PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - S Chugh AU - J B Dilawari AU - I M Sawhney AU - N Dang AU - B D Radotra AU - Y K Chawla TI - Polymyositis associated with ulcerative colitis. AID - 10.1136/gut.34.4.567 DP - 1993 Apr 01 TA - Gut PG - 567--569 VI - 34 IP - 4 4099 - http://gut.bmj.com/content/34/4/567.short 4100 - http://gut.bmj.com/content/34/4/567.full SO - Gut1993 Apr 01; 34 AB - An elderly woman with chronic ulcerative colitis who developed proximal muscle weakness, increased serum creatine phosphokinase activity, and histological and electromyographic abnormalities characteristic of polymyositis is described. Treatment with corticosteroids and 5-acetylsalicylic acid was followed by a remission in bowel symptoms, improvement in muscle power, and reversal of electromyographic changes. An autoimmune link between the two disorders seems likely.