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**Small [[lung volumes]]
**Small [[lung volumes]]


<figure-inline>[[Image:Small bilateral pleural effusions.jpg|1024x1024px]]</figure-inline>
[[Image:Small bilateral pleural effusions.jpg|500px|Small bilateral pleural effusions, case courtesy of <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/">Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/cases/11781">rID: 11781</a>]]


*In patients with [[joint]] involvement, [[joints]] usually appear normal on [[x-ray]]. However, in rare cases, [[joint]] [[x-ray]] may show:<ref name="pmid11432814">{{cite journal| author=Dutly F, Altwegg M| title=Whipple's disease and "Tropheryma whippelii". | journal=Clin Microbiol Rev | year= 2001 | volume= 14 | issue= 3 | pages= 561-83 | pmid=11432814 | doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001 | pmc=88990 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11432814  }} </ref>
*In patients with [[joint]] involvement, [[joints]] usually appear normal on [[x-ray]]. However, in rare cases, [[joint]] [[x-ray]] may show:<ref name="pmid11432814">{{cite journal| author=Dutly F, Altwegg M| title=Whipple's disease and "Tropheryma whippelii". | journal=Clin Microbiol Rev | year= 2001 | volume= 14 | issue= 3 | pages= 561-83 | pmid=11432814 | doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001 | pmc=88990 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11432814  }} </ref>

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Bhagyashree Deshmankar M.B.B.S.[2]

Overview

The x-ray findings associated with Whipple's disease depend on the system involved. These findings are not diagnostic.

X Ray

Small bilateral pleural effusions, case courtesy of <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/">Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/cases/11781">rID: 11781</a>

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dutly F, Altwegg M (2001). "Whipple's disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"". Clin Microbiol Rev. 14 (3): 561–83. doi:10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001. PMC 88990. PMID 11432814.
  2. Kelly CA, Egan M, Rawlinson J (1996). "Whipple's disease presenting with lung involvement". Thorax. 51 (3): 343–4. PMC 1090658. PMID 8779149.
  3. Symmons DP, Shepherd AN, Boardman PL, Bacon PA (1985). "Pulmonary manifestations of Whipple's disease". Q. J. Med. 56 (220): 497–504. PMID 2413499.

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