Two consecutive cases of mycotic aneurysms resulting from Whipple disease [PDF]
Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2023 Whipple disease is a rare multisystemic infectious process caused by Tropheryma whipplei. Classical clinical manifestations include chronic diarrhea, malabsorption, weight loss, and arthralgias.
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Whipple disease mimicking inflammatory bowel disease [PDF]
Intestinal Research, 2021 Whipple disease is a systemic chronic infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei. Although chronic diarrhea is a common gastrointestinal symptom, diagnosis is often difficult because there are no specific endoscopic findings, and the pathogen is not ...
Maiko Tatsuki +8 more
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Rheumatological features of Whipple disease [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Whipple disease (WD) is a rare infectious systemic disease. Rheumatologists are at the frontline of WD diagnosis due to the early rheumatological manifestations. An early diagnosis is crucial, as usual anti-rheumatic drugs, especially TNF inhibitors, may
Alice Tison +16 more
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Endoscopic diagnosis of Whipple disease in a patient without gastrointestinal symptoms: A case report [PDF]
DEN Open, 2022 Whipple's disease is a systemic chronic bacterial infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei, a gram‐positive bacillus. T. whipplei infection in the small intestine often causes malabsorption and is often accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms such as ...
Yujiro Henmi +9 more
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Hypersomnia in Whipple disease: case report Hipersónia na doença de Whipple: relato de caso [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2006 Whipple disease (WD) is a rare systemic infection caused by Tropheryma whippelii. Neurological involvement has been recognised in 40% of patients, either as initial manifestations or during the course of the disease.
Luís F. Maia +6 more
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Whipple Disease Presenting as Isolated Transverse Myelitis with Permanent Neurological Damage in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report of a Difficult Diagnosis with a Literature Review [PDF]
Infectious Disease ReportsWe describe an atypical case of Whipple disease exclusively involving the spinal cord in an adolescent receiving immunosuppressive therapy for systemic lupus erythematosus.
Carolina Saffioti +7 more
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Current knowledge of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in Whipple disease: a review [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is characterized by exaggerated and dysregulated inflammatory responses that occur as a result of reconstitution of adaptive or innate immunity.
Xiangyi Song +3 more
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Bilateral panuveitis associated with Whipple disease – case report [PDF]
GMS Ophthalmology Cases, 2014 [english] Purpose: To describe a clinical case and literature review of Whipple disease.Methods: A 65-year-old male with bilateral decreased visual acuity for 3 weeks as well as bilateral hypoacusia, vertigo, disequilibrium, headache and decreased ...
Lisboa, Maria +5 more
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Deep Vein Thrombosis as Initial Manifestation of Whipple Disease [PDF]
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2016 Introduction: Wipple disease (WD) is a rare chronic disease caused by the bacillus Tropheryma whipplei. Constitutive, rheumatologic, gastrointestinal, cardiac, cerebral, lymphatic, cutaneous, and ophthalmological signs are possible systemic symptoms ...
Mônica Souza de Miranda Henriques +5 more
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Whipple Disease: An Atypical Diagnosis by Capsule Endoscopy in an Oldest-Old Patient [PDF]
GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021 Cláudia Macedo +5 more
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