Pulmonary Extraintestinal Manifestation of Crohn's Disease Treated Successfully with Adalimumab

Pulmonary extraintestinal manifestation is rare in Crohn's disease and has been reported in only a few cases. Despite the presence of pulmonary abnormalities in a significant proportion of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, there are only few case reports, due to complicated diagnosis an...

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Published in:	The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi Vol. 72; no. 3; p. 141
Main Authors:	Shin, Dongyeol, Park, Byung Kyu, Seo, Jeonghun, Won, Sun Young, Lee, Mi Kyoung, Hong, Yong Kook, Cho, Yong Suk
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Korea (South) 25-09-2018
Subjects:	Adalimumab - therapeutic use Adult Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use Colonoscopy Crohn Disease - drug therapy Female Humans Necrosis Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography Tomography, X-Ray Computed Crohn disease Inflammatory bowel diseases Multiple pulmonary nodules Extraintestinal manifestation
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Summary:	Pulmonary extraintestinal manifestation is rare in Crohn's disease and has been reported in only a few cases. Despite the presence of pulmonary abnormalities in a significant proportion of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, there are only few case reports, due to complicated diagnosis and low recognition by clinicians. Currently, treatment guidelines for pulmonary Crohn's disease have not been established. There are some case reports of pulmonary Crohn's disease that achieved remission after infliximab treatment. Clinical and radiological remission of pulmonary extraintestinal involvement in Crohn's disease after adalimumab therapy has not been reported yet. Here, we report one case of lung involvement of Crohn's disease, which shows radiological and clinical remission after adalimumab treatment.
ISSN:	2233-6869