Colonic Tuberculosis Mimicking Crohn's Disease (2 of 12)

Rate:
N/A
Loading player ... The player requires Flash Player plugin
added:
13 years ago
views:
3330
specialty:
Gastroenterology

Case description

The diagnosis of colonic tuberculosis requires a high index of suspicion. Nodular ulcers with thickened mucosa covered with fibrin. We could not get to the cecum, due to a lesion with severe narrowness in the ascending colon. Clinical features of intestinal TB include abdominal pain, weight loss, anemia, and fever with night sweats. Patients may present with symptoms of obstruction, right iliac fossa pain, or a palpable mass in the right iliac fossa. Hemorrhage and perforation are recognized complications of intestinal TB, although free perforation is less frequent than in Crohn disease.

tags: tuberculosis colon Crohn's disease colonoscopy mucosa

This user also sharing

Recommended

show more