Granulomatous

Crohn's disease (also known as granulomatous colitis and regional enteritis) is an inflammatory disease of the intestines that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from anus to mouth, causing a wide variety of symptoms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mycobacterium marinum gene expression during long-term granulomatous infection. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Scott Harkonen is the former CEO of InterMune, which marketed the drug Actimmune to treat a rare and deadly lung disorder called chronic granulomatous disease. ❋ Scott Gottlieb (2011)

Ulcerative colitis does not exhibit well-defined granulomatous lesions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disorder characterized by transmural granulomatous inflammation involving any part of the gastrointestinal tract, from mouth to anus, in a discontinuous fashion. ❋ Unknown (2010)

CD68 expression is markedly different in Crohn's disease and the colitis associated with chronic granulomatous disease. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In-utero hematopoietic stem cell transplantations are a promising approach for the treatment of selected congenital immunodeficiency disorders (i.e. severe combined immunodeficiencies, chronic granulomatous disease, hyperIgM syndrome and others) and hemoglobinopathies (i.e. sickle cell disease and thalassemia). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Immunology Laboratory: tissue biopsies, body fluids, bone marrow aspirate, and peripheral blood for flow cytometry for leukemia, lymphoma, ALPS (autoimmune lymphoproliferative disorder), and DHR (chronic granulomatous disease). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Another important consideration is that high doses of vitamin D are contraindicated in people with granulomatous diseases including TB, Sarcoidosis and probably Lyme Diease. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Type IV hypersensitivity has been classified under three varieties: contact hypersensitivity and tuberculin-type hypersensitivity, which both occur within 3 days of a challenge; and granulomatous hypersensitivity reactions, which develop over a period of 21-28 days and are clinically the most serious of the Type IV responses. ❋ Steve Carper (2006)

For example,exposure to zirconium has been reported to cause pulmonary granulomatous reactions. ❋ James Gaulte (2007)

There is some precedent for the relationship between occupational/environmental exposures and granulomatous type pulmonary reaction. ❋ James Gaulte (2007)

I usually cause chronic granulomatous infection in the mucous membranes of the upper airway. ❋ Emma Lurie (2006)

The lesions may be gummatous, ulcerative, or inflammatory, or there may be compressive granulomatous masses. ❋ Chevalier Jackson (1911)

One of the most common is sarcoidosis which is a granulomatous disease that affects African American women in particular. ❋ Dr. Susan Taylor (2012)