Infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is a severe and frequently fatal event during
the course of many diseases caused by microbes with predominantly intracellular life cycles …

Whipple's disease is a rare, chronic, systemic infectious disorder with prominent intestinal
manifestations. It presents with weight loss, arthralgia, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. There …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Distribution of lesions or involvement of specific anatomic
sites can suggest the diagnosis of disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate what …

Background Imaging is a key tool for the diagnosis of acute encephalitis. Brain CT scan must
be urgently performed to rule out a brain lesion with mass effect that would contraindicate …

We describe an atypical case of Whipple disease exclusively involving the spinal cord in an
adolescent receiving immunosuppressive therapy for systemic lupus erythematosus. The …

The knowledge of characteristic lesion patterns is important in daily practice imaging, as the
radiologist increasingly is required to provide precise differential diagnosis despite …

Objective To describe a relapse of Whipple disease revealed by isolated limbic encephalitis
with no other signs of systemic involvement. Design Case report. Setting University Hospital …

Various infratentorial pathological conditions can mimic multiple sclerosis (MS) both
clinically and radiologically. We review the inflammatory, vascular, neoplastic and metabolic …

Whipple's disease (WD) is an uncommon multisystem condition caused by the bacillus
Tropheryma whipplei. Central nervous system involvement is a classical feature of the …

An elderly man developed acute progressive supranuclear ophthalmoplegia and other
central nervous system manifestations that suggested Whipple disease. Results of small …