克罗恩病与肠结核临床及病理特征的对比研究

目的 探讨克罗恩病(CD)与肠结核(ITB)临床与病理特征,为两者鉴别诊断提供依据.方法 对1996-2007年四川大学华西医院临床、病理资料完整的33例CD和34例ITB的临床及病理资料进行同顾性分析.结果 CD出现症状到确诊的时间明显长于ITB(P<0.05),CD多因肠梗阻或诊断不明而手术,CD的便血、肠梗阻、肠外表现明显多于ITB(P值均<0.05),而盗汗、合并肺结核、低白蛋白血症和ESR升高、血清结核抗体阳性则更常见于ITB(P值均<0.05),CD患者仅累及空、回肠的情况明显多于ITB(P<0.05);CD患者内镜下纵形溃疡及鹅卵石样外观明显多于ITB(P值均<0.05),而ITB组环形溃疡更多见(P<0.05);ITB组的肉芽肿检出率(70.6%)明显高于CD组(29.4%)(P<0.05),且肉芽肿的位置有助于两者的鉴别;CD的手术标本的固有层底部/黏膜下层淋巴细胞聚集现象明显多于内镜活检标本(P<0.05).结论 尽管CD与ITB临床表现极其相似,但各自仍有一定的特征性,诊断需结合临床及病理资料进行综合分析.肉芽肿出现的几率、位置及炎症细胞分布范围与深度可作为两者病理鉴别要点.     

克罗恩病与肠结核临床、内镜及病理特征对比分析

目的对比分析克罗恩病与肠结核的临床、内镜及病理特征。方法选取南方医科大学珠江医院2006年3月-2012年3月住院并确诊为克罗恩病、肠结核的患者资料,进行回顾性分析,其中克罗恩病组(CD组)39例,肠结核组(ITB组)34例。结果 CD组血便多于ITB组,而ITB组盗汗、腹水多于CD组(P均0.05);CD组合并瘘管形成较多,ITB组则多合并肠外结核,两组比较差异有统计学意义(P均0.05);ITB组PPD试验阳性率明显高于CD组(P0.05);CD组纵形溃疡、鹅卵石征、节段性改变、假性息肉、黏膜桥多见,而ITB组环形溃疡、回盲瓣受累明显(P均0.05);裂隙状溃疡仅见于CD,干酪样肉芽肿仅见于ITB。结论临床上应综合分析二者的临床特征,结合内镜及病理对其鉴别诊断进行综合分析,才能进一步提高诊断的准确率。     

克罗恩病与肠结核的临床分析与比较

目的对克罗恩病(CD)与肠结核(IT)进行临床分析和比较,找出对鉴别诊断有帮助的要点。方法回顾性分析我院1983年~2004年间住院的62例CD患者和21例IT患者的临床资料。结果CD男性多见。临床表现、各种并发症的出现、实验室检查、腹部B超/CT以及消化道造影均对鉴别诊断帮助不大,CD的肠黏膜活检诊断率低。CD与IT的常见部位都是回肠及回盲部,但CD可累及直肠,吻合口病变为77.4%。CD纵行溃疡仅占13.6%,而环形溃疡却占26.7%,回盲瓣受累22.2%,IT瘘管形成并不罕见(14.3%)。CD肠系膜淋巴结最大直径为(10±3)mm,均无上皮样肉芽肿,而IT肠系膜淋巴结最大直径为(18±5)mm,P<0.01,均有上皮样肉芽肿,41.2%有干酪样坏死。CD裂隙溃疡多于IT(P<0.01)。CD中全层炎、淋巴组织增生、黏膜下层水肿均比IT多(P<0.05)。结论CD与IT的鉴别需要多方面综合判断,手术标本的病理对鉴别有重要意义。     

