Table 3:

Musculoskeletal Conditions Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Therapy of Peripheral and Axial Arthritis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

	Prevalence	Diagnosis	Therapy
Peripheral arthritis (pSpA)	5–14%i n UC 10–20% in CD	Clinical (and US or MRI)	Treatment of intestinal inflammation COX-2 inhibitors Corticosteroids (short term) Sulfasalazine (esp. in UC) Methotrexate Anti-TNF
Axial arthritis/Spondyl-arthopathy (axSpA)	Up p to 50 %in CD symptomatic in up to 8%	Clinical and MRI	anti-TNF