All of the following are diagnostic features of illeocecal tuberculosis on barium follow through, except:: (A) Apple-core sign, (B) Pulled up contracted angle, (C) Widening of ileocecal angle, (D) Strictures involving the terminal ileum
Answer is A. Apple core sign is a feature of carcinoma of colon, not ileocecal tuberculosis. Pulled up contracted angle, widening of ileocecal angle and strictures involving the terminal ileum are all signs of ileocecal tuberculosis. Ref: Clinical Medicine a Practical Manual for Students and Practice By Agarwal, Page 244; Journal of Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine, Volume 2 No 3, July-September, 2001, Page 171