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Case Report: Is It Reactive or IBD-Associated Arthritis?

Hanan Ibrahim, MD, Weixia Guo, MD, & Ayad Alkhatib, MD  |  Issue: January 2021  |  January 19, 2021


Hanan Ibrahim, MDHanan Ibrahim, MD, is a third-year, post-graduate, internal medicine resident at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit. She plans to pursue a rheumatology fellowship.

Weixia Guo, MDWeixia Guo, MD, completed her residency at the University of Cincinnati and is a second-year, fellow in rheumatology at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.

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Ayad Alkhatib, MDAyad Alkhatib, MD, completed a residency at Henry Ford Health System in 2015 and a rheumatology fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2017. He has been practicing rheumatology at Henry Ford Health System since 2017.

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  2. Vavricka SR, Schoepfer A, Scharl M, Lakatos PL, Navarini A, Rogler G. Extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2015;21(8):1982–1992. 
  3. Carter JD. Treating reactive arthritis: insights for the clinician. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2010;2(1):45–54. 
  4. Micic D, Yarur A, Gonsalves A, et al. Risk factors for Clostridium difficile isolation in inflammatory bowel disease: a prospective study. Dig Dis Sci. 2018;63(4):1016–1024. 
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  6. Selmi C, Gershwin ME. Diagnosis and classification of reactive arthritis. Autoimmun Rev. 2014;13(4-5):546–549. 

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