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==Whipple's disease==
==Whipple's disease==
===Epidemiology===
===General===
====Epidemiology====
*Very rare.
*Very rare.
*Classically middle aged men.
*Classically middle aged men.


===Clinical===
====Clinical====
*Malabsorption (diarrhea), arthritis + others.  
*Malabsorption (diarrhea), arthritis + others.  
**Symptoms are non-specific.
**Symptoms are non-specific.


===Etiology===
Treatment:
*Antibiotics - for months and months.
 
====Etiology====
*Infection - caused by ''Tropheryma whipplei''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Liang Z, La Scola B, Raoult D |title=Monoclonal antibodies to immunodominant epitope of Tropheryma whipplei |journal=Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=156?9 |year=2002 |month=January |pmid=11777846 |pmc=119894 |doi= |url=http://cvi.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11777846}}</ref>
*Infection - caused by ''Tropheryma whipplei''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Liang Z, La Scola B, Raoult D |title=Monoclonal antibodies to immunodominant epitope of Tropheryma whipplei |journal=Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=156?9 |year=2002 |month=January |pmid=11777846 |pmc=119894 |doi= |url=http://cvi.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11777846}}</ref>


===Histology===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>{{cite journal | author=Bai J, Mazure R, Vazquez H, Niveloni S, Smecuol E, Pedreira S, Mauriño E | title=Whipple's disease | journal=Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume=2 | issue=10 | pages=849?60 | year=2004 | pmid=15476147  | doi=10.1016/S1542-3565(04)00387-8}}</ref>
Features:<ref>{{cite journal | author=Bai J, Mazure R, Vazquez H, Niveloni S, Smecuol E, Pedreira S, Mauriño E | title=Whipple's disease | journal=Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume=2 | issue=10 | pages=849?60 | year=2004 | pmid=15476147  | doi=10.1016/S1542-3565(04)00387-8}}</ref>
*Infectious microorganism typically found in macrophages.
*Infectious microorganism typically found in macrophages.
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**Organisms periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) positive.
**Organisms periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) positive.


===Treatment===
Micrograph: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Whipple2.jpg Whipple's disease] - wikipedia.org.
*Antibiotics - for months and months.


Micrograph: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Whipple2.jpg Whipple's disease] - wikipedia.org.
DDx:
*Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI).


==Tumours==
==Tumours==
48,830

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