Rapidly progressive dementia and intractable diarrhea: a teaching case report and a systematic review of cognitive impairment in Whipple's disease.
Arianna ManiniGiacomo QuerzolaCarlo LovatiLeonardo PantoniPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2022)
Cognitive impairment represents one of the most common neurological features associated with WD. The clinical suspicion of this disease in patients with rapidly progressive dementia is crucial to guide diagnostic strategies and proper antimicrobial therapy, which may revert the clinical deterioration.