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Whipple's disease presenting as sarcoidosis and valvular heart disease
1Department of Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University, St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Tenn, USA.
Southern Medical Journal
|August 24, 1999
Abstract:
Whipple's disease is a rare systemic disorder that can present in a variety of ways and is often difficult to diagnose. It can involve almost any organ system and can mimic other diseases both in its symptoms and pathologic appearance. We present a case initially diagnosed as sarcoidosis that was found to be Whipple's disease after pathologic examination of the patient's mitral and aortic valves.