Whipple's disease confined to the central nervous system.
We report a 49-year-old woman with a left parietal lesion, shown on CT and MRI as an isolated ring-enhancing mass. The diagnosis of cerebral Whipple's disease was made by brain biopsy; there were no gastrointestinal symptoms nor periodic-acid Schiff-positive inclusions in the jejunal mucosa. This case illustrates atypical Whipple's disease, confined exclusively to the central nervous system.
De Coene
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Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires UCL de Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium.
Gilliard
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Indekeu
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Duprez
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Trigaux
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D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014855:Wallerian Degeneration / Q000502:physiology; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery