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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Abdominal]] [[CT scan]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of Whipple's disease. Findings on [[CT scan]] suggestive of Whipple's disease include thickening of [[small bowel]] folds and enlarged [[abdominal]] [[lymph nodes]]. [[CNS]] involvement may present with associated [[CT]] findings depending on type of [[lesion]]. | |||
Abdominal [[CT scan]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of | |||
==CT scan== | ==CT scan== | ||
*Abdominal CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of | *[[Abdominal]] [[CT scan]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of Whipple's disease. Findings on [[CT scan]] suggestive of Whipple's disease include:<ref name="pmid11432814">{{cite journal| author=Dutly F, Altwegg M| title=Whipple's disease and "Tropheryma whippelii". | journal=Clin Microbiol Rev | year= 2001 | volume= 14 | issue= 3 | pages= 561-83 | pmid=11432814 | doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001 | pmc=88990 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11432814 }} </ref><ref name="pmid17202456">{{cite journal| author=Fenollar F, Puéchal X, Raoult D| title=Whipple's disease. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2007 | volume= 356 | issue= 1 | pages= 55-66 | pmid=17202456 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra062477 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17202456 }} </ref><ref name="MarthMoos2016">{{cite journal|last1=Marth|first1=Thomas|last2=Moos|first2=Verena|last3=Müller|first3=Christian|last4=Biagi|first4=Federico|last5=Schneider|first5=Thomas|title=Tropheryma whipplei infection and Whipple's disease|journal=The Lancet Infectious Diseases|volume=16|issue=3|year=2016|pages=e13–e22|issn=14733099|doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00537-X}}</ref><ref name="Schoniger-HekelePetermann2007">{{cite journal|last1=Schoniger-Hekele|first1=M.|last2=Petermann|first2=D.|last3=Weber|first3=B.|last4=Muller|first4=C.|title=Tropheryma whipplei in the Environment: Survey of Sewage Plant Influxes and Sewage Plant Workers|journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology|volume=73|issue=6|year=2007|pages=2033–2035|issn=0099-2240|doi=10.1128/AEM.02335-06}}</ref><ref name="BurešKopáčová2013">{{cite journal|last1=Bureš|first1=Jan|last2=Kopáčová|first2=Marcela|last3=Douda|first3=Tomáš|last4=Bártová|first4=Jolana|last5=Tomš|first5=Jan|last6=Rejchrt|first6=Stanislav|last7=Tachecí|first7=Ilja|title=Whipple’s Disease: Our Own Experience and Review of the Literature|journal=Gastroenterology Research and Practice|volume=2013|year=2013|pages=1–10|issn=1687-6121|doi=10.1155/2013/478349}}</ref><ref name="DutlyAltwegg2001">{{cite journal|last1=Dutly|first1=F.|last2=Altwegg|first2=M.|title=Whipple's Disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"|journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews|volume=14|issue=3|year=2001|pages=561–583|issn=0893-8512|doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001}}</ref><ref name="DolmansBoel2017">{{cite journal|last1=Dolmans|first1=Ruben A. V.|last2=Boel|first2=C. H. Edwin|last3=Lacle|first3=Miangela M.|last4=Kusters|first4=Johannes G.|title=Clinical Manifestations, Treatment, and Diagnosis of Tropheryma whipplei Infections|journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews|volume=30|issue=2|year=2017|pages=529–555|issn=0893-8512|doi=10.1128/CMR.00033-16}}</ref> | ||
** | **Thickened [[small bowel]] folds | ||
** | **Enlarged [[mesenteric]] and [[retroperitoneal]] [[lymph nodes]] | ||
**[[Hepatomegaly]] | |||
*Head CT scan finding may be normal or may show:<ref name="pmid11432814">{{cite journal| author=Dutly F, Altwegg M| title=Whipple's disease and "Tropheryma whippelii". | journal=Clin Microbiol Rev | year= 2001 | volume= 14 | issue= 3 | pages= 561-83 | pmid=11432814 | doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001 | pmc=88990 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11432814 }} </ref> | **[[Splenomegaly]] | ||
**[[cerebral atrophy]] | *[[Head]] [[CT scan]] finding may be normal or may show:<ref name="pmid11432814">{{cite journal| author=Dutly F, Altwegg M| title=Whipple's disease and "Tropheryma whippelii". | journal=Clin Microbiol Rev | year= 2001 | volume= 14 | issue= 3 | pages= 561-83 | pmid=11432814 | doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001 | pmc=88990 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11432814 }} </ref><ref name="MarthMoos2016">{{cite journal|last1=Marth|first1=Thomas|last2=Moos|first2=Verena|last3=Müller|first3=Christian|last4=Biagi|first4=Federico|last5=Schneider|first5=Thomas|title=Tropheryma whipplei infection and Whipple's disease|journal=The Lancet Infectious Diseases|volume=16|issue=3|year=2016|pages=e13–e22|issn=14733099|doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00537-X}}</ref><ref name="Schoniger-HekelePetermann2007">{{cite journal|last1=Schoniger-Hekele|first1=M.