Colonic tuberculosis clinically misdiagnosed as anorexia nervosa, and radiologically and histopathologically as Crohn's disease

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 136-140

  Madani, Tariq A ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Colon; Crohn's disease; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036305150     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/879365     Document Type: Article

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