Whipple's disease and giardiasis: An uncommon association

Whipples disease: a review

Whipple’s disease was described in 1907 and given the name “intestinal lipodystrophy” until it was found that the agent responsible is a bacterium named Tropheryma whipplei. It’s a rare disease which occurs predominantly in males aged 30-60. The small intestinal mucosa is always affected with lesions that are specific to this disease. Replacement of most of cellular elements in the lamina propr...

Crohn's disease and Sweet's syndrome: an uncommon association.

Sweet's syndrome or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (SS) is characterized by the sudden onset of painful erythematous lesions (papules, nodules, and plaques) together with fever and neutrophilia. The lesions are typically located on hands, arms, upper trunk, neck and face, showing an asymmetric distribution. Acute phase reactants are usually elevated and dermal infiltration of neutrophils...

Giardiasis and coeliac disease.

Carsweli, F., Gibson, A. A. M., and McAllister, T. A. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 414. Giardiasis and coeliac disease. The incidence of Giardia lamblia infestation, as shown by examination of the stools, is the same in normal and coeliac children. 93 patients who were suspected of having coeliac disease had upper intestinal biopsies examined for giardia infestation. These pati...

Hypopituitarism and Ipilimumab, an Uncommon Disease, Uncommon Cause

Melioidosis mycotic aneurysm: An uncommon complication of an uncommon disease

Melioidosis is often considered an exotic and uncommon disease in most parts of the world. However it is an endemic disease in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia with an expanding distribution. Melioidosis can involve almost any organ and can deteriorate rapidly. In this report, we describe a rapidly fatal case of a mycotic aneurysm associated with melioidosis despite aggressive antibiotic t...