Whipple's disease

J Assoc Physicians India. 2010 Mar:58:196-7.

Abstract

A 74 year old male patient with weight loss, diarrohea, loss of appetite, anemia, thrombocytopenia and culture negative endocarditis was diagnosed to have Whipple's disease. We are reporting this case, as it is a rare disease with fewer than 1000 validated cases reported in literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Macrophages / pathology*
  • Male
  • Periodic Acid-Schiff Reaction
  • Whipple Disease / diagnosis*
  • Whipple Disease / drug therapy
  • Whipple Disease / physiopathology

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents