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Colonic tuberculosis mimicking Crohn's disease: case report by Constantinos Chatzicostas; Ioannis E Koutroubakis; Maria Tzardi; Maria Roussomoustakaki; Panagiotis Prassopoulos; Elias A Kouroumalis is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Background: Intestinal tuberculosis is a rare disease in western countries, affecting mainly immigrants and immunocompromised patients. Intestinal tuberculosis is a diagnostic challenge, especially when active pulmonary infection is absent. It may mimic many other abdominal diseases. Case presentation: Here, we report a case of isolated colonic tuberculosis where the initial diagnostic workup was suggestive of Crohn's disease. Computed tomography findings however, raised the possibility of colonic tuberculosis and the detection of acid-fast bacilli in biopsy specimens confirmed the diagnosis.
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- Author
- Constantinos Chatzicostas; Ioannis E Koutroubakis; Maria Tzardi; Maria Roussomoustakaki; Panagiotis Prassopoulos; Elias A Kouroumalis
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1471-230X)
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)