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Review
. 2015 Jan;13(1):6-10.
doi: 10.5217/ir.2015.13.1.6. Epub 2015 Jan 29.

Seminar Report From the 2014 Taiwan Society of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (TSIBD) Spring Forum (May 24th, 2014): Crohn's Disease Versus Intestinal Tuberculosis Infection

Meng-Tzu Weng  1 , Shu-Chen Wei  2 , Chun-Che Lin  3 , Yuk-Min Tsang  4 , Chia-Tung Shun  5 , Jann-Yuan Wang  2 , Ming-Jium Shieh  2 , Cheng-Yi Wang  2 , Jau-Min Wong  2
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Seminar Report From the 2014 Taiwan Society of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (TSIBD) Spring Forum (May 24th, 2014): Crohn's Disease Versus Intestinal Tuberculosis Infection

Meng-Tzu Weng et al. Intest Res. 2015 Jan.

Abstract

Since Taiwan is an endemic area for tuberculosis (TB), differential diagnosis between the intestinal TB and Crohn's disease is an important issue. The steering committee of Taiwan Society of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (TSIBD) has arranged a seminar accordingly on May 24th, 2014 and the different point of views by gastroenterologist, radiologist, pathologist and infectious disease specialist were suggested to help the proper diagnosis and management of these two diseases.

Keywords: Crohn disease; Tuberculosis, intestine.

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Fig. 1
Abdominal CT finding. Symmetric and concentric wall thickening, with transmural enhancement of terminal ileum of CD.
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Fig. 2
Abdominal CT finding. Multiple short segment stenoses of small bowel in CD (arrow).
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Fig. 3
Abdominal CT finding. Enterocutaneous fistula of CD.
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Fig. 4
Abdominal CT findings. (A) The CT image demonstrates bowel wall edema with mural hyperenhancement (arrows). (B) The CT image shows a marked proliferation of fat (*). Extramural disease may present as increased mensenteric vascular stranding (comb sign, arrow head).
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Fig. 5
Abdominal CT finding. Asymmetric thickening of the bowel wall and large necrotic lymph nodes in the mesentery of intestinal tuberculosis.
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