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Descriptor
English
:
Whipple Disease
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Enfermedad de Whipple
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Doença de Whipple
Synonyms
English
:
Lipodystrophy, Intestinal
Whipple's Disease
Tree Number:
C01.252.410.040.137.631
C06.405.469.637.925
C18.452.603.925
Definition
English
:
A chronic systemic
infection
by a gram-positive bacterium,
Tropheryma
whippelii, mainly affecting the SMALL INTESTINE but also the
JOINTS
;
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
; and the
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
. The
disease
is characterized by fat deposits in the
INTESTINAL MUCOSA
and
LYMPH NODES
, malabsorption,
DIARRHEA
with fatty stools,
MALNUTRITION
, and
ARTHRITIS.
History Note
English
:
2004 (1996); use LIPODYSTROPHY, INTESTINAL 1963-1995
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
8236
Unique Identifier:
D008061
Occurrence in VHL
:
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