INTRODUCTION: There is great prevalence of extra-intestinal manifestations (EIM) in Crohn's disease(CD) and ulcerative rectocolitis (UR), varying from 24 to 65%. AIM: To determine the prevalence of EIM in UR and CD, establishing a correlation with the diagnosis of the kind of intestinal inflammatory disease, extension, evolution time and disease activity. METHODS: One thousand patients were evaluated at the Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP, along the 1984 to 2004 period. Articular, dermatological, ophthalmologic, urologic, hepatic, pulmonary and vascular manifestations were studied. RESULTS: 468 patients were studied with CD (46.8%) were studied and 532 with UR (53.2%). 627 patients found (59.2% with UR and 66.7% with CD) with at least one form of EIM. The average disease time of the EIM patients was of 10 years. EIM were more frequent after the beginning of the intestinal symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Both in UR as in CD, the greater the extension of the disease in the colon, the greater is the EIM incidence. Urologic manifestations were more frequent in CD. Articular and dermatological manifestations were more prevalent in the feminine sex in both groups. Hepatic manifestations were more prevalent in CD. Articular, dermatological and vascular manifestations were related with the activity of the intestinal disease in both groups.
Inflammatory enteropathy; Crohn's disease; Proctocolitis; Prevalence
