Awide range of pulmonary pathology is attributed to aluminum dust exposure, including interstitial fibrosis^1-5 desquamative interstitial pneumonia^6 and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis^7 To our knowledge, granulomatou...
BACKGROUND Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis(EGPA)is a multisystem disease characterized by allergic rhinitis,asthma,and a significantly high eosinophil count in the peripheral blood.It mainly involves the...
Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LG) is a rare EpsteinBarr virus (EBV)-associated systemic granulomatous disease that is characterized by an angiocentric and occasionally angiodestructive polymorphic cellular infiltra...
BACKGROUND Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is a necrotizing inflammation of small andmedium-sized vessels accompanied by formation of granuloma, involvement ofprimary granulomatous upper and lower respiratory tracts,...
BACKGROUND Tocilizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody against the interleukin-6(IL-6)receptor that is commonly used to treat large vessel vasculitis and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-related small vessel vas...
We report a case of calculous eosinophilic cholecystitis (EC) without symptoms suggesting the presence of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA). A 68 years old male immunocompetent, presented to the Eme...
Mycophenolic acid, the active metabolite for mycophenolate mofetil and mycophenolic sodium, is a strong, noncompetitive, reversible inhibitor of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase, the key enzyme in de novo synthesis...
A case is presented of Wegener's granulomatosis limited to the testis and epididymis, simultaneously, in a 69-year-old man. Orchiectomy was carried out through an inguinal incision under the presumptive diagnosis of ...