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Simultaneous involvement of the pleura and pericardium in ulcerative colitis is rare, and determining whether cardiopulmonary disease is drug-induced or disease-related remains difficult.
Simultaneous involvement of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems (pleuropericardial effusion) is an uncommon but potentially dangerous presentation in newly diagnosed ulcerative colitis.
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May warrant vigilance for pleuropericardial effusion in new ulcerative colitis; hypothesis-generating and requires larger studies.
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting mainly the colon and presenting with diarrhea, bloody defecation andabdominal pain. Although cardiac and/or pulmonary involvement has been reported in patients with ulcerative colitis, it rarelyinvolves both the pleura and pericardium at the same time. Also, it is difficult to determine whether pulmonary or cardiac diseaseis secondary to the ulcerative colitis drugs or to the underlying disease process. Here we present a rare case of pleuropericardialeffusion in a patient newly diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. In ulcerative colitis, the simultaneous involvement of the respiratoryand cardiovascular systems is uncommon yet potentially dangerous.
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