Here’s a list of clinical, imaging and endoscopic differences in Crohn’s disease vs tuberculosis:
| Crohns | Tuberculosis | |
| Clinical history | Sub(fever), weight loss | Evening fever, night sweats |
| Ascites | Rare, transudate | Possible, exudate |
| Extraintestinal features | Cutaneous, articular, perianal disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis | Lung, lumph node |
| Imaging | Concentric wall thickening, target sign present | Asymmetric wall thickening
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| Colonoscopy | Aphtous lesions
Deep longitudinal, serpiginous ulcers Cobblestone appearance Luminal narrowing Fistulas |
Supeficial, transverse or circumferential ulcers
Patulous, deformed IC valve Nodular mucosa |