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Whipple disease

  • bacterial: Tropheryma whipplei
  • tx: antibiotics
  • hallmark: macrophages in lamina propria stain PAS-positive

Findings:
  • thick SB folds
  • dilated lumen
  • "pebble-like" surface d/t increased villi

DDx: (infiltrative diseases)

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  10 March 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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