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**Macrophages usually abundant - '''key feature''' that should raise Dx in DDx. | **Macrophages usually abundant - '''key feature''' that should raise Dx in DDx. | ||
**Organisms periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) positive. | **Organisms periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) positive. | ||
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*[[Mycobacterium avium complex]] (MAC). | |||
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whipple_disease_-a-_high_mag.jpg Whipple disease - high mag. (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whipple_disease_-a-_high_mag.jpg Whipple disease - high mag. (WC)]. | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whipple2.jpg Whipple disease - poor quality - low mag. (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whipple2.jpg Whipple disease - poor quality - low mag. (WC)]. | ||
===Stains=== | ===Stains=== |
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