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==CT scan==
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*[[Abdominal]] [[CT scan]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of Whipple's disease. Findings on [[CT scan]] suggestive of Whipple's disease include:<ref name="pmid11432814">{{cite journal| author=Dutly F, Altwegg M| title=Whipple's disease and "Tropheryma whippelii". | journal=Clin Microbiol Rev | year= 2001 | volume= 14 | issue= 3 | pages= 561-83 | pmid=11432814 | doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001 | pmc=88990 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11432814  }} </ref><ref name="pmid17202456">{{cite journal| author=Fenollar F, Puéchal X, Raoult D| title=Whipple's disease. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2007 | volume= 356 | issue= 1 | pages= 55-66 | pmid=17202456 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra062477 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17202456  }} </ref><ref name="MarthMoos2016">{{cite journal|last1=Marth|first1=Thomas|last2=Moos|first2=Verena|last3=Müller|first3=Christian|last4=Biagi|first4=Federico|last5=Schneider|first5=Thomas|title=Tropheryma whipplei infection and Whipple's disease|journal=The Lancet Infectious Diseases|volume=16|issue=3|year=2016|pages=e13–e22|issn=14733099|doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00537-X}}</ref><ref name="Schoniger-HekelePetermann2007">{{cite journal|last1=Schoniger-Hekele|first1=M.|last2=Petermann|first2=D.|last3=Weber|first3=B.|last4=Muller|first4=C.|title=Tropheryma whipplei in the Environment: Survey of Sewage Plant Influxes and Sewage Plant Workers|journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology|volume=73|issue=6|year=2007|pages=2033–2035|issn=0099-2240|doi=10.1128/AEM.02335-06}}</ref><ref name="BurešKopáčová2013">{{cite journal|last1=Bureš|first1=Jan|last2=Kopáčová|first2=Marcela|last3=Douda|first3=Tomáš|last4=Bártová|first4=Jolana|last5=Tomš|first5=Jan|last6=Rejchrt|first6=Stanislav|last7=Tachecí|first7=Ilja|title=Whipple’s Disease: Our Own Experience and Review of the Literature|journal=Gastroenterology Research and Practice|volume=2013|year=2013|pages=1–10|issn=1687-6121|doi=10.1155/2013/478349}}</ref><ref name="DutlyAltwegg2001">{{cite journal|last1=Dutly|first1=F.|last2=Altwegg|first2=M.|title=Whipple's Disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"|journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews|volume=14|issue=3|year=2001|pages=561–583|issn=0893-8512|doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001}}</ref><ref name="DolmansBoel2017">{{cite journal|last1=Dolmans|first1=Ruben A. V.|last2=Boel|first2=C. H. Edwin|last3=Lacle|first3=Miangela M.|last4=Kusters|first4=Johannes G.|title=Clinical Manifestations, Treatment, and Diagnosis of Tropheryma whipplei Infections|journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews|volume=30|issue=2|year=2017|pages=529–555|issn=0893-8512|doi=10.1128/CMR.00033-16}}</ref>
*[[Abdominal]] [[CT scan]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of Whipple's disease. Findings on [[CT scan]] suggestive of Whipple's disease include:<ref name="pmid11432814">{{cite journal| author=Dutly F, Altwegg M| title=Whipple's disease and "Tropheryma whippelii". | journal=Clin Microbiol Rev | year= 2001 | volume= 14 | issue= 3 | pages= 561-83 | pmid=11432814 | doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001 | pmc=88990 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11432814  }} </ref><ref name="pmid17202456">{{cite journal| author=Fenollar F, Puéchal X, Raoult D| title=Whipple's disease. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2007 | volume= 356 | issue= 1 | pages= 55-66 | pmid=17202456 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra062477 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17202456  }} </ref><ref name="MarthMoos2016">{{cite journal|last1=Marth|first1=Thomas|last2=Moos|first2=Verena|last3=Müller|first3=Christian|last4=Biagi|first4=Federico|last5=Schneider|first5=Thomas|title=Tropheryma whipplei infection and Whipple's disease|journal=The Lancet Infectious Diseases|volume=16|issue=3|year=2016|pages=e13–e22|issn=14733099|doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00537-X}}</ref><ref name="Schoniger-HekelePetermann2007">{{cite journal|last1=Schoniger-Hekele|first1=M.