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Small bowel tuberculosis

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We describe the radiologic appearances of small bowel tuberculosis as shown by enteroclysis. A total of 265 patients with proven small bowel tuberculosis seen over a period of more than one decade was evaluated. All patients had positive radiologic findings as shown on enteroclysis examination. Of the 265 patients with small bowel tuberculosis, 174 had isolated small bowel involvement with a normal ileocecal region, whereas 91 had associated noncontiguous involvement of the ileocecal region. The most common radiologic finding was the presence of strictures, noted in 62.7% of cases. Most strictures were short, concentric, and smooth in outline. These strictures were solitary or multiple and located mainly in the jejunum. Other radiologic findings were adhesions (21.8%), ulcerations (9.1%), and diffuse thickening of folds (6.4%). Complications noted were in the form of enteroliths, perforations, and fistulae. The radiographic findings of small bowel tuberculosis, although nonspecific, may indicate tuberculosis in a high-risk population.

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  1. Section of GE Radiology, Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, H. No. 1027, Sector 24-B, Chandigarh 160023, India

    B. Nagi

  2. Department of Radio-diagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, H. No. 1027, Sector 24-B, Chandigarh 160023, India

    K. S. Sodhi

  3. Section of Clinical Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, H. No. 1027, Sector 24-B, Chandigarh 160023, India

    R. Kochhar, D. K. Bhasin & K. Singh

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Nagi, B., Sodhi, K., Kochhar, R. et al. Small bowel tuberculosis. Abdom Imaging 29, 335–340 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-003-0115-x

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