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Suspected Intestinal Tuberculosis Might Be Crohn's Disease

Author(s) -

Semiu Eniola Folaranmi,

Gautam Mehta,

Debasis Datta,

G Holdstock

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2010/695461

Subject(s) - medicine , crohn's disease , intestinal tuberculosis , disease , antimycobacterial , tuberculosis , etiology , gastroenterology , endoscopy , crohn disease , pathology , mycobacterium tuberculosis

In this case report we provide evidence that supports a link between mycobacteria and Crohn's disease. The patient in question, KG, presented on three separate occasions over a ten years period with features suggestive of intestinal tuberculosis. He was treated successfully on each occasion with antimycobacterial drugs. When he presented a fourth time with the same symptoms, he was diagnosed with Crohn's disease based on findings from endoscopy, histology and CT. Subsequently he was treated with a course of steroids and made a full recovery. This case adds weight to the theory that mycobateria has an aetiological role in Crohn's disease.

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