《英文msh词典》Lipodystrophy,Intestinal
[同义词] Lipodystrophy,Intestinal
[主题词] Whipple Disease
[中文释义] 脂质营养不良,肠原性
[英文释义] A chronic systemic infection by a gram-positive bacterium,Tropheryma whippelii,mainly affecting the SMALL INTESTINE but also the JOINTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; and the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. The disease is characterized by fat deposits in the INTESTINE MUCOSA and LYMPH NODES,malabsorption,DIARRHEA with fatty stools,MALNUTRITION,and ARTHRITIS.