title: [Rheumatoid disorders in Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis. Dominance of non-inflammatory factors].
abstract: 82 consecutive outpatients with Crohn's disease (n = 52) and ulcerative colitis (n = 30) were examined ambulatory. Rheumatic complaints, objective results and diagnosis were correlated to the activity of the underlying illness and the extent of the bowel affected. 61% of the examined patients complaint about rheumatic pains. In two thirds this could be attributed to noninflammatory causes (30% insertion tendinitis. 16% degenerative arthritis, 16% wrong carriage), which appeared to be independent of the activity and severity of the underlying disease. One fourth of the rheumatic complaints was caused by inflammation (21% arthritis, 5% sacroileitis). In these cases a dependency on the disease activity and the extent of the colon involvement could be found. No cause was found for 12% of the rheumatic complaints. In patients with ulcerative colitis suffering from arthritis a significant increase of disease activity (Rachmilewitz index) could be shown as compared to ulcerative colitis patients without arthritis (p < 0.02). For patients with Crohn's disease no significant correlation between arthritis and disease activity could be established. In these cases the occurrence of arthritis was associated with the colon involvement (Chi2 = 8.48). The data indicate the high frequency of rheumatic complaints in inflammatory bowel diseases due to noninflammatory causes.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Gastroenterologie, Universitätsklinik Bochum.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mosebach
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tromm
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wittenborg
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: May
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010489:Periarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint
vernacular_title: Rheumatische Beschwerden bei Morbus Crohn und Colitis ulcerosa. Dominanz nicht entzündlicher Faktoren.