Radiologic evaluation of ileo-ceacal tuberculosis

ABSTRACT

The radiologic findings in 22 patients with ileo-caecal tuberculosis were studied to determine its role in diagnostic evaluation. On barium contrast studies 20 patients showed characteristic radiographic appearances conical, shrunken, retracted caecum associated with a narrow, ulcerated terminal ileum. Two cases presented with nonspecific intestinal obstruction. In conjunction with clinical correlation, barium studies are helpful in the evaluation of ileo-caecal tuberculosis showing the location and extent of intestinal involvement in most cases. Typical radiographic findings are seen when the inflammatory process is severe