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. 1988 Sep;43(9):735–736. doi: 10.1136/thx.43.9.735

Bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia in a patient with ulcerative colitis.

C R Swinburn 1, G J Jackson 1, I Cobden 1, T Ashcroft 1, G N Morritt 1, P A Corris 1
PMCID: PMC461468  PMID: 3194883

Abstract

A young woman with ulcerative colitis developed pneumonia, which responded to corticosteroids. Histological examination showed this to be bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia.

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