Colonic Tuberculosis Mimicking Crohn's Disease (8 of 12)

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Case description

A close up magnification of the lesion is observed, using a magnifying video endoscope after dye spraying. See video clip. Intestinal tuberculosis is much more difficult to diagnose than pulmonary tuberculosis. One of the reasons is the very low diagnostic yield of endoscopic biopsy specimens. The differentiation between intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn’s disease based on clinical features, radiology, endoscopy, and histology is often difficult.

tags: colon colonoscopy Crohn's disease tuberculosis

related terms: pulmonary tuberculosis

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