title: Granulomatous ileitis in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 21-year-old white male with a 3-year history of back pain presented with a 6-month history of weight loss (without significant gastrointestinal symptoms), lethargy and left hip pain, and diarrhea that had lasted 4 days.
  
  
  METHODS
  Barium follow-through, upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy and biopsies, capsule enteroscopy, CT of the chest and abdomen, measurement of the concentration of fecal calprotectin, intestinal absorption permeability test and wireless capsule endoscopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ankylosing spondylitis associated with ileitis of spondylarthropathy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sulfasalazine and elemental diet, steroids, physiotherapy and bilateral hip replacement.
authors.affiliation: London, UK.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Adebayo
authors.forename: Reena
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Popat
authors.forename: Bjarni
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thjodleifsson
authors.forename: Ingvar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bjarnason
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D001706:Biopsy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007079:Ileitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012460:Sulfasalazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents; D013256:Steroids; D012460:Sulfasalazine