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Giovanni Casella, Vincenzo Villanacci, Camillo Di Bella, Elisabetta Antonelli, Vittorio Baldini, Gabrio Bassotti, Pulmonary diseases associated with inflammatory bowel diseases, Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, Volume 4, Issue 4, October 2010, Pages 384–389, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crohns.2010.02.005
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Abstract
Among the extra-intestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel diseases, those involving the lung are relatively rare. However, there is a wide array of such manifestations, spanning from drug-related pathologies to airway disease, fistulas, granulomatous diseases, autoimmune and thromboembolic disorders. Although infrequent, people dealing with inflammatory bowel diseases must be aware of these conditions, sometimes life-threatening, to avoid further impairment of the health status of the patients and to alleviate their symptoms by prompt recognition and treatment.