The TB--Crohn's affair--a never ending dilemma.
An 80 year old lady presented with signs and symptoms of sub-acute intestinal obstruction which failed conservative management. CT scan abdomen revealed circumferential ileum thickening with proximal bowel dilatation. Laparotomy and segmental resection was done. Pathological findings were suggestive of chronic granulomatous ileits with differential of Crohn's disease and gastrointestinal tuberculosis. The patient was presumed to have gastrointestinal tuberculosis and commenced on anti tuberculosis treatment despite inconclusive evidence for confirmation and showed marked clinical improvement.
Praveen
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S
Surgical Department, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, 56100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. drpsingam@gmail.com
Razman
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J
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy