Whipple Disease Flashcards

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Classic biopsy finding in Whipple disease

A

PAS positive material in the lamina propia of the small intestine

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Whipple disease presentation (multi system illness caused by tropheryma whipplei)

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Fever
Arthralgias
Abdominal pain
Diarrhea
Weight loss

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