Article :Granulomatous diseases in a Pt. w/ CF

[Guest guest]

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Article in Press, Corrected Proof - Note to users

Copyright © 2003 European Cystic Fibrosis Society. Published by Elsevier

Science B. V. Case report

Granulomatous diseases in a patient with cystic fibrosis

J. Dobbin, Carmel Moriarty and T. P. Bye,

Department of Respiratory Medicine, E 11 South, Royal Prince Alfred

Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia

Available online 11 February 2003.

Abstract

We report the case of an adult with Crohn's disease and pulmonary

sarcoidosis on the background of cystic fibrosis (CF). There is a

recognized association between Crohn's colitis and CF, but cases of

pulmonary sarcoidosis in CF are rare. There may be a pathogenic link

between the two granulomatous disorders and CF with chronic immune

stimulation leading to hyperimmunoglobulinemia, circulating immune

complexes and subsequent granuloma formation. Author Keywords: Cystic

fibrosis; Crohn's disease; Sarcoidosis

  Corresponding author. Tel.: +61-2-9515-7427; fax: +61-2-9515-8196

Note to users: The section " Articles in Press " contains peer reviewed and

accepted articles to be published in this journal. When the final article

is assigned to an issue of the journal, the " Article in Press " version

will be removed from this section and will appear in the associated

journal issue. Please be aware that " Articles in Press " do not have all

bibliographic details available yet.

There are two types of " Articles in Press " :

Uncorrected proofs: these are articles that are not yet finalized and

that will be corrected by the authors. Therefore the text could change

before final publication. Uncorrected proofs may be temporarily

unavailable for production reasons.

Corrected proofs: these are articles containing the authors' corrections.

The content of the article will remain unchanged, and further corrections

are not possible. The only difference with the finally published article

Becki

YOUR FAVORITE LilGooberGirl

YOUNGLUNG EMAIL SUPPORT LIST

www.topica.com/lists/younglung

Pediatric Interstitial Lung Disease Society

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InterstitialLung_Kids/