Gender and uveitis in patients with multiple sclerosis. [PDF]
, 2014 Multiple sclerosis (MS), a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, is more commonly seen in women. It has been associated with both anterior and intermediate uveitis as well as retinal vasculitis.
Goldstein, Debra A, Gordon, Lynn K
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Sarcoidosis-associated hepatocellular carcinoma [PDF]
, 2010 Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous inflammation of unknown etiology, and seems to involve the liver parenchyma in most cases. However, sarcoidosis-associated hepatocellular carcinoma is rare. We report here a case in which a hepatocellular carcinoma
Aiko, Satoshi +7 more
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Sarcoidosis Presenting as Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. [PDF]
, 2018 Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown origin. It typically involves the lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes in a chronic fashion. However, acute syndrome has been reported possibly in response to systemic release of proinflammatory ...
Chan, Vincent +3 more
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Hybrid Imaging in Head and Neck Sarcoidosis [PDF]
, 2019 To determine the prevalence of head and neck sarcoidosis (HNS) and evaluate the role of hybrid molecular imaging in HNS. Between 2010 and 2018, 222 patients with chronic sarcoidosis and presence of prolonged symptoms of active disease were referred to ...
Artiko, Vera M. +4 more
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Differences in reactivation of tuberculosis induced from anti-tnf treatments are based on bioavailability in granulomatous tissue [PDF]
, 2007 The immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection is complex. Experimental evidence has revealed that tumor necrosis factor (TNF) plays a major role in host defense against Mtb in both active and latent phases of infection.
Denise E Kirschner +7 more
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Differential Kinetics of Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus Phagocytosis [PDF]
, 2017 Acknowledgements: The authors would like to acknowledge Fraser P. Coxon and Ian Ganley for providing LC3-GFP-mCherry BMDMs. M.S.G. was supported by an FEMS research grant and F.L.v.d.V.
Alonso, M Fernanda +8 more
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Pulmonary tuberculosis followed by sarcoidosis in an HIV-infected patient: a case report and a simplified diagnostic flowchart for diagnosis and treatment of sarcoidosis [PDF]
, 2016 The diagnosis of sarcoidosis in a patient living with HIV infection is an uncommon event and a challenge for clinicians. Clinical manifestations are variable and fluctuating depending to adherence to ARV therapy and to the level of CD4 count.
Ascoli Bartoli, T. +11 more
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Cryptococcus, Pathological observations of five autopsy cases and one biopsy case [PDF]
, 1959 Pathologic, anatomical, and histological findings of 5 autopsy cases and one biopsy case of cryptococcosis have been described. Macroscopically the foci of the lung are grayish white or yellowish white in color and range in size from the small acinous ...
Inohara, Tsuyoshi +5 more
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PTPN22 gene polymorphism in Takayasu's arteritis [PDF]
, 2008 Objective. Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a chronic, rare granulomatous panarteritis of unknown aetiology involving mainly the aorta and its major branches.
Akar, S. +18 more
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NOD2 and inflammation: current insights [PDF]
, 2018 The nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD) protein, NOD2, belonging to the intracellular NOD-like receptor family, detects conserved motifs in bacterial peptidoglycan and promotes their clearance through activation of a proinflammatory ...
Cucchiara, Salvatore +3 more
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