内镜及病理学检查在克罗恩病和肠结核鉴别诊断中的价值

目的 评价内镜及组织病理学检查在克罗恩病和肠结核的鉴别诊断中的价值。方法 回顾性复习经手术证实的克罗恩病和肠结核各30例资料，对其临床、内镜表现、手术记录等进行分析，并重新审读病理切片。结果 内镜诊断克罗恩病的灵敏度、特异度和准确性分别为80．0％、25．6％和49．3％，而在肠结核中的灵敏度、特异度和准确性分别为86．7％、46．2％和63．8％。克罗恩病的病理学特征有非干酪样肉芽肿、粘膜下层增宽、裂隙样溃疡和淋巴细胞聚集；肠结核的病理特征有肠壁或肠淋巴结干酪样坏死、粘膜下层变窄或闭缩。结论 尽管找到了克罗恩病和肠结核的临床、内镜和组织病理学特征，但手术标本的组织病理学在鉴别诊断中仍起决定作用。     

克罗恩病和肠结核的组织病理学研究

目的：明确克罗恩病和肠结核的组织病理学特征，找出异同点。方法：利用手术切除的肠结核和克罗恩病理标本，观察其组织病理学特征并比较。结果：克罗恩病的特征为裂隙性溃疡、非干酪样坏死性肉芽肿、肿膜下层增宽；肠结核的特征为干酪样坏死、粘膜下层闭锁，肉芽肿融合，组织切片有许多相似之处，如微肉芽肿，全层炎症等，结论：典型的肠结核和克罗恩病易于鉴别，但二者组织病理学的相似性，给部分病例的鉴别诊断带来困难。     

克罗恩病与肠结核临床及内镜特征的鉴别分析

目的 探讨克罗恩病(CD)与肠结核(ITB)的临床及内镜特点,为两者的临别诊断提供依据.方法 回顾性分析2003年6月-2009年2月168例CD患者和156例ITB患者的临床及内镜资料.结果 CD以男性为主(男;女为108:60),肠道手术率较ITB高[(33.3%比10.9%,P<0.01)];CD的腹泻、便血、肛周疾病、肠梗阻的发生率分别为66.1%、32.1%、16.1%和28.0%.明显高于ITB组(分别为47.0%、7.7%、3.4%和9.4%,P值<0.05或<0.01);而ITB的发热、盗汗多于CD组(P值均<0.05),且伴肺结核、腹水发生率明显高于CD组(P值均<0.01);ITB的球蛋白升高、红细胞沉降率增快、结核菌素纯蛋白衍化物试验阳性率、结核抗体阳性率均高于CD组;CD患者内镜下纵行溃疡、网格状溃疡、卵石征、肠腔狭窄均多于ITB组(P值<0.01或<0.05),而ITB的环行溃疡、同盲瓣受累多见(P值<0.01或<0.05),且受累的回盲瓣常变形和开口固定.结论 CD与ITB各有其临床特点,临床特点结合内镜下卵石征、纵行溃疡、网格状溃疡、环行溃疡出现的概率、回盲瓣受累情况及形态变化是鉴别两者的重要特征.     

内镜结合病理检查在溃疡性结肠炎和克罗恩病鉴别诊断中的价值

目的评价内镜及病理检查在溃疡性结肠炎和克罗恩病鉴别诊断中的价值.方法回顾性分析161例溃疡性结肠炎和89例克罗恩病的临床资料,对其病变分布、内镜结果及病理检查进行了分析.结果克罗恩病好发于末段回肠、右半结肠及上消化道,而溃疡性结肠炎好发于直肠.克罗恩病的病理特征有非干酪样肉芽肿、裂隙样溃疡、淋巴细胞聚集、全层炎;溃疡性结肠炎的病理学特征有弥漫性或灶性黏膜炎症、隐窝脓肿、黏膜糜烂及溃疡.结论内镜结合病理检查在溃疡性结肠炎和克罗恩病鉴别诊断中起到决定性作用,尤其手术标本的病理检查对CD诊断价值较大.     

