title: [Sarcoidosis and Whipple's disease: an association or a relationship?].
abstract: Whipple's disease is a rare, systemic disorder characterized by arthritis, serositis, diarrhea, malabsorption, lymphadenopathies, weight loss, fever, cutaneous hyperpigmentation and central and peripheral nervous system disorders. There are approximately 60 published cases with pulmonary involvement, in general pleuritis, hilar adenopathies and interstitial affectation. In some occasions, sarcoidosis has been diagnosed prior to WD, postulating either a causal association between both entities, or a relationship between them, existing in WD and initial phase which mimics sarcoidosis. We present a patient diagnosed of sarcoidosis who during the evolution of the disease developed gastrointestinal symptoms compatible with WD.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neumología, Ciudad Sanitaria La Paz, Madrid.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Díaz Lobato
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: González Ruiz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Granado
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Bolado
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: García Talavera
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pino
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Villasante
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*