Primary Whipple disease of the Central Nervous System presenting with rhombencephalitis

Claudia Balducci; Sergio Foresti; Alessandra Ciervo; Fabiola Mancini; Giulia Nastasi; Laura Marzorati; Andrea Gori; Carlo Ferrarese; Ildebrando Appollonio; Anna Maria Peri

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2019.08.019

Primary Whipple disease of the Central Nervous System presenting with rhombencephalitis

Claudia Balducci, Sergio Foresti, Alessandra Ciervo, Fabiola Mancini, Giulia Nastasi, Laura Marzorati, Andrea Gori, Carlo Ferrarese, Ildebrando Appollonio, Anna Maria Peri

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Abstract

Primary Whipple disease of the Central Nervous System is a rare entity whose outcome might be fatal if not promptly diagnosed and treated. Few cases are reported in the literature with heterogeneous clinical and radiological presentations which often make the diagnosis extremely challenging. We report a case of primary Whipple disease of the Central Nervous System presenting with rhombencephalitis in a female patient in immunosuppressive treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. We describe the management of our patient and discuss the features of this rare clinical entity. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	149-151
Number of pages	3
Journal	Int. J. Infect. Dis.
Volume	88
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2019.08.019
Publication status	Published - Nov 1 2019

Keywords

Primary Whipple disease
Rhombencephalitis
Immunocompromised host

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Primary Whipple disease of the Central Nervous System presenting with rhombencephalitis

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