[2 cases of Whipple's disease with different outcomes].
A 45-year-old man developed migratory arthritis and fever, at first believed to be caused by rheumatoid arthritis. Whipple's disease was eventually diagnosed after a malabsorption syndrome had occurred and biopsies been taken from the distal duodenum and jejunum. The patient was cured after several months on tetracycline. In a second case, a 73-year-old woman, malabsorption of six months' duration resulting from Whipple's disease had brought about such deterioration that after hospitalisation she died despite a correct diagnosis and an appropriate treatment.
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Abteilung Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Universität Kiel.
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D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001835:Body Weight; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
D013752:Tetracycline; D004318:Doxycycline
Zwei Fälle von Morbus Whipple mit unterschiedlichem Ausgang.