title: [Intestinal tuberculosis--a rare differential diagnosis of Crohn's disease in an ethnic Danish woman].
abstract: We report a case of intestinal tuberculosis in a 42-year-old Danish woman with stomach pain, weight loss and diarrhoea for months suspective of Crohn's disease. She underwent hysterectomy where white, small nodules were found on the small intestine. Biopsies showed non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation. Gastroscopy and colonoscopy were normal. Capsule endoscopy revealed small intestine ulcers and a stenosis. A CT scan of the abdomen confirmed stenosis and inflammation of terminal ileum. QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test was positive and Mycobacterium tuberculosis was detected in faeces cultures.
authors.affiliation: Medicinsk Afdeling, Regionshospitalet Viborg, Heibergs Allé 4, 8800 Viborg. marianna_vj@yahoo.dk.
authors.forename: Maria Joanna
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Alexandraki
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wejse
authors.forename: Mette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Esbjørn
authors.forename: Lena Hagelskjær
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Kristensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D053704:Capsule Endoscopy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003718:Denmark / Q000208:ethnology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents