ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS - A CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL STUDY
ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS - A CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL STUDY
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DOI:
10.1136/ard.17.2.169
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发表时间:
1958-01-01
影响因子:
27.4
通讯作者:
ANSELL, BM
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作者:
BYWATERS, EGL;ANSELL, BM
The arthritis associated with ulcerative colitis has not been fully delineated, although Hench (1935) gave an excellent short characterization. Recent textbooks on arthritis omit mention of it (Copeman, 1955; Comroe, 1953) or give it a few lines only (Fletcher, 1951). In the comprehensive American and English language reviews published in the Annals of Internal Medicine by the American Rheumatism Association, no mention of it has been made since 1940 (Hench and others, 1940, 1941, 1948; Robinson and others, 1953, 1956), nor is it classified as such in the" Standard Nomenclature of Disease" approved by the American Rheumatism Association. This is possibly because it is thought to be merely rheumatoid arthritis occurring in ulcerative colitis, rather than a special entity (Hench and others, 1936). With the emergence of a nearly specific diagnostic test and more knowledge about this group of diseases, it seems opportune to review this problem again in the light of fourteen cases seen personally at the Special Unit forJuvenile Rheumatism, Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital and at the Postgraduate School, over the last 11 years, together with eight cases seen with Dr. Kellock at the Central Middlesex Hospital, and eight cases seen with Dr. Coghill at the West Middlesex Hospital. Data from seven other cases at these hospitals is also included, although these cases were not seen personally, making a total of 37 patients.Material and Methods Ulcerative colitis was diagnosed on the basis of a characteristic pathological, radiological, or sigmoidoscopic appearance, plus a compatible clinical history, including diarrhoea. The Rose-Waaler differential agglutination of sensitized sheep cells" DAT" has been carried out in its original form by Dr. Frances Scott at Taplow (Scott, 1952).