A Case of Intestinal Tuberculosis Mimicking Crohn’s Disease: A Clinical and Diagnostic Dilemma

This case highlights the importance of differentiating between Crohn’s disease and intestinal tuberculosis. The rates of misdiagnosis of Crohn’s disease and intestinal tuberculosis range from 50% to 70% because of their non-specific and clinically similar manifestations.If intestinal tuberculosis is...

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Main Authors:	Sharon Weinberg, Ahsan Mughal
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Language:	EN
Published:	SMC MEDIA SRL 2021
Subjects:	tuberculosis inflammatory bowel disease Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ff0c025dc4de4afd8d3a53d01a74fdc12021-11-09T11:22:41ZA Case of Intestinal Tuberculosis Mimicking Crohn’s Disease: A Clinical and Diagnostic Dilemma2284-259410.12890/2021_002699https://doaj.org/article/ff0c025dc4de4afd8d3a53d01a74fdc12021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/2699https://doaj.org/toc/2284-2594This case highlights the importance of differentiating between Crohn’s disease and intestinal tuberculosis. The rates of misdiagnosis of Crohn’s disease and intestinal tuberculosis range from 50% to 70% because of their non-specific and clinically similar manifestations.If intestinal tuberculosis is misdiagnosed as Crohn’s disease, use of immunomodulatory drugs commonly used for Crohn’s disease can increase the risk of disseminated tuberculosis. Here we present a case highlighting the clinical similarity between these two distinct medical conditions and suggest how a similar scenario can be approached, which can help to differentiate between the two otherwise very similar conditions.Sharon WeinbergAhsan MughalSMC MEDIA SRLarticletuberculosisinflammatory bowel diseaseMedicineRENEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2021)
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spellingShingle	tuberculosis inflammatory bowel disease Medicine R Sharon Weinberg Ahsan Mughal A Case of Intestinal Tuberculosis Mimicking Crohn’s Disease: A Clinical and Diagnostic Dilemma
description	This case highlights the importance of differentiating between Crohn’s disease and intestinal tuberculosis. The rates of misdiagnosis of Crohn’s disease and intestinal tuberculosis range from 50% to 70% because of their non-specific and clinically similar manifestations.If intestinal tuberculosis is misdiagnosed as Crohn’s disease, use of immunomodulatory drugs commonly used for Crohn’s disease can increase the risk of disseminated tuberculosis. Here we present a case highlighting the clinical similarity between these two distinct medical conditions and suggest how a similar scenario can be approached, which can help to differentiate between the two otherwise very similar conditions.
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A Case of Intestinal Tuberculosis Mimicking Crohn’s Disease: A Clinical and Diagnostic Dilemma

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