Neurologically presenting Whipple’s Disease – a Case Report and Review of the Literature
Michael J Buckle 1*, Richard W Ellis 2, Michael Bone 2 and Hilmi Lockman 2
1 Cardiff University, United Kingdom
2 South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bucklemj{at}cardiff.ac.uk.
Accepted 28 February 2008
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A previously healthy male with subacute onset right leg weakness is suspected to have an astrocytoma after a lesion is demonstrated via imaging. However a subsequent biopsy demonstrated the presence of foamy macrophages containing periodic acid-Schiff staining granules, suggesting Whipple’s disease as a possible diagnosis. We here present the case and the report on the patient’s current clinical status.
