PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M Swash
AU  - M S Schwartz
AU  - M J Vandenburg
AU  - D J Pollock
TI  - Myopathy in Whipple's disease.
AID  - 10.1136/gut.18.10.800
DP  - 1977 Oct 01
TA  - Gut
PG  - 800--804
VI  - 18
IP  - 10
4099  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/18/10/800.short
4100  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/18/10/800.full
SO  - Gut1977 Oct 01; 18
AB  - We report a patient with Whipple's disease who developed a myopathy that improved during antibiotic therapy. The muscle biopsy showed mild type 2 fibre atrophy, type 1 fibre preponderance, variability in fibre size, and changes in the myofibrillar pattern of affected fibres. Interfascicular macrophages contained PAS-positive material. With the electron microscope these macrophages contained membranous inclusions and bacillary bodies, similar to those seen in the jejunal biopsy.