whipple disease/amyloid

BACKGROUND Whipple disease is a rare systemic infection caused by Tropheryma whippelii that usually manifests with joint pain, weight loss, diarrhoea and abdominal pain. However, in some cases the infection may involve other organs and tissues. METHODS We report on a 44-year-old man with Whipple

The alimentary tract serves as host to a large number of diseases. In the non-neoplastic group of disorders, conventional histochemistry continues to play an important diagnostic role. It is particularly important in recognizing specific infectious diseases, such as Helicobacter gastritis, Whipple

Recent research during the last decades revealed evidence for the pathogenic role of the vitreous in many diseases of the retina. After a survey of the surgical anatomy and biochemistry of the vitreous, the author summarises present knowledge of various vitreoretinal disorders. Vitreoretinal

This article reviews the CT imaging features of a variety of nonneoplastic conditions that affect the small bowel and stresses important distinctive patterns that may help distinguish specific entities. Various inflammatory conditions (Crohn disease, radiation enteritis, graft versus host disease,

Although its indications are relatively unfrequent, vitrectomy may be justified in certain types of uveitis. It allows differential diagnosis between vitreal inflammation and infection, accurate diagnosis in several metastatic conditions, Whipple disease with ocular involvement, amyloidosis and

OBJECTIVE Report the case of a patient with Crohn's disease and ligneous conjunctivitis. METHODS Interventional case report of a 27-year old female patient, with a 4-year history of Crohn's disease, was seen for right eye conjunctival ulcer after resolved chemical trauma. Conjunctival biopsy was

Multimodality and differentiated treatment of small-intestinal diseases is to combine methods of etiological action with pathogenetic treatment of the main clinical syndromes: chronic diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, hypercatabolic exudative enteropathy. Each nosological form should be treated

Peritoneal disease can manifest at computed tomography (CT) as fluid accumulation within the peritoneal cavity (ascites) or soft-tissue infiltration of the various peritoneal ligaments and mesenteries. Beyond the commonly encountered cases of typical ascites and peritonitis, there is a wide spectrum

Interstitial lung disease often starts as a reaction to a causative insult or antigen, such as an inhaled environmental organic or inorganic dust and autoimmune mediated injury. When no underlying cause can be found, the inflammatory change in the gas exchanging parts of the lungs and associated