Whipple's disease presenting as a small-bowel obstruction.
A 51-year-old white man with chronic diarrhea, generalized weakness, and a 70-lb. weight loss in 6 months developed small-bowel obstruction while undergoing investigation in the hospital. At laparotomy, an edematous, thickened mid-portion of small bowel matted between large lymph nodes, involved by characteristics of Whipple's disease, seemed to be responsible for the small-bowel obstruction.
D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology