A 38-year-old male patient presented to the outpatient
clinic with complaints of fever, coughing, sputum, right
flank pain, shortness of breath and haemoptysis
persisting for 2 weeks. He had not responded to empirical
antibiotic therapy. He was experiencing shortness of
breath while performing his daily activities. He had
suffered from three episodes of haemoptysis. The
ulcerative colitis of the patient was not controlled despite
immunosuppressive therapy and initiation of a new drug
therapy was planned. His diagnosis of ulcerative colitis
had been made 4 years earlier as a result of
histopathological examination of the biopsy material and
colonoscopic examination. He was a non-smoker without
any history of alcohol or substance abuse.
For three months the patient had been under treatment
with prednisolone and anti-neoplastikimmunomodülatör
ajan (imurane) in daily dosages of
150mg, Salofalk,TM and isoniazid prophylaxis. Chest X-ray
obtained 15 days earlier were normal (Figure-1a), but the
most recent chest radiograms demonstrated left-sided
lung abscess (Figure-1b). The clinical examination on
admission showed a rhythmic, rapid and narrow arterial
pulse and his blood pressure was 90/70mmHg. He
received adequate hydration, parenteral antibiotics and
N-acetylcysteine during his hospitalisation. Computed
tomography (CT) scan of the lung was performed at the
48th hour of his hospitalisation because of symptom
persistence. Contrast-enhanced CT showed a large lung