Seminar Report From the 2014 Taiwan Society of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (TSIBD) Spring Forum (May 24th, 2014): Crohn's Disease Versus Intestinal Tuberculosis Infection

Meng-Tzu Weng; Shu-Chen Wei; Chun-Che Lin; Yuk-Min Tsang; Chia-Tung Shun; Jann-Yuan Wang; Ming-Jium Shieh; Cheng-Yi Wang; Jau-Min Wong

doi:10.5217/ir.2015.13.1.6

Seminar Report From the 2014 Taiwan Society of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (TSIBD) Spring Forum (May 24th, 2014): Crohn's Disease Versus Intestinal Tuberculosis Infection

Intest Res. 2015 Jan;13(1):6-10. doi: 10.5217/ir.2015.13.1.6. Epub 2015 Jan 29.

Authors

Meng-Tzu Weng¹, Shu-Chen Wei², Chun-Che Lin³, Yuk-Min Tsang⁴, Chia-Tung Shun⁵, Jann-Yuan Wang², Ming-Jium Shieh², Cheng-Yi Wang², Jau-Min Wong²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan. ; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taiwan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taiwan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.

Abstract

Since Taiwan is an endemic area for tuberculosis (TB), differential diagnosis between the intestinal TB and Crohn's disease is an important issue. The steering committee of Taiwan Society of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (TSIBD) has arranged a seminar accordingly on May 24th, 2014 and the different point of views by gastroenterologist, radiologist, pathologist and infectious disease specialist were suggested to help the proper diagnosis and management of these two diseases.

Keywords: Crohn disease; Tuberculosis, intestine.

Publication types

Review