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. 2011 Jan 28;17(4):433–443. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i4.433

Table 1.

Computed tomographic features of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn’s disease

Tuberculosis Crohn’s disease
Mural thickening without stratification Mural thickening with stratification in active inflammation
Strictures concentric Strictures eccentric
Fibrofatty proliferation of mesentery very rare Fibrofatty proliferation of mesentery
Mesenteric inflammation but no vascular engorgement Hypervascular mesentery (comb sign)
Hypodense lymph nodes with peripheral enhancement Mild lymphadenopathy
High density ascites Abscesses