Systemic complications of inflammatory bowel disease

Baillie, J.; Soltis, R.D.

Geriatrics 40(2): 53-56; 59-60

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0016-867X
PMID: 3881318
Document Number: 264900
Radiologic assessment of the sacroiliac joints should be part of every inflammatory bowel disease patient's workup; ankylosing spondylitis is 10 to 20 times more common in ulcerative colitis patients than in normal persons. Iritis, which occurs in 10 to 20% of ulcerative colitis patients, often precedes bowel symptoms. It may be necessary to use long-term, low-dose steroid therapy to control frequently recurring iritis.

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