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Provedor de dados: 	55	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Tumoural form of Whipple's disease simulating carcinomatosis	
Autores: 	Costa,Jamille Hemétrio Salles Martins; Maciel,Aline Bussinger; Godinho,Matheus de Navarro Guimarães; Paula,Rafaela Brito de; Gotardelo,Daniel Riani.	
Data: 	2014-06-01	
Ano: 	2014	
Palavras-chave: 	Whipple's disease; Tropheryma whipplei; Carcinomatosis.	
Resumo: 	Whipple's disease is a rare disease caused by the actinomycete bacteria Tropheryma whipplei, which cause intestinal infection. The most common symptoms are chronic diarrhoea, weight loss, abdominal pain, arthritis and neurological abnormalities, which can be fatal. This paper reports a case of a 57-year-old Brazilian woman with diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain, appetite loss, intermittent fever, malaise, weight loss and malnutrition. Migratory polyarthralgia and recurrent visual scotomas preceded the symptoms. The retroperitoneal pseudotumour formation finding was associated with prolonged wasting syndrome, which did not respond to usual therapies, thus leading to the investigation of carcinomatosis disease. After laparotomy, biopsy and histochemical study of the lesions with negative results for malignancy, we proceeded to the investigation of Whipple's disease, which was then confirmed. The patient improved clinically and started gaining weight after using ceftriaxone (IV).	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/report	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702014000300346	
Editor: 	Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases	
Relação: 	10.1016/j.bjid.2014.01.006	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.18 n.3 2014	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess