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Intestinal tuberculosis is a disease with protective clinical manifestations. The radiographic changes in the bowel are similarly varied but often highly suggestive if not characteristic.
The key radiologic changes in the bowel, with emphasis on the ileocecal area, are described and the clinical and pathologic features are reviewed.
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Carrera, G.F., Young, S. & Lewicki, A.M. Intestinal tuberculosis. Gastrointest Radiol 1, 147–155 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02256357
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