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Two patients with new granulomatous lung lesions during treatment of Crohn's disease
Two patients with new granulomatous lung lesions during treatment of Crohn's disease
- Source :
- Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, Vol 12, Iss C, Pp 16-18 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2014.
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Abstract
- Two patients with granulomatous lung lesions thought to be related to Crohn's disease (CD) are reported. Patient 1 was a 43-year-old man who was diagnosed with CD at age 11 years. He developed a fever in the 38 °C, and a chest X-ray and CT scan showed infiltrates with air bronchograms in the right upper lobe and left lingular segment. Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) revealed granulomatous lesions. Patient 2 was a 76-year-old woman who was diagnosed with CD at age 44 years. Chest CT showed infiltrates and nodular shadows in both lung fields. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in June 2012 revealed granulomatous lesions. Tuberculosis, fungal infections, drug-induced lung disorder, and sarcoidosis were ruled out as a cause of the granulomatous lesions in both patients. The aetiology was thought to be CD.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22130071
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- C
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.bbece6a2eefa4912b60f717767d297b2
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2014.02.002