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Brain involvement in Whipple's disease

A case report

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A man of 22 with Whipple's disease suffered from an acute febrile state and unconsciousness. Focal inflammatory lesions accompanied by large numbers of peculiar macrophages occurred in thalamus and basal ganglia. The electron microscopic findings conform to previous reports on brain involvement in Whipple's disease.

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  1. Neurological Institute of Vienna University, Vienna, Austria

    Tadahisa Kitamura

  2. Dept. of Pathology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicin, Kawaramachi, Hirokoji Kamikyoku, Kyoto, Japan

    Tadahisa Kitamura

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Kitamura, T. Brain involvement in Whipple's disease. Acta Neuropathol 33, 275–278 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00688400

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