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    J Clin Pathol. 2008 Oct;61(10):1140-1. Epub 2008 Apr 1.

    Neurologically presenting Whipple disease: case report and review of the literature.

    Buckle MJ, Ellis RW, Bone M, Lockman H.

    Cardiff University, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK. bucklemj@cardiff.ac.uk

    A previously healthy male with subacute onset right leg weakness was suspected to have an astrocytoma as imaging showed a lesion. Subsequent biopsy showed the presence of foamy macrophages containing periodic acid-Schiff staining granules, suggesting Whipple disease as a possible diagnosis.

    PMID: 18381382 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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