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[Bronchiectasis following colectomy for hemorrhagic rectocolitis]
T Zenone1, J D Heyraud, C Gontier
1Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Desgenettes, Lyon.
Abstract:
Pulmonary disease is an uncommon extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease. We report the case of a patient in whom colectomy for ulcerative colitis was followed by development of bronchiectasis. A discussion of the relation between ulcerative colitis and bronchial disease is presented.