Pyogenic granulomas are noncancerous growths that may appear on the skin following skin injury or hormonal changes. Treatment may only be necessary if they bleed or are in sensitive areas. Pyogenic ...

A quantitative radiomic analysis of non-contrast chest CT scans may non-invasively distinguish lung tumourlets from benign ...

DEAR DR ROACH: Many years ago, while I was battling breast cancer, a scan showed spots of concern in my midthoracic area. Upon further testing, it was determined that I have sarcoidosis. My ...

One of the main challenges for tuberculosis (TB) therapy is how to deliver drugs to the site of disease. Once the body’s immune system is infected with tuberculosis, it forms granulomas—tight clusters ...

Granulomas are tissue nodules of immune cells that occur in diseases such as tuberculosis and sarcoidosis and can damage many organs. For the first time, a team of researchers at MedUni Vienna has ...

In the granulomatous disease sarcoidosis, granulomas comprising hypertrophic macrophages form in several tissues, including the lungs, lymph nodes and liver, but what drives their formation and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Estimated prevalence of rubella granulomas in patients with inborn errors of immunity is 0.6% to 2.4%. Rubella ...

Twelve weeks after the initiation of vemurafenib, a rapidly enlarging vascular lesion appeared on the left alar rim of the patient's nose. Panel A shows the appearance at 16 weeks, before curettage ...

A central paradox of tuberculosis immunity is that reinfection and bacterial persistence occur despite vigorous host immune responses concentrated in granulomas, which are organized structures that ...

When you hear about cholesterol, it often refers to the waxy stuff circulating through your bloodstream. However, cholesterol granulomas are something entirely different. These are small cyst-like ...