Interní Med. 2014; 16(6): 251-253

Whipple disease

MUDr.Marcela Vysloužilová1, MUDr.Zdeněk Vlk2, MUDr.Dagmar Šindelářová3, MUDr.Kateřina Musilová4
1 Oddělení gastroenterologie, Středomoravská nemocniční a. s., odštěpný závod nemocnice Prostějov, Člen skupiny Agel
2 Oddělení gastroenterologie nemocnice Prostějov
3 Interní oddělení nemocnice Prostějov
4 Oddělení patologie nemocnice Prostějov

Case study describes 43 years old women, who was examined for lower dyspeptic syndrome accompanied by lack of appetite and weight

loss. Mucosa samples were collected during endoscopic examination and histology confirmed the diagnosis of Whipple disease. The patient

was treated by one year long antibiotic therapy after which the clinical state improved, laboratory valves returned to normal and medication

was discontinued except substitution for hypothyreosis during follow-up there was no relace of the disease.

Keywords: Whipple disease, Tropheryma whipplei, G+ actinomycetes, PAS positiv macrophages, intestinal lipodystrophy

Published: December 16, 2014  Show citation

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