Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
HRCT findings of pulmonary sarcoidosis; relation to pulmonary function tests
... with sarcoidosis. In fact, although there were 22 patients with sarcoidosis at radiologic stage 1 according to chest-X-rays, nevertheless only few patients had almost clear parenchymal HRCT ...in ...
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Clinical and radiological features of extra-pulmonary sarcoidosis: a pictorial essay
... Extra-pulmonary sarcoidosis has been found in 30 % of pa- tients with the disease ...ocular sarcoidosis is found with higher frequency, being about 80 % ...with sarcoidosis [11, 17, 18]; ...
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Evidence for local dendritic cell activation in pulmonary sarcoidosis
... that pulmonary granuloma formation is dependent on the presence of DCs and DC-induced T cell proliferation in draining lymph nodes ...from sarcoidosis patients ...lar sarcoidosis, recruitment of mDCs ...
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First patient-centred set of outcomes for pulmonary sarcoidosis: a multicentre initiative
... mortality, pulmonary function, soluble interleukin-2 receptor change as an activity biomarker, weight gain, quality of life, osteoporosis and clinical outcome ...
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Neurotrophins and neurotrophin receptors in pulmonary sarcoidosis - granulomas as a source of expression
... specifically found in epithelioid cells and giant cells of the granulomas. Epithelioid cells are macrophage-derived, highly differentiated cells with secretory functions and giant cells are multinucleated cells resulting ...
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Multiple mycobacterial antigens are targets of the adaptive immune response in pulmonary sarcoidosis
... among sarcoidosis subjects (Figure ...the sarcoidosis subjects (Figure ...the sarcoidosis and PPD- subjects (Figure 1 and ...of sarcoidosis responses against katG upon clinical resolution [9], ...
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Impaired survival of regulatory T cells in pulmonary sarcoidosis
... The anti-TNF agent infliximab is known to induce Treg functionality in RA [7]. Induction of Treg survival may very well contribute to its therapeutic effect as observed in pa- tients with chronic sarcoidosis [5]. ...
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Cardiac involvement in Caucasian patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis
... There was a more detailed cardiac investigation per- formed in the majority of the 166 patients with a patho- logic ECG (69.9%, n = 116) as well as in 21.2% (n = 180) of the 851 patients with a normal ECG, but with ...
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A STUDY OF 17 PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS IN MASHAD
... In the English literature about 50 percent of the patients will exhibit this as their first radiographic manifestation of sarcoidosis. However, lymphadeno pathy is very common in sarcoidosis and ...
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Increased numbers of T lymphocytes with gamma delta positive antigen receptors in a subgroup of individuals with pulmonary sarcoidosis
... with sarcoidosis were evaluated for preferential usage of T cells with the gamma delta-positive (+) type of T cell antigen ...with sarcoidosis had increased numbers of CD3+ alpha beta-negative (-) T cells ...
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A review of pulmonary sarcoidosis
... for sarcoidosis; however, the most widely used in our setting still remains the serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (sACE) that is produced by the cells surrounding the ...
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Management strategies for pulmonary sarcoidosis
... Sarcoidosis is the commonest ILD and is often managed by respiratory specialists. Despite experience of over 50 years using oral corticosteroids, their long-term benefits remain unclear, as is the value of inhaled ...
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Physical Inactivity in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
... Physical activity is impaired in many chronic diseases and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality [8–11]. Physical activity can be assessed objectively with validated accelerometers for prolonged periods ...
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<p>Refractory Sarcoidosis: A Review</p>
... Among CSA options, MTX is the only one to have been assessed in a randomized controlled trial. 64 This rando- mized controlled trial is the only one concerning the use of MTX in the case of pulmonary ...
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Coexistence of Sarcoidosis and Tuberculosis Presenting with Severe Pulmonary Artery Hypertension: A Clinical Dilemma
... with sarcoidosis and vice versa. A case of pulmonary sarcoidosis was reported wherein the patient presented with symptoms of fever and dry cough, investigations showed anaemia and leucocytosis, ...
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Utility of cardiac magnetic resonance in assessing right-sided heart failure in sarcoidosis
... A 42-yr old man initially presented with exertional dys- pnoea and cough. He had no previous medical history of significance and was a non-smoker. The clinical examin- ation and biochemistry were unremarkable, except for ...
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Interstitial lung disease
... with pulmonary fibrosis and absence of CTD (median survival ...of pulmonary complications of CTD, and the multidisciplinary approach of patients with CTD have contributed to milder cases of ILD being ...
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Angiogenic activity of sera from interstitial lung disease patients in relation to pulmonary function
... as sarcoidosis, allergic alveolitis, and collagen diseases, and also in ...to pulmonary fibrosis show increased proan- giogenic activity, but less intense than in granuloma- tous diseases and ...from ...
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Immunophenotyping of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Lymphocytes
... Immunoperoxidase is frequently used in immunocytochem- istry to enumerate lymphocyte populations in the BAL fluids in patients with a variety of pulmonary diseases (43, 49, 84, 86, 96, 104). The ...
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Sarcoidosis in Chronic Granulomatous Disease
... her sarcoidosis progressed rapidly in the follow- ing months with development of bilateral papillitis, im- pairment of visual acuity, and visual field loss (Fig ...
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