"Tuberculous Colitis: Radiologic-Colonoscopic Correlation."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 84th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, held November 29 - December 4, 1998, in Chicago, Illinois, "Until recently, intestinal tuberculosis has been considered a rare, chronic disease, occurring mainly in people from developing countries. However, with the recent AIDS epidemic, a sharp increase in incidence of extrapulmonary and pulmonary tuberculosis is reported in young adults. The purpose of this exhibit is to present various double contrast barium enema (DCBE) findings of tuberculous colitis, correlated with colonoscopic findings. DCBE revealed detailed mucosal changes. DCBE...

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