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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2021 Aug 3;161(4):1118–1132. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.07.042

Table 1.

Extra-Intestinal Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Organ System Manifestations Prevalence
Gastrointestinal Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Autoimmune pancreatitis
Autoimmune hepatitis
UC: up to 5%; CD: rare
rare
rare (< 1%)
Mucocutaneous Erythema nodosum
Pyoderma gangrenosum
Oral aphthous ulcers
Sweet’s syndrome
Orofacial granulomatosis
5–15% in CD; 2–10% in UC
0.4 – 2.6% in IBD
5–50% in CD

rare
rare
Musculoskeletal IBD-related arthritis
 peripheral arthritis
 axial arthritis
 enthesitis

CD: 10–20% ; UC: 4–14%
Up to 50% in CD (asymptomatic)
Ocular Episcleritis and scleritis
Anterior Uveitis
Scleritis: up to 1%;
CD 5–12%; UC 3.5–4.1%
Pulmonary Pneumonitis rare
Vascular Cardiovascular disease
Thromboembolism
Portal vein thrombosis
n.a.
3–4 fold increase
rare