Electron microscopic detection of Whipple's bacillus in sarcoidlike periodic acid-Schiff-negative granulomas

Dig Dis Sci. 1989 Apr;34(4):640-3. doi: 10.1007/BF01536345.

Abstract

We describe a patient with Whipple's disease without apparent intestinal involvement at initial presentation. Electron microscopy demonstrated the typical bacilli in PAS-negative lymph node and muscle biopsy specimens.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Duodenal Diseases / microbiology*
  • Duodenum / pathology
  • Granuloma / microbiology*
  • Histiocytes / ultrastructure*
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Middle Aged
  • Periodic Acid-Schiff Reaction
  • Whipple Disease / microbiology*