Inflammatory Tracheobronchitis Related to Ulcerative Colitis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2018
Publication Title
Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
Volume
25
Issue
2
First page number:
137
Last page number:
140
Abstract
The field of bronchology has seen remarkable progresses in the last decade with development of new technologies, an increase in volume of bronchoscopic procedures, and development of formal interventional pulmonary training programs. Although expertise in advanced bronchoscopic skills and technology is important, it is also equally important to recognize the common and uncommon endobronchial manifestations of various systemic diseases. The term “noninterventional pulmonologist” has recently been used to lay emphasis on such cognitive bronchoscopic skills including recognition and diagnosis of endobronchial findings related to systemic diseases.1 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is one good example as it can have extraintestinal manifestations and can involve the lung with bronchiectasis being the most common finding.2,3 Endobronchial involvement has been rarely reported but is probably missed frequently as the initial clinical findings may be subtle and routine imaging may not be helpful. We describe a case of inflammatory tracheobronchial involvement due to ulcerative colitis, which presented several years after colectomy and remained unrecognized until a bronchoscopic evaluation was performed.
Keywords
Tracheobronchitis; Ulcerative colitis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Extraintestinal manifestation
Disciplines
Gastroenterology
Language
English
Repository Citation
Dy, R.,
Xu, B.,
Dhillon, S. S.
(2018).
Inflammatory Tracheobronchitis Related to Ulcerative Colitis.
Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, 25(2),
137-140.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/LBR.0000000000000429