[Pulmonary and cutaneous lesions and terminal ileitis in a 11-year-old child: an exceptional case (author's transl)]

A 11-year-old child presented with terminal ileitis associated with pulmonary lesions showing periodic progression. The initial thoracic disorder developed two years before radiological evidence of the ileitis, the second episode coinciding with the diagnosis of the ileal lesion. Pulmonary lesions progressed simultaneously with the clinical signs of digestive tract disturbances, which are now stabilized. The exceptional cases of respiratory affections in Crohn's disease reported in the published literature are reviewed. The diagnosis of these little known associations is still further complicated by the fact that iatrogenic pulmonary affections can sometimes be induced by Salazopyrin, employed to treat this disease.