[Whipple's disease in an elderly person (author's transl)].
A case report is given of a 73 years old woman suffering from Whipple's disease. Intermittant polyarthralgias, diarrhea, weight loss and laboratory signs of malabsorption had been present for 6 years, when diagnosis was established by biopsy: pathognomonic PAS-positive macrophages were demonstrated in the duodenal mucosa. A complete remission of the disease could be achieved after 100 mg of doxycycline had been administered continuously for a year. Some special details of the course of Whipple's disease in the higher age group are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
D004318:Doxycycline
Morbus Whipple im höheren Lebensalter]