Tenosynovitis of the ankles as onset of sarcoidosis in a patient with ulcerative colitis

Submitted: 22 March 2011
Accepted: 22 March 2011
Published: 11 April 2005
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Arthritis and tenosynovitis are frequently reported as complications of inflammatory bowel diseases. About 10% of patients with ulcerative colitis presents articular inflammation, usually in the phases of activity of intestinal disease. Tenosynovitis is also a frequent complication of ulcerative colitis. We describe here a case of tenosynovitis of both ankles occurring in a patient affected by ulcerative colitis not in active phase. Chest X-ray and TC showed hilar lymphonode enlargement and transbronchial biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. In this disease tenosynovitis is very rare, unlike arthritis that is rather common. In conclusion we observed a case of ankle bilateral tenosynovitis as onset manifestation of sarcoidosis.

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Furlan, A., Podswiadek, M., Cozzi, F., & Todesco, S. (2005). Tenosynovitis of the ankles as onset of sarcoidosis in a patient with ulcerative colitis. Reumatismo, 57(3), 197–200. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2005.197