炎症性肠病诊断与治疗的共识意见(2012年·广州)病理诊断部分解读

炎症性肠病(IBD)是一组病因尚不十分清楚的慢性非特异性肠道炎症性疾病,包括溃疡性结肠炎(UC)和克罗恩病(CD)。UC在病理学上可表现为黏膜糜烂、浅溃疡、固有膜内重度弥漫性急性、慢性炎性细胞浸润、隐窝脓肿等,但缺乏特征性改变;CD可有透壁性炎症、裂隙状溃疡/阿弗他溃疡、非干酪样坏死性肉芽肿、神经节细胞增生等改变,但亦无诊断金标准。因此,UC和CD的确诊均不能单纯依靠病理检查,尤其是黏膜活检标本病理检查,而需结合临床、内镜、影像学和组织病理学表现进行综合分析并随访观察,在排除感染性和其他非感染性结肠炎的基础上作出诊断。     

Logistic回归分析对克罗恩病和肠结核鉴别指标的筛选

目的:探讨对鉴别诊断克罗恩病(Crohn'sdisease,CD)和肠结核(intestinal tuberculosis,ITB)有价值的临床及内镜指标和方法.方法:回顾性分析2003-06/2009-02住院的CD患者130例、ITB患者122例的临床及内镜资料:采用Logistic回归分析的方法筛选鉴别CD和ITB的相关指标,并应用回归方程(数学模型)的方法和ROC曲线分析其诊断效能.结果:对CD和ITB鉴别有价值的临床指标分别是:血便、肠道手术史、肛周疾病、肺结核、腹水、PPD阳性;有意义的临床指标的回归数学模型对CD和ITB鉴别诊断的敏感性、特异性、准确性、阳性预测值、阴性预测值分别为90.3%、76.8%、83.8%、80.7%、88.0%.对CD和ITB鉴别有价值的内镜指标是:直肠受累、纵行溃疡、鹅卵石征、受累回盲瓣固定开口、环形溃疡、鼠咬状溃疡:有意义的内镜指标的回归数学模型对CD和ITB鉴别诊断的敏感性、特异性、准确性、阳性预测值、阴性预测值分别为82.9%、82.0%、82.5%、82.9%、82.0%.结论:筛选出的临床和内镜指标可能对CD和ITB的鉴别有用,应用临床指标、内镜指标回归数学模型的方法可提高诊断的敏感性和准确性.     

十二指肠溃疡合并克罗恩病1例报告

克罗恩病（Crohn’s disease，CD）的临床表现差异很大，诊治均较困难。如果对内镜活检或经手术手术标本进行病理学检查发现非干酪性肉芽肿是确诊CD的可靠方法。本文报道一例临床表现不典型的CD患者，供同道参考。     

Differentiation between intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease in endoscopic biopsy specimens by polymerase chain reaction

OBJECTIVES: It is difficult to differentiate intestinal tuberculosis from Crohn's disease because of similar clinical, pathological, radiological, and endoscopic findings. The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay in the differentiation intestinal tuberculosis from Crohn's disease, and compare the histopathological features of endoscopic biopsy of the two disorders. METHODS: A total of 39 endoscopic biopsy specimens from patients with intestinal tuberculosis and 30 specimens from patients with Crohn's disease were subjected to pathological analysis retrospectively, Ziehl-Neelsen stain, and PCR assay. RESULTS: Except for granuloma with caseation and confluence, which was the characteristic of intestinal tuberculosis, other pathological features of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease were very similar or were difficult to find in endoscopic biopsy specimens. The positivity rate by PCR in 39 intestinal tuberculosis specimens was 64.1% (25/39), but was zero by PCR in 30 Crohn's disease specimens. Moreover, in the tissues of intestinal tuberculosis with granulomas similar to those of Crohn's disease, there were 71.4% (10/14) positive by PCR, and there were 61.1% (11/18) positive in intestinal tuberculosis tissues without granulomas. CONCLUSIONS: Biopsy is of limited diagnostic value in the differentiation intestinal tuberculosis from Crohn's disease, and PCR is valuable in the differentiation between intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease.     

