Clinical case of Whipple’s disease-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Clinical case of Whipple’s disease

Published:2022-09-08 Issue:2 Volume:14 Page:101-108
ISSN:2618-9704
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Author:

Osipenko Marina F.^ORCID,Nadeev Aleksandr P.^ORCID,Venzhina Yuliya Yu.^ORCID,Zhuk Elena A.^ORCID

Abstract

The article presents a clinical case of 68-years old patient with a Whipples disease. The diagnosis was made after 10 years of following-up in presence of gastroenterological symptoms. On examination flattened rounded villi with the content of PAS-positive (PAS periodic acid Schiff) foamy macrophages, highly specific for Whipples disease, have been described in the biopsy specimen of the distal duodenum. The therapy led to a distinct positive dynamics persisting for 1 year.

Publisher

ECO-Vector LLC

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science

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