Benign lymphocytic angiitis and granulomatosis.

Benign lymphocytic angiitis and granulomatosis.

A 37 year old woman underwent a lobectomy for a lesion with a tumour like appearance on the chest radiograph. This was shown microscopically to be benign lymphocytic angiitis and granulomatosis, a rare condition that responds well to cytotoxic drugs and has a good prognosis.

Bronchoalveolar lavage in allergic granulomatosis and angiitis.

Pulmonary involvement occurs in approximatively half of patients with allergic granulomatosis and angiitis (AGA). We studied bronchoalveolar cells from six patients with histologically proven AGA and compared our results with those obtained from four patients with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP), nine nonsmoking patients with bronchial asthma and blood eosinophilia, and 10 healthy nonsmoke...

Recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis.

Recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis is a recurring, typically innocuous, painful form of aseptic meningitis. This syndrome is associated with transient neurological symptoms in one-half of afflicted patients. The causative agent is usually herpes simplex virus type 2, which can be confirmed by detection of viral DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid using polymerase chain reaction. Clinical diseas...

Allergic granulomatosis and angiitis (Churg-Strauss syndrome): response to 'pulse' intravenous cyclophosphamide.

A 51 year old Chinese woman suffering from classical Churg-Strauss syndrome is presented. She deteriorated with acute pulmonary infiltrates resulting in hypoxaemic respiratory failure but responded dramatically with 'pulse' intravenous cyclophosphamide.

Benign Lymphocytic Meningitis: (Acute Aseptic Meningitis)