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We report the case of a 38-year-old man who presented with severe diarrhea, weight loss of 10 kg, ankles paresthesia and severe motor weakness in the left fibular nerve territory after introduction of azathioprine and corticosteroid for proteinuria. Coloscopy and gastroscopy revealed a typical
A previously healthy male with subacute onset right leg weakness was suspected to have an astrocytoma as imaging showed a lesion. Subsequent biopsy showed the presence of foamy macrophages containing periodic acid-Schiff staining granules, suggesting Whipple disease as a possible diagnosis.
Whipple's disease is a systemic disease which may virtually affect any organ system, but in many cases it involves the small intestine causing gastrointestinal symptoms. The differential diagnosis is difficult since symptoms may be nonspecific. We report the case of a 44-year old white male patient
PATIENTS AND METHODS We present a 57-year-old white man with progressive deterioration of vision, who had a prolonged history of weakness, migratory arthralgias and loss of weight. Bilateral panuveitis, with iritis, inflammatory vitreous opacities associated with small, round, grayish retinal