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Whipple's disease

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Whipple's disease [′wip·əlz di‚zēz]
(medicine)
A disease characterized by infiltration of the intestinal wall and lymphatics by macrophages filled with glycoprotein. Also known as intestinal lipodystrophy.
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It may be caused by a diverse group of disorders such as gastric carcinoma, ulcerative colitis, regional enteritis, Whipple's disease, tropical and non-tropical sprue, and giant hypertrophy of the gastric mucosa.
Protein-losing enteropathy demonstrated on Tc-99m HSA by Mpikashe, P.; Sathekge, M.M.; Meyer, B.J. / South African Journal of Radiology
There's a disease called Whipple's disease that rarely, but frequently enough that it is worth testing for, can produce an ataxia associated with problems with eye movements, typically people have trouble looking upward.
Potential causes of sporadic ataxia by Gilman, Sid / Generations
A+ (8) Rubella A+ (1) SARS (coronavirus) A+ CCHL (1) CHL (1,3,8) Streptococcus ESR pneumoniae CCHL Toxoplasma gondii A+ CHL (1) Trichomonas APATH (1) vaginalis Tropheryma whipplei A+ Ureaplasma parvum APATH (1) Ureaplasma APATH (1) urealyticum Varicella zoster A+ (VZ) Waikato CCHL CHL (1,2) Whipple's disease (refer Tropheryma whipplei Additionally A+ (8) Bacterial species Pathogen Sample type Adenovirus Respiratory--nasopharyngeal swab or aspirate, sputum.
Review of molecular methods for medical microbiology testing by Evans, Gloria / New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science
 
 
 
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