Could CT abdomen and PET/CT be helpful in early diagnosis of Whipple’s disease? A case report

Whipple’s disease is a rare disease, which can be fatal if not treated. It is often diagnosed at a late stage because of the varied disease presentation and its rare incidence. Classic Whipple’s disease presents with arthralgia, abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss. CT abdomen may show mesenteri...

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Autores principales: Kadian, Renu, Wang, Jiashan, Freitas, Eduardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34603962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01286
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description Whipple’s disease is a rare disease, which can be fatal if not treated. It is often diagnosed at a late stage because of the varied disease presentation and its rare incidence. Classic Whipple’s disease presents with arthralgia, abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss. CT abdomen may show mesenteric lymphadenopathy with hypodense centers. These CT findings along with clinical presentation should prompt early diagnosis of Whipple’s disease. We present a case of classic Whipple’s disease with interesting CT abdomen and PET scan findings.
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spelling pubmed-84735352021-10-01 Could CT abdomen and PET/CT be helpful in early diagnosis of Whipple’s disease? A case report Kadian, Renu Wang, Jiashan Freitas, Eduardo IDCases Case Report Whipple’s disease is a rare disease, which can be fatal if not treated. It is often diagnosed at a late stage because of the varied disease presentation and its rare incidence. Classic Whipple’s disease presents with arthralgia, abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss. CT abdomen may show mesenteric lymphadenopathy with hypodense centers. These CT findings along with clinical presentation should prompt early diagnosis of Whipple’s disease. We present a case of classic Whipple’s disease with interesting CT abdomen and PET scan findings. Elsevier 2021-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8473535/ /pubmed/34603962 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01286 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Could CT abdomen and PET/CT be helpful in early diagnosis of Whipple’s disease? A case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473535/
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