Author/Authors :
Tanoglu, Alpaslan Department of Gastroenterology - Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital - Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey , Tekin, Omer Department of Internal Medicine - Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital - Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey , Duzenli, Tolga Department of Gastroenterology - Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital - Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey , Kara, Muammer Department of Gastroenterology - Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital - Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey , Kaplan, Mustafa Department of Gastroenterology - Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital - Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey , Kucuk, Irfan Department of Gastroenterology - Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital - Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey , Ozari, Onur Department of Gastroenterology - Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital - Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey , Yazgan, Yusuf Department of Gastroenterology - Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital - Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract :
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting mainly the colon and presenting with diarrhea, bloody defecation and
abdominal pain. Although cardiac and/or pulmonary involvement has been reported in patients with ulcerative colitis, it rarely
involves both the pleura and pericardium at the same time. Also, it is difficult to determine whether pulmonary or cardiac disease
is secondary to the ulcerative colitis drugs or to the underlying disease process. Here we present a rare case of pleuropericardial
effusion in a patient newly diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. In ulcerative colitis, the simultaneous involvement of the respiratory
and cardiovascular systems is uncommon yet potentially dangerous
