Clinical manifestations of Whipple’s disease mimicking rheumatic disorders
Whipple’s disease is a rare, chronic, systemic disorder caused by Tropheryma whipplei infection. The most common symptoms are weight loss, arthralgia, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Other organ involvement can also occur in the patients. Joint manifestations may mimic rheumatoid arthritis or spondyloa...
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| author | Eugeniusz J. Kucharz Justyna Kramza Anida Grosicka Robert Pieczyrak |
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| description | Whipple’s disease is a rare, chronic, systemic disorder caused by Tropheryma whipplei infection. The most common symptoms are weight loss, arthralgia, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Other organ involvement can also occur in the patients. Joint manifestations may mimic rheumatoid arthritis or spondyloarthritis. Arthalgia, arthritis, spondylodiscitis, bursitis and/or tenosynovitis are seen in the majority of the patients. This explains why some of the symptoms are misdiagnosed as those of rheumatic diseases. Understanding of Whipple’s disease is important for differential diagnostics of several rheumatic symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a49c51c304d54333a18d30ce1570dbd52022-12-21T19:25:32ZengTermedia Publishing HouseRheumatology0034-62332084-98342021-04-0159210411010.5114/reum.2021.10541843872Clinical manifestations of Whipple’s disease mimicking rheumatic disordersEugeniusz J. KucharzJustyna KramzaAnida GrosickaRobert PieczyrakWhipple’s disease is a rare, chronic, systemic disorder caused by Tropheryma whipplei infection. The most common symptoms are weight loss, arthralgia, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Other organ involvement can also occur in the patients. Joint manifestations may mimic rheumatoid arthritis or spondyloarthritis. Arthalgia, arthritis, spondylodiscitis, bursitis and/or tenosynovitis are seen in the majority of the patients. This explains why some of the symptoms are misdiagnosed as those of rheumatic diseases. Understanding of Whipple’s disease is important for differential diagnostics of several rheumatic symptoms.https://www.termedia.pl/Clinical-manifestations-of-Whipple-s-disease-mimicking-rheumatic-disorders,18,43872,1,1.htmlwhipple’s disease arthritis spondylodiscitis. |
| spellingShingle | Eugeniusz J. Kucharz Justyna Kramza Anida Grosicka Robert Pieczyrak Clinical manifestations of Whipple’s disease mimicking rheumatic disorders Rheumatology whipple’s disease arthritis spondylodiscitis. |
| title | Clinical manifestations of Whipple’s disease mimicking rheumatic disorders |
| title_full | Clinical manifestations of Whipple’s disease mimicking rheumatic disorders |
| title_fullStr | Clinical manifestations of Whipple’s disease mimicking rheumatic disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical manifestations of Whipple’s disease mimicking rheumatic disorders |
| title_short | Clinical manifestations of Whipple’s disease mimicking rheumatic disorders |
| title_sort | clinical manifestations of whipple s disease mimicking rheumatic disorders |
| topic | whipple’s disease arthritis spondylodiscitis. |
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