Ocular symptoms are not predictive of ophthalmologic inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease.

Background: Ocular manifestations are frequent in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Aim: To evaluate for the first time the value of ocular symptoms in predicting ophthalmologic inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease.

Methods: All consecutive inflammatory bowel disease patients seen in the Department of Gastroenterology (Nancy, University Hospital, France) between April 2009 and July 2011 were interviewed for this cross-sectional study using a pre-established questionnaire.