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  • Title: [Acute alveolitis due to mesalazine].
    Author: Lagler U, Schulthess HK, Kuhn M.
    Journal: Schweiz Med Wochenschr; 1992 Sep 05; 122(36):1332-4. PubMed ID: 1411390.
    Abstract:
    A 66-year-old male developed lymphocytic alveolitis with bronchiolitis after 3 month's treatment with mesalazin for ulcerative colitis. The patient's symptoms disappeared after halting mesalazin and increasing the steroid dose, the reduced diffusing capacity ameliorated and the thoracic X-ray normalized. The question whether this was a case of pulmonary involvement in inflammatory bowel disease or a drug side effect.
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