English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Free Plan

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

A 45 year old woman with a background of ulcerative colitis presented with a history of non-productive cough and progressive shortness of breath that failed to respond to antibiotics. She had been commenced on 6-Mercaptopurine (6-MP) for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) six weeks prior to developing respiratory symptoms. Laboratory and radiological investigations suggested a pneumonic process that failed to resolve following broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics. A thoracoscopic biopsy demonstrated features consistent with organising pneumonia, which was felt to be secondary to 6-MP as her symptoms coincided following the introduction of the drug. There was complete resolution of pneumonic changes following cessation of 6-MP. This case highlights the importance of considering 6-MP as a potential cause of organising pneumonia in appropriate clinical context.

Organising Pneumonia Secondary to 6-Mercaptopurine in a Patient with Inflammatory Bowel Disease