Gastrointestinal tuberculosis. The great mimic still at large.
Gastrointestinal tuberculosis has declined markedly in frequency since the introduction of antituberculous therapy. As a result, the diagnosis is often delayed in North American patients. Segmental colonic disease, especially in the absence of pulmonary tuberculosis, is often difficult to differentiate from Crohn's disease or a neoplasm. We describe a case of colonic tuberculosis mimicking carcinoma of the hepatic flexure of the colon.
D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008643:Mesentery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
D001466:Barium Sulfate