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Tracheobronchial Wall Thickening in a Patient With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A 43-year-old woman, born in Mexico, with a history of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura status after splenectomy and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) favoring Crohn disease previously complicated by cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis, presented with worsening abdominal and rectal pain. Over the past 6 months, she had 3 hospitalizations for biopsy-confirmed IBD flares, during which her immunosuppressive regimen was sequentially intensified from azathioprine and infliximab to high-dose corticosteroids and ultimately to upadacitinib for refractory disease.

Source: CHEST Pulmonary

DOI: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2025.100186

Authors: Jonathan Tse, Kevyn Ramos Laguna, Shuman Liu, Evan Yung, Chongiin Kim, Patrick Chan

Institutions: University of Southern California, Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,500