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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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 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== | ==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> | ||
** | **Thickening of [[small bowel]] fold | ||
** | **Enlarged [[mesenteric]] and [[retroperitoneal]] [[lymph nodes]] | ||
*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> | *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> | ||
**[[ | **[[Cerebral atrophy]] | ||
** | **Focal lesions | ||
**[[ | **[[Hydrocephalus]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 20:07, 9 November 2017
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Bhagyashree Deshmankar M.B.B.S.[2]
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]
- Thickening of small bowel fold
- Enlarged mesenteric and retroperitoneal lymph nodes
- Head CT scan finding may be normal or may show:[1]
- Cerebral atrophy
- Focal lesions
- Hydrocephalus
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.