Abdominal tuberculosis mimicking Crohn's disease: a difficult diagnosis. Report of a case.
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.
Petroianni
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Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. apetroianni@tiscalinet.it
Mugnaini
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Laurendi
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Giousuè
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Schininà
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Bibbolino
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Bisetti
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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
D000995:Antitubercular Agents