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J Clin Pathol 2008;61:1140-1141 doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.054312
  • Case report

Neurologically presenting Whipple disease: case report and review of the literature

  1. M J Buckle1,
  2. R W Ellis2,
  3. M Bone2,
  4. H Lockman2
  1. 1
    Cardiff University, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff
  2. 2
    South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, UK
  1. Mr M Buckle, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK; bucklemj{at}cardiff.ac.uk
  • Accepted 28 February 2008
  • Published Online First 1 April 2008

Abstract

A previously healthy male with subacute onset right leg weakness was suspected to have an astrocytoma as imaging showed a lesion. Subsequent biopsy showed the presence of foamy macrophages containing periodic acid-Schiff staining granules, suggesting Whipple disease as a possible diagnosis.

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