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Case Reports
. 2007 Jan;22(1):137-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.03311.x.

Intestinal tuberculosis mimicking fistulizing Crohn's disease

Wai-Man Wong  1 , Kam-Chuen Lai, Wai-Chung Yiu, Benjamin Chun-Yu Wong, Fu-Luk Chan, Ching-Lung Lai
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Intestinal tuberculosis mimicking fistulizing Crohn's disease

Wai-Man Wong et al. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Jan.

Abstract

A patient is reported with intestinal tuberculosis that mimicked fistulizing Crohn's disease endoscopically. He had complete resolution of symptoms after a full course of antituberculosis therapy. Gastroenterologists and general physicians should aware of the possibility of intestinal tuberculosis in areas with a high prevalence of tuberculosis infection.

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