Tuberculous colitis mimicking Crohn's disease: Utility of computed tomography in the differentiation

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1221-1223

  Boudiaf, M ^a   Zidi, S H ^a   Soyer, P ^a   Lavergne Slove, A ^a   Kardache, M ^a   Logeay, O ^a   Rymer, R ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Colitis; Colon; Colon, diseases; Colon, radiography; Crohn's disease; CT; Intestines, diseases; Tuberculosis, gastrointestinal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

COLITIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 0031615988     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050539     Document Type: Article

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