Whipple's disease, or intestinal lipodystrophy, is a systemic infectious disorder affecting mostly middle-aged white men. Patients present with weight loss, arthralgia, diarrhoea, and abdominal pain.

Whipple disease patients may develop neurological symptoms, such as memory loss or confusion. It can sometimes be difficult to diagnose the cause of these symptoms, especially in older patients.

Whipple eventually suspected it could be due to an infection (having noted rod-shaped organisms in the patient’s intestines), and in 1949 when the condition was further studied, it was named WD.

Whipple’s disease is a rare bacterial infection primarily affecting the small intestine. It can also affect the heart, lungs, brain, joints, and eyes. Bacteria called Tropheryma whipplei (T ...

GH Whipple described a 36-year-old physician in 1907 with gradual loss of weight and strength, stools consisting chiefly of neutral fat and fatty acids, indefinite abdominal signs and a peculiar ...

Microscope on camera phone can detect disease SHERYL UBELACKER The Canadian Press Published July 24, 2009 ...

On October 23, with the preoperative diagnosis of Whipple's disease, Dr. Richard Warren performed a laparotomy. About 1200 cc. of chylous ascitic fluid was first encountered.

Whipple disease is a multisystemic disorder caused by Tropheryma whipplei, a gram-positive bacillus first cultured in the year 2000. The disease has a prodromal stage that precedes the classic ...

Archive The Reversibility of Whipple's Disease — Report of a Case, with Comments on the Influence of Corticosteroid Therapy AuthorsPeter R.Holt, M.B., B.S., Kurt J.Isselbacher, M.D., and Chester ...

Editorial Chronic Whipple's disease, a diagnostic challenge for the cardiologist La enfermedad de Whipple crónica, un reto diagnóstico para el cardiólogo Pilar Escribano Subías a b a Unidad de ...