Lung nodules as the first manifestation of Crohn disease

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  • Cesar V. Reyes
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The patient denied fever, night sweats, productive cough, hemoptysis, wheezing, orthopnea, cyanosis, rhinorrhea, sinusitis, travel outside of her home state (Illinois), exposure to tuberculosis, exposure to birds, and injection drug use. She was allergic to milk but had no other allergies. She was a college student, lived alone, worked in sales, and smoked 10 to 12 cigarettes per day for 2 years. She admitted to occasional social alcohol intake. The only medication she took was medroxyprogesterone.

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تاریخ انتشار 2017