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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Auteurs principaux:	Eugeniusz J. Kucharz, Justyna Kramza, Anida Grosicka, Robert Pieczyrak
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Publié:	Termedia Publishing House 2021
Sujets:	whipple’s disease arthritis spondylodiscitis. Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a49c51c304d54333a18d30ce1570dbd52021-12-02T17:46:04ZClinical manifestations of Whipple’s disease mimicking rheumatic disorders0034-62332084-983410.5114/reum.2021.105418https://doaj.org/article/a49c51c304d54333a18d30ce1570dbd52021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.termedia.pl/Clinical-manifestations-of-Whipple-s-disease-mimicking-rheumatic-disorders,18,43872,1,1.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/0034-6233https://doaj.org/toc/2084-9834Whipple’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.Eugeniusz J. KucharzJustyna KramzaAnida GrosickaRobert PieczyrakTermedia Publishing Housearticlewhipple’s disease arthritis spondylodiscitis.MedicineRENRheumatology, Vol 59, Iss 2, Pp 104-110 (2021)
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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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title	Clinical manifestations of Whipple’s disease mimicking rheumatic disorders
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Clinical manifestations of Whipple’s disease mimicking rheumatic disorders

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