A case of Whipple's disease complicated by fatal hepatitis.

Abstract

Whipple's disease was diagnosed in a 42-year-old woman by the histological examination of a mesenteric lymph node taken at laparotomy, and the electron microscopic examination of a peroral intestinal biopsy specimen. She responded well to tetracycline therapy, but succumbed to fatal hepatitis ten weeks after the diagnosis of Whipple's disease

• Authors: T Minkari, B Pars, T Erbengi, B Yalçin, S Aytaç, S Yurdakul, Y Canberk, A U Müftüoglu
• Journal: Hepato-gastroenterology (Hepatogastroenterology) Vol. 27 Issue 4 Pg. 322-6 (Aug 1980) ISSN: 0172-6390 [Print] Greece
• PMID: 6162767 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Female
• Hepatitis A (etiology)
• Humans
• Ileal Diseases (complications)
• Ileum (pathology, ultrastructure)
• Jejunal Diseases (complications)
• Jejunum (pathology)
• Lymphopenia (complications)
• Macrophages (ultrastructure)
• Microscopy, Electron
• Whipple Disease (complications, diagnosis)