Whipple's disease presenting with symmetrical panniculitis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 907-911

  Friedmann, Adam C ^a,b   Perera, G K ^a   Jayaprakasam, A ^a   Forgacs, I ^a   Salisbury, J R ^a   Creamer, D ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foamy macrophages; Symmetrical panniculitis; Tropheryma whippelii; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL GRANULE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOAMY MACROPHAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PANNICULITIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SMALL INTESTINE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DUODENUM; HUMANS; MALE; PANNICULITIS; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 8344226087     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06179.x     Document Type: Article

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