Whipple's disease.
A 74 year old male patient with weight loss, diarrohea, loss of appetite, anemia, thrombocytopenia and culture negative endocarditis was diagnosed to have Whipple's disease. We are reporting this case, as it is a rare disease with fewer than 1000 validated cases reported in literature.
Chhabria
Manish A
MA
P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
Dalal
Reeta J
RJ
Desai
Devendra C
DC
Deshpande
Ramesh B
RB
D000368:Aged; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010503:Periodic Acid-Schiff Reaction; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents