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Endocarditis and systemic embolization from Whipple’s disease

Yu Ting He, Katherine L. Peterson, Jessica Wood Crothers, Jean Dejace, Andrew J. Hale

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Abstract

, is a rare disease that classically presents with diarrhea, weight loss, and polyarthralgia. Less commonly, Whipple's Disease can presentation with endocarditis or neurologic infections. The authors report a patient with Whipple's Disease endocarditis whose initial presentation was acute lower extremity arterial occlusion, and review current literature regarding the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of Whipple's Disease endocarditis.

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, is a rare disease that classically presents with diarrhea, weight loss, and polyarthralgia. Less commonly, Whipple's Disease can presentation with endocarditis or neurologic infections. The authors report a patient with Whipple's Disease endocarditis whose initial presentation was acute lower extremity arterial occlusion, and review current literature regarding the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of Whipple's Disease endocarditis.

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, is a rare disease that classically presents with diarrhea, weight loss, and polyarthralgia. Less commonly, Whipple's Disease can presentation with endocarditis or neurologic infections. The authors report a patient with Whipple's Disease endocarditis whose initial presentation was acute lower extremity arterial occlusion, and review current literature regarding the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of Whipple's Disease endocarditis.

Key concepts: Whipple's disease, Tropheryma whipplei, Medicine, Endocarditis, Whipple Disease, Presentation (obstetrics), Disease, Diarrhea

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