The Articular Manifestations of Chronic Ulcerative Colitis

Abstract

IT appears to be a well established belief that arthritis is an occasional complication of chronic ulcerative colitis, that its presence is an additional indication for surgical management of the colitis, and that removal of the diseased colon results in remission of the arthritic symptoms. The literature is vague, however, regarding the type of arthritis involved and its rate of occurrence.It is the purpose of this paper to attempt a classification of the articular manifestations of chronic ulcerative colitis, to estimate their frequency in a large group of patients and to correlate them to the activity of the colitis. . . .