How Whipples Disease can Mimic Ulcerative Colitis?

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Tip 1 - Ileitis: When It Is Not Crohn's Disease

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Carlos Basualdo | permalink

Ileitis, or inflammation of the ileum, is often caused by Crohn’s disease. However, ileitis may be caused by a wide variety of other diseases. These include infectious diseases, spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, ischemia, neoplasms, medication-induced, ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2914216/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Sacroiliac joint disease (differential) | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Melissa Boudreaux | permalink

Sacroiliitis (inflammation of the sacroiliac joints) can be a manifestation of a wide range of disease processes. The pattern of involvement is helpful. Usually bilateral and symmetrical inflammatory bowel disease Crohn disease ulcerative coliti...
Tags: Sacroiliac joint disease (differential), Sacroileitis - differential diagnosis, Differential diagnosis for sacroiliitis, Sacroiliitis - differential diagnosis, Differential diagnosis for sacroiliac joint disease, refs, Musculoskeletal, Gamuts

For further reading: http://radiopaedia.org/articles/sacroiliac-joint-disease-differential ^[2]