%0 Journal Article
%T Lung Toxicity Due To Mesalamine
%A Ali £¿hsan Y£¿ld£¿z
%A Sibel £¿zkurt
%A G£¿ksel K£¿ter
%A Zahide Ala£¿am
%J Respiratory Case Reports
%D 2013
%I LookUs Scientific
%R 10.5505/respircase.2013.43531
%X Mesalamine, a widely used drug for inflammatory bowel disease, could cause pulmonary interstitial disease, like many other drugs. A 39-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis (UC) admitted with cough, dyspnea, and fatigue. Bilateral patchy alveolar infiltrations were seen on chest x-ray and tomography. Mesalamine was terminated, as the reaction was believed to be potentially caused by CU or due to the pulmonary toxicity of the drug. At the follow-up visit after 10 days, the initial infil-trations on chest radiograph improved. The patient's respiratory complaints had decreased significantly. As a result, mesalamine-induced lung toxicity was considered instead of lung involvement in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
%K Mesalamine
%K Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
%K Drug-induced interstitial lung disease
%K Lung toxicity.
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