Colobronchial fistula presenting with persistent pneumonia in a patient with Crohn's disease: a case report

Cases Journal - Tập 2 - Trang 1-3 - 2009
Turki AlAmeel1, D Alex MacLean2, Ryan MacDougall3
1Division of Gastroenterology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
2Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
3Department of Radiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Tóm tắt

Colobronchial fistula is an uncommon complication of Crohn's Disease. It is also rarely diagnosed on first presentation. We describe a case of colobronchial fistula and recurrent pneumonia in a patient with Crohn's Disease. A 52-year-old gentleman with a history of Crohn's Disease presented with cavitating left lower lobe pneumonia that did not resolve despite a one month course of antibiotics. A computed tomography of the thorax confirmed the presence of a cavitating left lower lobe pneumonia. A subsequent abdominal computed tomography revealed a fistulous communication between the colon at the splenic flexure and the left bronchial space. The patient underwent surgery and a fibrous tract was visualized from the splenic flexure to the left lung. Medical treatment was continued with a six week course of antibiotics and the patient was doing well 12 weeks after surgery. There have been few case reports of colobronchial fistula with a clinical picture similar to this case.

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