Pleuropulmonary Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Pleuropulmonary clinical presentations are extraintestinal manifestations of the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). These manifestations are concerns for both pulmonary physicians and gastroenterologists. The objective of the present review was to gather and summarize information on this particular matter, on the basis of available up-to-date literature. Pleuropulmonary manifestations are frequent seen and diagnosed either pre or after diagnosed of inflammatory bowel airway diseases the most common presentation, whereas IBD-related interstitial lung disease is less presentation. Pulmonary infection should always consider either from disease itself from immunosuppression treatment. The common link between intestinal disease and lung pathology is unknown, but many hypotheses have been proposed. It is speculated that environmental pollution, common immunological mechanisms and predisposing genetic factors may play a role.