Is the identification of caseating granuloma in the intestine indicative of tuberculosis? a rare case of Crohn’s disease
In clinical practice, various forms of granulomas may indicate diverse underlying diseases, yet lack specificity. It is suggested that the presence of caseous granulomas should not be considered as a definitive exclusion criterion for the diagnosis when clinical, endoscopic, imaging and other histopathological features are consistent with CD. This study is the first report of caseous granulomas in CD without concomitant tuberculosis infection.
Authors
- Siqi Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6258-0173)
- Yan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-3357)
- Wen Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8698-0920)
- Jinghong Xu
- Keren Shen
Institutions
- National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
- Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diagnostic Pathology
- Published
- 2024-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13000-024-01566-2
- Primary Topic
- Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Chicago Medicine