Collagenous Colitis and Spondylarthropathy

Collagenous Colitis and Spondylarthropathy

Collagenous colitis is a recent cause of chronic diarrhea. Cooccurrence with spondylarthropathy is rare. We describe two cases: one man and one woman of 33 and 20 years old were suffering from spondylarthropathy. They then developed collagenous colitis, 4 and 14 years after the onset of spondylarthr...

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Main Authors: Kaouther Ben Abdelghani, Hana Sahli, Leila Souabni, Selma Chekili, Salwa Belhadj, Selma Kassab, Ahmed Laatar, Leith Zakraoui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/620241
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spelling doaj-92973cbf5fc644c9867b28abd65dd3782020-11-24T22:55:15ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352012-01-01201210.1155/2012/620241620241Collagenous Colitis and SpondylarthropathyKaouther Ben Abdelghani0Hana Sahli1Leila Souabni2Selma Chekili3Salwa Belhadj4Selma Kassab5Ahmed Laatar6Leith Zakraoui7Rheumatology Department, Mongi Slim Hospital, Sidi Daoued, 2046 Marsa, TunisiaRheumatology Department, Mongi Slim Hospital, Sidi Daoued, 2046 Marsa, TunisiaRheumatology Department, Mongi Slim Hospital, Sidi Daoued, 2046 Marsa, TunisiaRheumatology Department, Mongi Slim Hospital, Sidi Daoued, 2046 Marsa, TunisiaRheumatology Department, Mongi Slim Hospital, Sidi Daoued, 2046 Marsa, TunisiaRheumatology Department, Mongi Slim Hospital, Sidi Daoued, 2046 Marsa, TunisiaRheumatology Department, Mongi Slim Hospital, Sidi Daoued, 2046 Marsa, TunisiaRheumatology Department, Mongi Slim Hospital, Sidi Daoued, 2046 Marsa, TunisiaCollagenous colitis is a recent cause of chronic diarrhea. Cooccurrence with spondylarthropathy is rare. We describe two cases: one man and one woman of 33 and 20 years old were suffering from spondylarthropathy. They then developed collagenous colitis, 4 and 14 years after the onset of spondylarthropathy. The diagnosis was based on histological features. A sicca syndrome and vitiligo were observed with the female case. The presence of colitis leads to therapeutic problems. This association suggests a systemic kind of rheumatic disease of collagenous colitis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/620241
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author Kaouther Ben Abdelghani
Hana Sahli
Leila Souabni
Selma Chekili
Salwa Belhadj
Selma Kassab
Ahmed Laatar
Leith Zakraoui
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Hana Sahli
Leila Souabni
Selma Chekili
Salwa Belhadj
Selma Kassab
Ahmed Laatar
Leith Zakraoui
Collagenous Colitis and Spondylarthropathy
Case Reports in Medicine
author_facet Kaouther Ben Abdelghani
Hana Sahli
Leila Souabni
Selma Chekili
Salwa Belhadj
Selma Kassab
Ahmed Laatar
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author_sort Kaouther Ben Abdelghani
title Collagenous Colitis and Spondylarthropathy
title_short Collagenous Colitis and Spondylarthropathy
title_full Collagenous Colitis and Spondylarthropathy
title_fullStr Collagenous Colitis and Spondylarthropathy
title_full_unstemmed Collagenous Colitis and Spondylarthropathy
title_sort collagenous colitis and spondylarthropathy
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Medicine
issn 1687-9627
1687-9635
publishDate 2012-01-01
description Collagenous colitis is a recent cause of chronic diarrhea. Cooccurrence with spondylarthropathy is rare. We describe two cases: one man and one woman of 33 and 20 years old were suffering from spondylarthropathy. They then developed collagenous colitis, 4 and 14 years after the onset of spondylarthropathy. The diagnosis was based on histological features. A sicca syndrome and vitiligo were observed with the female case. The presence of colitis leads to therapeutic problems. This association suggests a systemic kind of rheumatic disease of collagenous colitis.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/620241
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