Severe steroid responsive pneumonitis associated with pyoderma gangrenosum and ulcerative colitis.
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Severe steroid responsive pneumonitis associated with pyoderma gangrenosum and ulcerative colitis.
Inflammatory bowel disease is associated with a variety of extraintestinal manifestations,' including bronchiectasis23 and chronic bronchitis.2 We report here a patient with quiescent ulcerative colitis who became critically ill with severe pneumonia. Despite intensive investigation, the likely nature of the pulmonary condition became only apparent when after eight weeks she developed pyoderma ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.40.4.314