Ulcerative colitis associated with vasculitis and focal pulmonary disorder

Introduction: Vasculitis is always considered to be a differenzial diagnostic problem in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Case report: A 30-year-old man was treated for pneumonia with high temperature and cough by his GP. As his condition had not reacted to antibiotic treatment, a hest X-ray was performed. The patient was referred to the Department of Pulmonology for further investigations because of the detected focal lesions. According to the chest CT, Wegener's granulomatosis was suspected, however, the CT guided core biopsy did not prove to be diagnostic. The clinical status, the radiological image and cANC…