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Uveitis occurring after colectomy and ileal-rectal sleeve anastomosis for ulcerative colitis

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Uveitis is an extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. In most cases, its course parallels that of the underlying bowel disease and improves with its therapy. Occasionally, the two processes are not synchronous. In either case, the uveitis has usually been considered to be dependent on the presence of the colon. This report describes a patient who developed uveitis shortly after colectomy and ileal-rectal sleeve anastomosis for ulcerative colitis, indicating that the continuing presence of the colonic mucosa is not necessary for development of the associated ocular inflammation.

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  1. Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, and Department of Ophthalmology, Lenox Hill Hospital, 100 East 77 Street, 10021, New York, New York

    Peter J. Baiocco MD, B. David Gorman MD &  Burton I. Korelitz MD

  2. New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York

    Peter J. Baiocco MD, B. David Gorman MD &  Burton I. Korelitz MD

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Baiocco, P.J., David Gorman, B. & Korelitz, B.I. Uveitis occurring after colectomy and ileal-rectal sleeve anastomosis for ulcerative colitis. Digest Dis Sci 29, 570–572 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01296276

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