Abstract
Whipple's disease is a rare infectious disease caused by the bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. Usually the course of the disease is characterized by fever, diarrhea, weight loss and polyarthritis. We report on a case with a 10-year course of the disease with endocarditis, myocarditis and involvement of the bone marrow but with negative histological results of the small intestine.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Aortic Valve / pathology
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Atrial Fibrillation / pathology
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Bone Marrow / pathology
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Diagnostic Errors
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Endocarditis, Bacterial / pathology*
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Endocardium / pathology
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Fatal Outcome
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Female
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Histiocytes / pathology
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Humans
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Intestine, Small / pathology
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Kidney / pathology
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Middle Aged
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Myocarditis / pathology
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Myocardium / pathology
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Periodic Acid-Schiff Reaction
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Shock, Cardiogenic / pathology
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Tropheryma*
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Whipple Disease / pathology*