Persistent diarrhea.
A 63-year-old man presented with massive diarrhea and weight loss. This was preceded by nonspecific symptoms for three years, which resembled sarcoidosis. By duodenal biopsy, the diagnosis of Whipples disease was confirmed. Antibiotic treatment resulted in rapid and complete disappearance of signs and symptoms.
Department of Medicine, Klinikum of the Sozialstiftung, Bamberg, Germany. michael.sackmann@sozialstiftung-bamberg.de
Michael
M
Sackmann
Viola
V
Vehling
Klaus D
KD
Schmidt
Ulrich
U
von Streitberg
Gerhard
G
Seitz
D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000150:complications*