title: Skeletal muscle disorders associated with inflammatory bowel diseases: occurrence of myositis in a patient with ulcerative colitis and Hashimoto's thyroiditis--case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease are inflammatory bowel diseases often associated with extra-intestinal manifestations. Of these, neutrophilic dermatoses and arthropathies are the more frequently observed, while the occurrence of striated muscle disorders, namely, myositis, has been very rarely diagnosed in these kinds of patients. The coexistence of immuno-mediated diseases in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and myositis suggests a common aetiopathogenetic mechanism underlying these conditions. The present report refers to a rare case of a 51-year-old female with UC and Hashimoto's thyroiditis who developed myositis.
authors.affiliation: U.O. di Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva, Poliambulatorio Don Bosco ASL RMB, Via Antistio 15, 00174, Rome, Italy. omero.alessandro@iol.it
authors.forename: Omero Alessandro
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Paoluzi
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crispino
authors.forename: Margherita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iacopini
authors.forename: Dino
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Palladini
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Consolazio
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paoluzi
mesh_terms: D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D050031:Hashimoto Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009220:Myositis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*