Whipple's disease in granulomatous disguise: a challenging diagnosis with many histopathological pitfalls

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. mieke.vanbockstal@ugent.be.
² Department of Pathology, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.

Case Reports

Mieke Van Bockstal et al. Virchows Arch. 2017 Apr.

. 2017 Apr;470(4):465-468.

doi: 10.1007/s00428-017-2084-4. Epub 2017 Feb 6.

¹ Department of Pathology, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. mieke.vanbockstal@ugent.be.
² Department of Pathology, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.

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