Neuro-Whipple confirmed five years after a presumptive diagnosis of a primitive CNS vasculitis

J Neurol. 2008 Jun;255(6):925-6. doi: 10.1007/s00415-008-0597-0. Epub 2008 May 7.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain / blood supply
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cerebral Arteries / pathology
  • Cerebral Arteries / physiopathology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
  • Deglutition Disorders / pathology
  • Deglutition Disorders / physiopathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Gastroenteritis / microbiology
  • Gastroenteritis / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Paresis / pathology
  • Paresis / physiopathology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Recurrence
  • Spinal Cord / blood supply
  • Spinal Cord / pathology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / etiology*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / pathology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / physiopathology
  • Time
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tropheryma / drug effects
  • Tropheryma / genetics
  • Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / etiology*
  • Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / pathology*
  • Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / physiopathology
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / pathology
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / physiopathology
  • Whipple Disease / complications*
  • Whipple Disease / drug therapy
  • Whipple Disease / pathology*

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents