Positive acid Schiff macrophages seen in?: (A) Whipple disease, (B) Crohn's disease, (C) Abetalipoproteinemia, (D) Ulcerative colitis
Answer is A. Ans. a. Whipple diseaseRef: Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease 9th Ed; Page No- 791Whipple DiseaseInfection with Tropheryma whipplei (intracellular gram [?]); PAS [?]Foamy macrophages in intestinal lamina propria.Cardiac symptoms, Arthralgias, and Neurologic symptoms are common.Diarrhea/steatorrhea occurs later in disease course.Most common in older men.