title: Abdominal tuberculosis mimicking Crohn's disease: a difficult diagnosis. Report of a case.
abstract: Abdominal involvement by tuberculosis as first site of disease is comparatively rare in industrialized countries. The emergence of new groups of patients at risk arouse a particular and due interest. This report describes a case of abdominal tuberculosis with a first diagnosis of Crohn's disease in an immigrant girl from Peru. The diagnosis can be difficult because extrapulmonary tuberculosis is often paucibacillary and the disease may mimic a variety of gastrointestinal disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. apetroianni@tiscalinet.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petroianni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mugnaini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Laurendi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giousuè
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schininà
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bibbolino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bisetti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010568:Peru / Q000208:ethnology; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents