Co-occurrence of peripheral SpA manifestations in 50% of newly diagnosed IBD patients

A new study presented at SCR23 found that half of patients with IBD have musculoskeletal symptoms, tender/swollen joints and/or entheses by clinical examination and objectively verified synovitis and/or enthesitis at the time of IBD diagnosis. Listen to Nora Vladimirova, MD and PHD student at Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research at Rigshospitalet, present these surprising findings.