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ArticleEuropean journal of case reports in internal medicine2026

Whipple's Disease Complicated by Severe Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure.

Marwan Joma, Abdulrahman M Karam, Bisher Sawaf, Wasef Sayeh, Waqar Khan, Fadi Safi, Yaseen Alastal

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Marwan JomaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, USA.
Abdulrahman M KaramDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, USA.
Bisher SawafDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, USA.
Wasef SayehDivision of Gastroenterology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, USA.
Waqar KhanDepartment of Pathology, ProMedica Toledo Hospital, Toledo, USA.
Fadi SafiDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Toledo, Toledo, USA.
Yaseen AlastalDivision of Gastroenterology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, USA.

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Abstract

Whipple's disease is a rare, chronic systemic infection caused by LEARNING POINTS: Whipple's disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of otherwise unexplained pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension, particularly when accompanied by chronic diarrhoea, arthralgia or systemic features.Unlike idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, Whipple's disease-associated pulmonary hypertension is often driven by a reversible inflammatory process and may present with severe right ventricular failure and haemodynamic compromise.Recognition of this rare entity is critical, as pulmonary hypertension-specific vasodilator therapy alone is frequently insufficient, whereas timely initiation of targeted antimicrobial treatment can result in rapid and profound clinical and haemodynamic recovery.

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pulmonary hypertensionventricular failureWhipple’s disease

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PMID42130938
PMCPMC13166993

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