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Table 4 Cross-sectional imaging manifestations of ITB before and after ATT

From: The potential role of CT enterography and gastrointestinal ultrasound in the evaluation of anti-tubercular therapy response of intestinal tuberculosis: a retrospective study

Cross-sectional imaging modalities

Before ATT

After ATT

P

CTE

 Lesion Ranges

None: 2/18

None: 5/18

 

Focal: 6/18

Focal: 6/18

Segmental: 8/18

Segmental: 5/18

Diffusea: 2/18

Diffuse: 2/18

 Thickened bowel wall

Normal: 0/18

Normal: 5/18

 

Mild: 2/18

Mild: 6/18

Moderate: 10/18

Moderate: 5/18

Marked: 6/18

Marked: 2/18

 Enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes

11/18

4/18

 

 Lymph nodes with necrosis or calcification

4/18

4/18

 

 Abnormal enhancement

14/18

4/18

 

 Fistulas

2/18

2/18

 

GIUS

 Bowel wall thickness [cm; median (range)]

1.0 (0.5–1.6)

0.6 (0.4–1.1)

< 0.01

 Bowel wall structure

Clear: 2/7

Clear: 5/7

 

Vague: 5/7

Vague: 2/7

 Vascularity

No vascularity: 1/7

No vascularity: 1/7

 

Short stretches: 1/7

Short stretches: 1/7

Long stretches: 2/7

Long stretches: 4/7

Into the mesentery: 3/7

Into the mesentery: 0/7

 Ileocecal ulcers

4/7

2/7

 

 Fistulas

2/7

0/7

 

 Strictures

2/7

2/7

 

 Enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes

0/7

0/7

 
  1. aDiffuse lesions only occurred in the small intestine