcerative colitis: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Pulmonary manifestations in a pediatric patient with ulcerative colitis a case report Ryan S Carvalho Lindsay Wilson and Carmen Cuffari Address The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Baltimore Maryland USA Email Ryan S Carvalho - rcarval2@jhmi.edu Lindsay Wilson - lwilson@jhmi.edu Carmen Cuffari - ccuffari@jhmi.edu Corresponding author Published 25 February 2008 Received II September 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 59 doi I0.II86 1752-1947-2-59 Accepted 25 February 2008 This article is available from http www.jmedicalcasereports.cOm content 2 1 59 2008 Carvalho et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Introduction Although respiratory involvement has been described in patients with IBD well-defined interstitial lung disease has not been reported especially among children with ulcerative colitis. Case presentation Herein we present a case of an adolescent female with ulcerative colitis and extra-intestinal complications involving the lungs that were effectively treated with anti-metabolite therapy. Conclusion Children with UC may manifest either interstitial or large airway pulmonary involvement. All children with suspected lung involvement should be screened for tuberculosis prior to starting immunosuppressive therapy. Introduction The most prevalent pulmonary manifestation in either Crohn s disease CD or ulcerative colitis UC is non-specific airway inflammation 1-3 . Untreated patients are at risk for developing bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing .
