title: Ulcerative colitis and rheumatoid arthritis: a rare association--case report.
abstract: 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 coexistence of ulcerative colitis and rheumatoid arthritis is rare. The authors report a case of ulcerative colitis associated with rheumatoid arthritis, in which colitis occurred 12 years before the onset of inflammatory arthropathy.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Reumatologia Ambulatório de Artrite Reumatoide, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil. vitorcruz@msn.com
authors.forename: Vitor Alves
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Lúcio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Carolina Nazeozeno
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Vanessa de Oliveira
authors.initials: Vde O
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: Jozelia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rego
authors.forename: Nilzio Antonio da
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans