Pleuropulmonary Whipple's disease.
Patients with Whipple's disease usually have gastrointestinal complaints. A broad array of extraintestinal symptoms may precede gastrointestinal complaints by years. In the patient described herein, five years of polyserositis evolved into a nearly fatal illness. Electron microscopy of an intra-abdominal lymph node biopsy led to diagnosis and successful therapy.
Pollock
J J
JJ
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*