Meet Whipple disease, the mysterious and super rare infection caused by Tropheryma Whipplei - a bacterium so uncommon that most pathologists meet it only once (and then brag about it forever 🤓🤓🤓).
It loves your small intestine, causing malabsorption, weight loss, diarrhoea and arthritis, and occasionally takes a joyride to the brain - talk about overachieving! 🧠🧠
Under the microscope, it’s PAS-positive foamy macrophages fiesta - looks like someone splattered strawberry jam all over the laminate propria. 🍓🍓
💡Pro tip : Needs antibiotics, not a scalpel -
👉🏻 Don’t confuse this rare bug with the Whipple procedure, unless you want your surgeon giving you “that’”look! 😅
Classic Junior resident moment: is this Whipple disease or do we call the surgeon for a Whipple procedure ? Senior : “ Only if the bacteria are applying for PG surgery!”😂😂😂😂
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