Granulomatous ileocolitis preceded by three years of pauciarticular arthritis.

The case of a 12-year old male is presented in whom pauciarticular arthritis preceded the clinical onset of granulomatous ileocolitis by three years. Before the onset of gastrointestinal symptoms, the patients' clinical diagnosis was juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. This case stresses the importance of including inflammatory bowel disease in the differential diagnosis of pauciarticular arthritis in children.