Juvenile spondyloarthritis with microscopic colitis

• DOI: 10.1007/s13312-012-0097-2
• Publication Date: 2012-07-21T08:23:54Z
• Authors: Raran Veetil Deepthi; Shubha P. Bhat; Siddharth M. Shetty; Rathika D. Shenoy
• Keywords: Colitis, Microscopic; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Adolescent; Spondylarthritis; Humans; Female; Sacroiliitis; 3. Good health

We report an adolescent girl with long standing spondyloarthritis and chronic diarrhea. Colonoscopy and biopsy revealed microscopic colitis. All serology and HLA-B27 were negative. This case is reported for its rarity and the need to evaluate gut in chronic arthritis to achieve clinical remission.