Endoscopic mucosal biopsies are useful in distinguishing granulomatous colitis due to Crohn's disease from tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease are chronic granulomatous disorders that are difficult to differentiate histologically. AIMS: To characterise distinctive diagnostic features of tuberculosis and Crohn's disease in mucosal biopsy specimens obtained at colonoscopy. METHODS: Selected histological parameters were evaluated retrospectively in a total of 61 biopsy sites from 20 patients with tuberculosis and 112 biopsy sites from 20 patients with Crohn's disease. The patients were chosen on the basis of clinical history, colonoscopic findings, diagnostic histology, and response to treatment. RESULTS: The histological parameters characteristic of tuberculosis were multiple (mean number of granulomas per section: 5.35), large (mean widest diameter: 193 microm), confluent granulomas often with caseating necrosis. Other features were ulcers lined by conglomerate epithelioid histiocytes and disproportionate submucosal inflammation. The features characteristic of Crohn's disease were infrequent (mean number of granulomas per section: 0.75), small (mean widest diameter: 95 microm) granulomas, microgranulomas (defined as poorly organised collections of epithelioid histiocytes), focally enhanced colitis, and a high prevalence of chronic inflammation, even in endoscopically normal appearing areas. CONCLUSIONS: The type and frequency of granulomas, presence or absence of ulcers lined by epithelioid histiocytes and microgranulomas, and the distribution of chronic inflammation have been identified as histological parameters that can be used to differentiate tuberculosis and Crohn's disease in mucosal biopsy specimens obtained at colonoscopy.     

Crohn's ileocolitis with initially superimposed cytomegalovirus infection, resembling intestinal tuberculosis]

We describe a case of 41-year-old Japanese man with Crohn's ileocolitis and cytomegalovirus infection, confirmed by histology of ileal ulcers. Although his colonoscopic and radiological features resembled those of intestinal tuberculosis, granulomas of typical Crohn's disease were evident on histology of biopsy specimens taken from the duodenum and colon. The lesions remain unchanged even after 1.5 years by oral administration of salazosulphapyridine 3g daily.     

Increased production of tumour necrosis factor-alpha interleukin-1 beta, and interleukin-6 by morphologically normal intestinal biopsies from patients with Crohn's disease.

BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence points to a important role for inflammatory cytokines for the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease. AIM: To compare the secretion rate of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) by morphologically normal and inflamed intestinal mucosa from patients with Crohn's disease. RESULTS: Organ cultures of intestinal biopsy specimens taken from areas of affected mucosa from patients with Crohn's disease spontaneously produced increased amounts of TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, and IL-6 compared with controls but also biopsy specimens taken in macroscopically and microscopically unaffected areas in the same patients. Concentrations of IL-1 beta and IL-6 measured in the supernatant fluid of biopsy cultures were positively correlated with the degree of tissue involvement measured by both endoscopic and histological grading. By contrast, TNF-alpha concentrations were not correlated to endoscopic and histological grading. CONCLUSIONS: These consistently raised TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta and IL-6 secretions by normal appearing mucosa from patients with Crohn's disease provide evidence for a sustained immune stimulation in Crohn's disease even in the absence of patent inflammation. The results shed a new light on the role of inflammatory cytokines in the onset of intestinal tissue damage in Crohn's disease and suggest that the range of intestinal lesions in Crohn's disease may be wider than suspected on the basis of regular endoscopic and histological examinations.     

