Mnemonic for clinical manifestations of Whipple's disease


Mnemonic for clinical manifestations of Whipple's disease

SHELDA:

Serositis
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Eating less (weight loss)
Lymphadenopathy
Diarrhea
Arthritis

Another mnemonic for full features of Whipple's disease

WHIPPLES:
Weight loss
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Infection with tropheryma whippelii
PAS positive granules in macrophage
Polyarthritis
Lymphadenopathy
Enteric involvement
Steatorrhea



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