Ulcerative Colitis and Diffuse Interstitial Lung Disease: Rare Association or Complete Coincidence?

Abstract

eight died unexpectedly during hospitalization, five died of sepsis and multi¬ ple organ failure, and one patient was seropositive for human immunodefi¬ ciency virus. This left a subset of 34 potential vital organ donors. The fam¬ ilies of all 34 were approached for con¬ sent; half consented and the other half did not.The 17 donors averaged 22.5 years of age. Twelve were male and five were