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Chung, Kim, Jung, Shin, Yeom, Kang, Yoon, and Song: A Case of Pulmonary Thromboembolism in Crohn's Disease
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2009; 66(5): 370-373.

Published online: 31 May 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2009.66.5.370

A Case of Pulmonary Thromboembolism in Crohn's Disease

Eui-Sung Chung, M.D., Jeong-Ho Kim, M.D., Jin-Hwan Jung, M.D., Ju-Young Shin, M.D., Ju Ok Yeom, M.D., Ji Young Kang, M.D., Hyoung-Kyu Yoon, M.D., Jeong Sup Song, M.D.

Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Address for correspondence: Jeong Sup Song, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, 62, Yeouido-dong, Youngdungpo-gu, Seoul 150-713, Korea. Phone: 82-2-3779-1102, Fax: 82-2-786-1518, jssong@catholic.ac.kr

Received 15 April 2009       Accepted 12 May 2009

Copyright©2009. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved.

Abstract

Crohn's disease, a major form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), is a chronic inflammatory condition that is characterized by microvascular and macrovascular involvement. Some extraintestinal complications can occur due to chronic systemic inflammation in IBD. Among them, a pulmonary thromboembolism is a rare manifestation of IBD but is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. To our best of knowledge, there is only one case report of a pulmonary thromboembolism as a complication of Crohn's disease in Korea. We present another rare case of pulmonary thromboembolism as complication in a 25-year-old man with underlying Crohn's disease.

Keywords: Crohn's disease, Pulmonary thromboembolism

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Chest X-ray shows no abnormal findings.
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Figure 2
Chest computed tomography demonstrates filling defects from left main pulmonary artery to the both segmental pulmonary arteries (A, B).
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