|last2=Petermann|first2=D.|last3=Weber|first3=B.|last4=Muller|first4=C.|title=Tropheryma whipplei in the Environment: Survey of Sewage Plant Influxes and Sewage Plant Workers|journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology|volume=73|issue=6|year=2007|pages=2033–2035|issn=0099-2240|doi=10.1128/AEM.02335-06}}</ref><ref name="BurešKopáčová2013">{{cite journal|last1=Bureš|first1=Jan|last2=Kopáčová|first2=Marcela|last3=Douda|first3=Tomáš|last4=Bártová|first4=Jolana|last5=Tomš|first5=Jan|last6=Rejchrt|first6=Stanislav|last7=Tachecí|first7=Ilja|title=Whipple’s Disease: Our Own Experience and Review of the Literature|journal=Gastroenterology Research and Practice|volume=2013|year=2013|pages=1–10|issn=1687-6121|doi=10.1155/2013/478349}}</ref><ref name="DutlyAltwegg2001">{{cite journal|last1=Dutly|first1=F.|last2=Altwegg|first2=M.|title=Whipple's Disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"|journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews|volume=14|issue=3|year=2001|pages=561–583|issn=0893-8512|doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001}}</ref><ref name="DolmansBoel2017">{{cite journal|last1=Dolmans|first1=Ruben A. V.|last2=Boel|first2=C. H. Edwin|last3=Lacle|first3=Miangela M.|last4=Kusters|first4=Johannes G.|title=Clinical Manifestations, Treatment, and Diagnosis of Tropheryma whipplei Infections|journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews|volume=30|issue=2|year=2017|pages=529–555|issn=0893-8512|doi=10.1128/CMR.00033-16}}</ref>
**Thickening of [[small bowel]] fold
**Thickened [[small bowel]] folds
**Enlarged [[mesenteric]] and [[retroperitoneal]] [[lymph nodes]]
**Enlarged [[mesenteric]] and [[retroperitoneal]] [[lymph nodes]]
**[[Hepatomegaly]]
**[[Hepatomegaly]]

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Abdominal CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of Whipple's disease. Findings on CT scan suggestive of Whipple's disease include thickening of small bowel folds and enlarged abdominal lymph nodes. CNS involvement may present with associated CT findings depending on type of lesion.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Dutly F, Altwegg M (2001). "Whipple's disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"". Clin Microbiol Rev. 14 (3): 561–83. doi:10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001. PMC 88990. PMID 11432814.
  2. Fenollar F, Puéchal X, Raoult D (2007). "Whipple's disease". N Engl J Med. 356 (1): 55–66. doi:10.1056/NEJMra062477. PMID 17202456.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Marth, Thomas; Moos, Verena; Müller, Christian; Biagi, Federico; Schneider, Thomas (2016). "Tropheryma whipplei infection and Whipple's disease". The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 16 (3): e13–e22. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00537-X. ISSN 1473-3099.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Schoniger-Hekele, M.; Petermann, D.; Weber, B.; Muller, C. (2007). "Tropheryma whipplei in the Environment: Survey of Sewage Plant Influxes and Sewage Plant Workers". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (6): 2033–2035. doi:10.1128/AEM.02335-06. ISSN 0099-2240.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Bureš, Jan; Kopáčová, Marcela; Douda, Tomáš; Bártová, Jolana; Tomš, Jan; Rejchrt, Stanislav; Tachecí, Ilja (2013). "Whipple's Disease: Our Own Experience and Review of the Literature". Gastroenterology Research and Practice. 2013: 1–10. doi:10.1155/2013/478349. ISSN 1687-6121.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Dutly, F.; Altwegg, M. (2001). "Whipple's Disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 14 (3): 561–583. doi:10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001. ISSN 0893-8512.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Dolmans, Ruben A. V.; Boel, C. H. Edwin; Lacle, Miangela M.; Kusters, Johannes G. (2017). "Clinical Manifestations, Treatment, and Diagnosis of Tropheryma whipplei Infections". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 30 (2): 529–555. doi:10.1128/CMR.00033-16. ISSN 0893-8512.

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