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. 1996 Sep;17(8):1589-91.

Whipple disease confined to the central nervous system in childhood.

T P Duprez 1, C B Grandin 1, C Bonnier 1, C W Thauvoy 1, J F Gadisseux 1, J L Dutrieux 1, P Evrard 1
PMCID: PMC8338723  PMID: 8883662

Abstract

In a case of pediatric Whipple disease confined to the central nervous system, white matter lesions initially appeared as areas of very low signal intensity on T1-weighted MR images and as areas of hyperintensity on proton density-weighted and T2-weighted images, and showed slight peripheral enhancement on delayed contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images. On MR studies obtained 3 and 6 months after antibiotic therapy, the lesions had decreased in size and no longer enhanced. They became progressively less hypointense on T1-weighted images and less hyperintense on T2-weighted images.

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