Whipple's disease with predominantly neuroophthalmic manifestations | Zendy

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Whipple's disease with predominantly neuroophthalmic manifestations

Author(s) -

Finelli Pasquale F.,

McEntee William J.,

Lessell Simmons,

Morgan Thomas F.,

Copetto James

Publication year - 1977

Publication title -

annals of neurology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764

H-Index - 296

eISSN - 1531-8249

pISSN - 0364-5134

DOI - 10.1002/ana.410010308

Subject(s) - whipple's disease , whipple disease , medicine , disease , gaze , uveitis , dementia , paralysis , tropheryma whipplei , pathology , surgery , psychology , ophthalmology , psychoanalysis , coeliac disease , intestinal malabsorption

Supranuclear paralysis of gaze was a prominent manifestation of Whipple's disease in 2 patients with dementia, 1 of whom also had bilateral uveitis. Because of the absence of gastrointestinal problems in these patients, correct diagnosis was delayed. Whipple's disease is a treatable disorder and should be considered in patients with otherwise unexplained supranuclear gaze paralysis and uveitis.

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