Tracheobronchitis in ulcerative colitis: a case report of therapeutic response with infliximab and review of the literature

Table 1 A Description of Patients with UC-related Tracheobronchitis Occurring Late after Colectomy

	Vashista S et al. [21]	Vashista S et al. [21]	Wilcox et al. [19]	Garg K et al. [22]	Ocak I et al. [11]
Sex	Male	Male	Male	Female	Male
Age at diagnosis of UC (years)	28	59	34	13	18
Age at colectomy (years)	42	59	35	28	40
Duration of UC at onset of tracheobronchitis symptoms (years)	16	5	16	27	35
Years since colectomy	2	5	15	12	13
Treatment	High dose inhaled beclomethasone Prednisolone 5-15 mg daily	High dose inhaled beclo-methasone Prednisolone (unspecified dose)	Manual dilation of distal trachea and main bronchi at rigid bronchoscope Prednisolone 20 mg/day	Not specified	Prednisolone 20 mg/day
Outcome	Improved symptoms	Improved symptoms	Transient improvement of symptoms Iatrogenic ruputure of bronchus during bronchus redilation procedure.	Not specified	Improved symptoms

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