|last2=Petermann|first2=D.|last3=Weber|first3=B.|last4=Muller|first4=C.|title=Tropheryma whipplei in the Environment: Survey of Sewage Plant Influxes and Sewage Plant Workers|journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology|volume=73|issue=6|year=2007|pages=2033–2035|issn=0099-2240|doi=10.1128/AEM.02335-06}}</ref><ref name="BurešKopáčová2013">{{cite journal|last1=Bureš|first1=Jan|last2=Kopáčová|first2=Marcela|last3=Douda|first3=Tomáš|last4=Bártová|first4=Jolana|last5=Tomš|first5=Jan|last6=Rejchrt|first6=Stanislav|last7=Tachecí|first7=Ilja|title=Whipple’s Disease: Our Own Experience and Review of the Literature|journal=Gastroenterology Research and Practice|volume=2013|year=2013|pages=1–10|issn=1687-6121|doi=10.1155/2013/478349}}</ref><ref name="DutlyAltwegg2001">{{cite journal|last1=Dutly|first1=F.|last2=Altwegg|first2=M.|title=Whipple's Disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"|journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews|volume=14|issue=3|year=2001|pages=561–583|issn=0893-8512|doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001}}</ref><ref name="DolmansBoel2017">{{cite journal|last1=Dolmans|first1=Ruben A. V.|last2=Boel|first2=C. H. Edwin|last3=Lacle|first3=Miangela M.|last4=Kusters|first4=Johannes G.|title=Clinical Manifestations, Treatment, and Diagnosis of Tropheryma whipplei Infections|journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews|volume=30|issue=2|year=2017|pages=529–555|issn=0893-8512|doi=10.1128/CMR.00033-16}}</ref> | ||
** | **Generalized [[cerebral atrophy]] | ||
**[[ | **Small [[granulomas]] in the [[gray matter]] of the [[cerebral]] and [[cerebellar cortex]] | ||
**[[Hydrocephalus]] | |||
**Neuronal [[vacuolization]] | |||
**[[Demyelination]] | |||
**Microinfarct | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Abdominal CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of Whipple's disease. Findings on CT scan suggestive of Whipple's disease include thickening of small bowel folds and enlarged abdominal lymph nodes. CNS involvement may present with associated CT findings depending on type of lesion.
CT scan
- Abdominal CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of Whipple's disease. Findings on CT scan suggestive of Whipple's disease include:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
- Thickened small bowel folds
- Enlarged mesenteric and retroperitoneal lymph nodes
- Hepatomegaly
- Splenomegaly
- Head CT scan finding may be normal or may show:[1][3][4][5][6][7]
- Generalized cerebral atrophy
- Small granulomas in the gray matter of the cerebral and cerebellar cortex
- Hydrocephalus
- Neuronal vacuolization
- Demyelination
- Microinfarct
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dutly F, Altwegg M (2001). "Whipple's disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"". Clin Microbiol Rev. 14 (3): 561–83. doi:10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001. PMC 88990. PMID 11432814.
- ↑ Fenollar F, Puéchal X, Raoult D (2007). "Whipple's disease". N Engl J Med. 356 (1): 55–66. doi:10.1056/NEJMra062477. PMID 17202456.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Marth, Thomas; Moos, Verena; Müller, Christian; Biagi, Federico; Schneider, Thomas (2016). "Tropheryma whipplei infection and Whipple's disease". The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 16 (3): e13–e22. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00537-X. ISSN 1473-3099.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Schoniger-Hekele, M.; Petermann, D.; Weber, B.; Muller, C. (2007). "Tropheryma whipplei in the Environment: Survey of Sewage Plant Influxes and Sewage Plant Workers". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (6): 2033–2035. doi:10.1128/AEM.02335-06. ISSN 0099-2240.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bureš, Jan; Kopáčová, Marcela; Douda, Tomáš; Bártová, Jolana; Tomš, Jan; Rejchrt, Stanislav; Tachecí, Ilja (2013). "Whipple's Disease: Our Own Experience and Review of the Literature". Gastroenterology Research and Practice. 2013: 1–10. doi:10.1155/2013/478349. ISSN 1687-6121.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dutly, F.; Altwegg, M. (2001). "Whipple's Disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 14 (3): 561–583. doi:10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001. ISSN 0893-8512.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Dolmans, Ruben A. V.; Boel, C. H. Edwin; Lacle, Miangela M.; Kusters, Johannes G. (2017). "Clinical Manifestations, Treatment, and Diagnosis of Tropheryma whipplei Infections". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 30 (2): 529–555. doi:10.1128/CMR.00033-16. ISSN 0893-8512.