general

Last reviewed 01/2018

  • weight loss
  • anaemia
  • hypoproteinaemia
  • arthropathy - tends to affect large weight-bearing joints
  • liver associations:
    • primary sclerosing cholangitis
    • fatty liver
    • non-specific hepatitis
    • pericholangitis
    • chronic active hepatitis
    • bile duct carcinoma
  • sacro-iliitis and ankylosing spondylitis
  • pyoderma gangrenosum
  • erythema nodosum
  • anterior uveitis
  • episcleritis
  • carcinoma of the bile ducts - rare

Note that gallstones are associated with Crohn's disease but not ulcerative colitis.