A case of Whipple's disease complicated by fatal hepatitis.
Whipple's disease was diagnosed in a 42-year-old woman by the histological examination of a mesenteric lymph node taken at laparotomy, and the electron microscopic examination of a peroral intestinal biopsy specimen. She responded well to tetracycline therapy, but succumbed to fatal hepatitis ten weeks after the diagnosis of Whipple's disease
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008231:Lymphopenia / Q000150:complications; D008264:Macrophages / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis