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History
Gut-synovium axis
Enteropathic arthritis:
◦ Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Mechanism
◦ Infectious enteritis (reactive arthritis)
◦ Whipple’s disease
◦ Intestinal bypass surgery
◦ Celiac disease
Arthropathies associated with disease of
large and small intestines:
◦ Inflammatory bowel disease
Crohn’s disease
Ulcerative colitis
◦ Infectious enteritis (reactive arthritis)
◦ Whipple’s disease
◦ Intestinal bypass surgery
◦ Celiac disease
1922: Smith performed segmental bowel
surgery to treat patients with RA
1935: Hench describes arthritis flares during
colitis exacerbation subsiding with remission
1964: American Rheumatism Association
considers enteropathic arthritis its own entity
1976: Moll and Wright propose inclusion of
the enteropathic groups into the seronegative
sponyloarthropathies
Type of SpA Macroscopic Microscopic
Enterogenic ReA 30-46% 64-89%
Urogenital ReA Uncommon 19%
Undiff SpA 24-38% 24-72%
AS 29-49% 25-62%
Psoriatic (axial) 26% ?
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Erythema Nodosum: 10-15%
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