Myositis as an extraintestinal manifestation occurs in less than 1% of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, and it is even rarer in ulcerative colitis (UC). To date, we found 15 published case reports of myositis associated with UC, with polymyositis being the most common clinical presentation and ocular involvement being reported in only one case.

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