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Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Whipple's disease suspected:
 • Arthralgias, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea
Whipple Disease ... disease suspected ... progressive CNS disease ... unknown origin, chronic ... #Disease #diagnosis
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... • Celiac Disease ... with TTG) • Chronic ... Inflammation • Whipple's ... • Lymphoma #Chronic
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Injury to Root Chronic ... Rheumatic Fever, Whipple ... Disease • Inflammatory ... Valve Dysfunction Chronic ... , Cogan's Disease
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
fever • Lyme disease ... • Whipple's disease ... UnknownOrigin #FUO #Chronic
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Autoimmune— Crohn's disease ... , celiac disease ... - Acquired • Chronic ... Giardiasis • Whipple ... ' disease • Tropical
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Rheumatic heart disease ... Age-related changes, chronic ... kidney disease ... , carcinoid disease ... endomyocardial fibrosis, Whipple's
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
acute/subacute/chronic ... Rheumatologic Disease ... • Tropheryma whippleii ... (Whipple's disease ... burgdorferi (Lyme disease
Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency (PEI) - Diagnostic Algorithm
PEI definite:
 • Total pancreatectomy
 • Severe chronic pancreatitis
 •
pancreatectomy • Severe chronic ... Mild and moderate chronic ... pancreatitis • After Whipple ... IBS • Coeliac disease
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Causes of Chronic ... Crohn disease ... tropical sprue, Whipple ... disease, eosinophilic ... Pancreatic disease
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... (Tropheryma whipplei ... by: Tropheryma whipplei ... MatthewHoMD #Whipple ... #Disease #diagnosis