Inflammatory bowel disease in ankylosing spondylitis.
Routine detailed gastroenterological investigations were performed in a series of 47 ankylosing spondylitics. Evidence of chronic inflammatory bowel disease was found in eight patients, a prevalence of 17%. Unsuspected bowel disease was found in the absence of symptoms in three of these patients.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011349:Proctitis / Q000150:complications; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology