Chronic cough associated with Crohn's disease

Faruqi, Shoaib; Avery, Ged; Morice, Alyn H.

Abstract

A 62-year-old man presented with chronic dry cough. He was known to have Crohn's disease which was in remission. A plain chest radiograph demonstrated bilateral apical infiltrates. A HRCT of the chest showed normal proximal airways. Stenosis of medium size airways was present with post-stenotic dilation. These dilated peripheral bronchi appeared fluid filled. Patchy areas of consolidation were seen as well. These changes were thought to be due to Crohn's disease involving the lungs and responded well to treatment with cortico-steroids. We report this uncommon radiological association with Crohn's disease. © 2010 Faruqi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

Citation

Faruqi, S., Avery, G., & Morice, A. H. (2010). Chronic cough associated with Crohn's disease. Cough, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-9974-6-6

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Aug 8, 2010
• Deposit Date: May 24, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 17, 2024
• Journal: Cough
• Print ISSN: 1745-9974
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-9974-6-6
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3610338