P120 Usefulness of the faecal calprotectin for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in patients with spondylorarthritis and no digestive symptoms

Abstract:

Background Faecal calprotectin (FC) is a biomarker of bowel inflammation widely spread in diagnosis and follow-up of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It is classically estimated that 5% of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) also have IBD; coexistence of both conditions has definite impact in clinical decisions. Proactive detection of both diseases should be advisable, though appropriate screening tools are still lacking. Our aim was to evaluate the usefulness of FC for the diagnosis of IBD in patients diagnosed with SpA without suggestive manifestations or previous diagnosis of IBD. Methods Patients from a Rheumatology clinic diagnosed with SpA who met ASAS criteria and did not present digestive symptoms suggestive of IBD were consecutively included. Demographics, clinical and analytical data of SpA (uveitis, HLA B27, acute phase reactants) at the time of …

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2019

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