A 40-Year-Old Man with a 7-Year History of Polyarthritis and a Late Diagnosis of Whipple Disease: A Journey to Resolve the Mystery

Gagan Aulakh; Rebekah Lewis; Arshdeep Singh; Valentin Marian

doi:10.12659/AJCR.942896

25 February 2024 : Case report USA

A 40-Year-Old Man with a 7-Year History of Polyarthritis and a Late Diagnosis of Whipple Disease: A Journey to Resolve the Mystery

Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Unusual setting of medical care, Rare disease, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)

Gagan Aulakh^1ABCDEF*, Rebekah Lewis^1BCE, Arshdeep Singh^2DE, Valentin Marian^1AF

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.942896

Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e942896

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Figure 2. A photomicrograph of the endoscopic small-bowel biopsy in a 40-year-old man with Whipple disease. Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining show PAS-positive foamy macrophages without an inflammatory cell infiltrate, which is typical for Whipple disease. PAS. Magnification ×40.

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A 40-Year-Old Man with a 7-Year History of Polyarthritis and a Late Diagnosis of Whipple Disease: A Journey to Resolve the Mystery

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