title: [Ileo-cecal tuberculosis. A difficult diagnosis].
abstract: An ileocaecal tuberculosis suspected in an Algerian girl was confirmed only by operative findings and by the presence of caseum at histological examination. Mycobacterium tuberculosis could not be cultured from the lesions. Diagnostic problems between tuberculous enteritis and Crohn's disease are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: La tuberculose iléo-caecale. Un diagnostic difficile.