Spondylitis in chronic ulcerative colitis.

A review of the roentgen films and hospital charts in 100 examples of chronic ulcerative colitis showed a 6 per cent prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis. There were no differences in the course or severity of the colitis that distinguished the patients with spondylitis from the entire group. The radiologic features of the spinal involvement were identical to those seen in ankylosing spondylitis. The concurrence of these two diseases is of interest from an etiologic viewpoint but is not explained. Le scrutinio del roentgenogrammas e del tabulationes hospitalari in 100 casos de chronic colitis ulcerative revelava un incidentia de 6 pro cento de spondylitis ankylosante. Esseva notate nulle differentias in le curso o le severitate del colitis inter le casos con spondylitis e le gruppo total. Le aspectos radiologic del affection spinal esseva identic con illos incontrate in spondylitis ankylosante in general. Le occunentia concornitante de iste duo morbos es de interesse ab le puncto de vista etiologic, sed ill0 remane sin explication.