First Pillcam Colon 2 capsule images of Whipple’s disease: Case report and review of the literature

Figure 1 Video capsule examination showing small, white, diffuse deposits, covering all the small bowel mucosa (A and B). The villi are present and edematous.

Figure 2 Whipple’s disease, small intestine with flattened villi, expanded by a dense infiltrate of foamy macrophages (hematoxylin and eosin, 4 x). Mall bowel mucosa; the villi are present and edematous.

Figure 3 Whipple’s disease-small intestine with polymorphonuclear and foamy macrophages (hematoxylin and eosin, 20 x).

Figure 4 Whipple’s disease-intestinal villi with foamy macrophages (hematoxylin and eosin, 40 x).

Figure 5 Whipple’s disease-foamy macrophages with Periodic Acid Schiff positive bacilli in the cytoplasm (10 x).