Tuberculosis in pregnancy:a challenging differential diagnosisfor inflammatory bowel disease.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a case of tuberculosis with intestinal variant in a pregnant woman in the 17th week of pregnancy.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
Department of Obstetrics, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo-SP, Brazil.


CONCLUSIONS
Tuberculosis is a public health problem that concerns many countries in the world. It was declareda public emergency by the World Health Organization in 2005. Its presence during pregnancy brings maternal risk and fetal impairment if not treated quickly and properly. The intestinal variant is not the most common form of the disease and may be confused with inflammatory bowel diseases, especially Crohns disease. Knowledge of the specific characteristics, combined with a detailed medical history and appropriate diagnostic methods can make all the difference in gestational prognosis. We report the case of a pregnant woman who wrongly underwent treatment for inflammatory bowel disease at another service. After admission to our university hospital, fruitful diagnostic clarification was achieved and the patient was diagnosed and treated for tuberculosis. We describe the details of the investigation and, in particular, review the main characteristics in the literature for differentiating the two diseases.
E F M
EF
Santana
E
E
Araujo Júnior
F F
FF
Campanharo
S G P
SG
Sarmento
C S
CS
Saito
F A
FA
Moron
X-ray; colonoscopy; microscopy.; pregnancy; tuberculosis