WHIPPLES-DISEASE PRESENTING AS CHRONIC WASTAGE AND ABDOMINAL LYMPHADENOPATHY

Authors
FRIEDMAN HD HADFIELD TL LAMY Y FRITZINGER D BONAVENTURA M CYNAMON MT
Citation
Hd. Friedman et al., WHIPPLES-DISEASE PRESENTING AS CHRONIC WASTAGE AND ABDOMINAL LYMPHADENOPATHY, Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 23(3), 1995, pp. 111-113
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease → ACNP
ISSN journal
07328893
Volume
23
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
111 - 113
Database
ISI
SICI code
0732-8893(1995)23:3<111:WPACWA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We describe a 24-year-old man who presented with chronic wastage and m assive abdominal lymphadenopathy which strongly resembled a malignant neoplasm. Biopsy of mesenteric lymph nodes with ancillary studies led to the correct diagnosis of Whipple's disease. These symptoms began 2 months after the patient returned from military service in the Persian Gulf.