Differentiation of Crohn&rsquo;s disease from intestinal tuberculosis in India in 2010

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2011; 17(4): 433-443
Published online Jan 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i4.433

Table 1 Computed tomographic features of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn’s disease

Tuberculosis	Crohn’s disease
Mural thickening without stratification	Mural thickening with stratification in active inflammation
Strictures concentric	Strictures eccentric
Fibrofatty proliferation of mesentery very rare	Fibrofatty proliferation of mesentery
Mesenteric inflammation but no vascular engorgement	Hypervascular mesentery (comb sign)
Hypodense lymph nodes with peripheral enhancement	Mild lymphadenopathy
High density ascites	Abscesses

Citation: Pulimood AB, Amarapurkar DN, Ghoshal U, Phillip M, Pai CG, Reddy DN, Nagi B, Ramakrishna BS. Differentiation of Crohn’s disease from intestinal tuberculosis in India in 2010. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17(4): 433-443
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v17/i4/433.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v17.i4.433