Pulmonary necrobiotic nodules: a rare extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn's disease

Abstract

The present article reports the case of a 22-yr-old female with new onset Crohn's colitis, anterior uveitis and multiple pulmonary nodules which, on histological examination, were necrobiotic nodules. This is a rare but recognised pulmonary extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn's disease and only the fourth reported case. The present case report is followed by a brief review of the relevant literature.

Keywords

• Crohn's disease
• high-resolution computed tomography
• interstitial lung disease
• necrobiotic nodules