Whipple disease (musculoskeletal manifestations)

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 19 Oct 2023

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Alwalid O, Knipe H, Whipple disease (musculoskeletal manifestations). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 15 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-176953

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-176953

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/176953

rID:

176953

Article created:

10 Oct 2023, Osamah A. A. Alwalid

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Osamah A. A. Alwalid had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Last revised:

19 Oct 2023, Henry Knipe ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

2 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal

Tags:

cases, case3

Synonyms:

Joint manifestations of Whipple disease
Musculoskeletal manifestations of Whipple disease

The musculoskeletal manifestations of Whipple disease are among the most constant and earliest signs of the disease and can mimic rheumatic diseases including rheumatoid arthritis or spondyloarthritis ^1-3. Joint symptoms may include migrating polyarthralgia, arthritis, spondylodiscitis, myalgia, bursitis, and/or tenosynovitis ³.