| A Case of Pulmonary Thromboembolism in Crohn's Disease. |
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Eui Sung Chung, Jeong Ho Kim, Jin Hwan Jung, Ju Young Shin, Ju Ok Yeom, Ji Young Kang, Hyoung Kyu Yoon, Jeong Sup Song |
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Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jssong@catholic.ac.kr |
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| Abstract |
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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. |
| Key Words:
Crohn's disease, Pulmonary thromboembolism |
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