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. 2012 Spring;6(2):204-5.
doi: 10.1097/ICB.0b013e318228e34f.

A unique posterior segment manifestation of whipple disease

Lik Thai Lim  1 , Ramana Moorthy, Salah Najm, Robert P Nelson Jr, Karen M Wolf, Tim Lahm
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A unique posterior segment manifestation of whipple disease

Lik Thai Lim et al. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2012 Spring.

Abstract

Purpose: To report a novel posterior segment manifestation of Whipple disease.

Method: Single observational case study.

Results: The white crystalline deposit in the retina, choroiditis, and vitritis resolved with treatment of Whipple disease.

Conclusion: Whipple disease can be associated with panuveitis, multifocal choroiditis, and white crystalline deposits in the anterior segments and retina, a unique clinical finding.

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