[Whipple's disease manifested as difficult-to-diagnose polyarthralgia: a case report and literature review].
| Autor: | Silva GA; Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Unirio), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Electronic address: drguialmeida@gmail.com., Neto JS; Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Unirio), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. |
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| Jazyk: | portugalština |
| Zdroj: | Revista brasileira de reumatologia [Rev Bras Reumatol] 2015 May 24. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 May 24. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.rbr.2014.12.014 |
| Abstrakt: | Whipple's disease is a rare and multisystemic bacterial disease caused by the Gram-positive bacillus Tropheryma whipplei. Since it is a rare disease with a varied clinical presentation, its diagnosis is often delayed. The joint manifestations may precede the typical syndrome in decades, being a challenge for specialists and internists. We report a case of Whipple's disease in a man with polyarthralgia whose diagnosis was established after extensive clinical deterioration over five years. (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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