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ArticleMedicine and pharmacy reports2021

Whipple's disease? A case report and discussion.

Svetlana Turcan, Liudmila Tofan-Scutaru, Viorel Istrate, Vitalie Tirbu

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Article in Medicine and pharmacy reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Svetlana TurcanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova.
Liudmila Tofan-ScutaruDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova.
Viorel IstrateDepartment of Surgery 4, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova.
Vitalie TirbuSynevo Laboratory, Chisinau, Moldova.
Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy · MD

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhipple's disease (WD) is a rare chronic systemic disease caused by the Gram-positive bacillus Tropheryma whipplei. Despite over 100 years of observation and study history of this disease, it still remains a difficult diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION: Authors report the case of a 38-year-old man with long-time PPIs treatment because of GERD and no other clinical and paraclinical symptoms. Endoscopic slightly enlarged villi, accumulation of whitish matter at the tip of the villi of distal duodenal mucosa and periodic acid-Schiff staining positive inclusions in the stromal tissue may be typical signs of Whipple's disease. In discussion the possible explication of this case are presented.

conclusionsIt is still a challenge to diagnose Whipple's disease. Histological findings may confirm the diagnosis in patients with a combination of typical clinical manifestations, but histological signs alone are not pathognomic, and are not enough for a definitive diagnosis.

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