内镜及活检病理对回盲部溃疡的鉴别诊断

目的评价内镜及活检病理对回盲部溃疡性病变病因的诊断价值。方法经内镜检查发现回盲部溃疡，结合临床表现和活检病理对证实的回盲部溃疡改变如肠结核病、克罗恩病、溃疡性结肠炎、恶性淋巴瘤、大肠癌（溃疡型）进行鉴别诊断。结果内镜检查对溃疡性结肠炎、大肠癌较易诊断；对肠结核病、克罗恩病、恶性淋巴瘤诊断率不高。内镜组织活检病理形态学研究表明：异型淋巴细胞、异型上皮、类上皮结节合并干酪样坏死分别相对于恶性淋巴瘤、溃疡型大肠癌和肠结核病均有确诊意义（P〈0．05）；单纯类上皮结节（即结节样肉芽肿）见于克罗恩病和肠结核病，若未发现肠结核干酪样坏死，两者不易鉴别；隐窝脓肿多见于溃疡性结肠炎，但该病理特征诊断意义不强，可见于多种病变。结论回盲部病变以溃疡型病变最为多见。内镜及活检组织病理学检查对回首部溃疡病变的诊断是安全有效的，综合分析其结果可进一步提高诊断准确率。     

内镜活检对肠结核的诊断价值

目的探讨结肠镜检查及其活检标本对肠结核的诊断价值。方法对高度怀疑肠结核的患者34例进行结肠镜、胸腹部X线、病理组织学和结核菌PCR试验检查，并比较其阳性率。结果34例患者最终确诊为肠结核的有23例、克罗崽病3例、结肠癌3例，其他疾病5例。在各疾病中的阳性率均无明显差异。腹部X线阳性率47．8％，假阳性27．3％；内镜诊断阳性率为52．2％，假阳性27．3％；活检组织病理学阳性率82．6％，假阳性9．1％；PCR阳性率73．9％，假阳性18．2％；PPD阳性率52．2％，假阳性9．1％，结论结肠镜检查诊断肠结核的阳性率不高，结肠镜活柃标本进行组织学和结核菌PCR检测可显著提高肠结核的诊断率，但要注意假阳性结果。     

双气囊小肠镜鉴别诊断克罗恩病与小肠结核的价值

目的: 探讨双气囊小肠镜在克罗恩病与小肠结核鉴别诊断中的价值.方法:对38例临床怀疑小肠克罗恩病、小肠结核的患者进行小肠镜检查. 内镜诊断与病理和临床随访相结合, 评价双气囊小肠镜在两种疾病鉴别诊断中的应用价值.结果: 在38例患者中, 经病理和临床随访确诊克罗恩病18例, 小肠结核20例. 经双气囊小肠镜检查诊断为小肠克罗恩病14例, 检出率36.8%(14/38), 符合率77.8%(14/18);小肠结核为18例检出率47.4%(18/38), 符合率90.0%(18/20).结论:双气囊小肠镜是小肠克罗恩病与小肠结核鉴别诊断较为理想的方法, 并能对病变范围和严重程度作出正确的判断.     

Mycobacteria and inflammatory bowel disease. Results of culture

We have been able to isolate mycobacteria from intestinal specimens obtained by surgical resection or endoscopic biopsy from patients with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and noninflammatory bowel diseases. Nineteen slow-growing (Runyon groups I and III) and 17 rapid-growing (Runyon group IV) mycobacterial isolates were obtained. Slow-growing mycobacteria were recovered from approximately one-third of intestinal biopsy specimens from Crohn's disease, one-quarter of ulcerative colitis biopsies, and 40% of biopsies from noninflammatory bowel disease patients. Isolates were most commonly members of the Mycobacterium avium-complex. One isolate (from an ulcerative colitis patient) was biochemically similar to the Mycobacterium strain previously associated with Crohn's disease, and one from a Crohn's disease patient was Mycobacterium kansasii. The rapid-growing organisms were members of the Mycobacterium fortuitum-complex. In addition to conventional mycobacteria, spheroplasts (cell wall-defective forms) were isolated from 12 patients with Crohn's disease (most often from surgically resected colon) and 3 patients with ulcerative colitis; none were isolated from non-inflammatory bowel disease patients. We have been unable to identify a consistent relationship between the presence, or the species, of Mycobacterium and Crohn's disease. Our results do not support the proposed role of a specific mycobacterium in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease. The cause of Crohn's disease remains unclear.