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Respiratory impairments occurring as systemic manifestations of ulcerative colitis are often misinterpreted. We report a case of chronic productive bronchitis associated with ulcerative colitis; symptoms appeared after colectomy. Clinical features distinguished it from common chronic bronchitis: it
The spectrum of respiratory diseases associated with ulcerative colitis. The respiratory diseases associated with ulcerative colitis have recently been recognized, and principally affect the bronchi. Both chronic bronchitis and bronchiectasis may develop after many years, some of the patients having
The authors report the case of a 46-year-old man with refractory ulcerative colitis treated with methotrexate who was admitted in the hospital for asthenia, fever, cough and dyspnea. Owing to the development of adult respiratory distress syndrome despite broad spectrum antibiotherapy, the patient
Several respiratory complications have been described in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), and are the subject of this review. Involvement of the bronchial tree is the most frequent of them. Chronic bronchitis (16 patients) and bilateral bronchiectasis (16 patients) are responsible for chronic
Ulcerative colitis and sarcoidosis are seldom associated. A 33-year-old diabetic man developed simultaneously a rectitis and a non-productive cough leading to the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis and sarcoidosis. These diagnoses are discussed because of the possible gastrointestinal lesions from