The arthritis of ulcerative colitis.

Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in ulcerative colitis, and its relation with disease activity

  Background : Ulcerative colitis an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and chronically idiopathic immune related that associates with extraintestinal manifestations such as arthritis. Despite of the highly specificity ofanti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibodies for rheumatoid arthritis, their role in IBD remains unclear . There are only a few studies on the prevalence of anti-CCP antibo...

Ulcerative colitis and rheumatoid arthritis: a rare association--case report.

Ulcerative colitis is an autoimmune disorder of unknown etiology. Although the large intestine is the major focus of autoimmunity, resulting in chronic diarrhea, that is actually a systemic disease, with numerous extraintestinal manifestations, such as articular involvement. The frequent association of a number of autoimmune diseases in the same patient has been described. However, the coexiste...

Limb Loss Caused by Thrombosis led to the Diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis

Arterial thrombosis associated with ulcerative colitis usually occurs in the postoperative period with a good response to anticoagulant therapy and embolectomy. Our patient was a 14-year-old girl with ulcerative colitis who presented with bilateral pulsless extremities, which did not respond to medical treatment and embolectomy. Subsequent colectomy did not save her limbs. The repeated thrombos...

Clinical Implications and Utility of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spondylarthropathy and Ulcerative Colitis

معرفی یک مورد کولیت ایسکمیک ،بیماری قابل اشتباه با کولیت اولسرو

Ischemic disease of the colon (Ischemic colitis) describe a more focal type of damage in the large intestine, increasingly recognized in the elderly. It is related to occlusion of the mesenteric artery, ligation during vatcular surgery, embolic episode, diabetes melitus, arthero sclerosis, polyarteritis nodosa, rheamatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and amyloidosis.  Clinical...