Doen？as inflamatórias intestinais no Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal de Sergipe: manifesta？？es extraintestinais

idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) represents a group of chronic inflammatory conditions, resulting from persistent and inappropriate activation of mucosal immune system. besides the typical intestinal symptoms, the ibd can manifest itself through a series of extraintestinal manifestations (eim). objectives: to evaluate the incidence of eim in the hospital universitario of universidade federal de sergipe; to diagnose eim of ibd; to institute the appropriate treatment of patients with these manifestations. methods: we applied a protocol for diagnosis of eim; when necessary, patients were referred to their specialities. results: we categorized 49 patients with ibd, whose 41 (83.6%) had eim. the rheumatologics eim were the most frequent, affecting 35 patients. the others eim were distributed as follows: one case of dermatological eim; one case of urologic eim, one case of pulmonology eim, four cases of ophthalmic eim; eight cases of hepatic eim. conclusions: the eim have a high incidence (i=83.6%) among patients with ibd; the eim had similar incidence among patients with ulcerative colitis and crohn’s disease. the beginning of eim was more common after the diagnosis of ibd; the rheumatologic eim was most prevalent (p=71.4%).