A 2 year old girl presented with epilepsy 16 months after being diagnosed as having autosomal recessive chronic granulomatous disease. Computed tomography showed a cerebral mass which was surgically removed and proved histologically to be an aspergilloma. This case illustrates the application of molecular diagnostic techniques to the diagnosis of chronic granulomatous disease. The occurrence of...

the present report discusses disseminated fusariosis in a 15 year old boy with chronic granulomatous disease (cgd). he was admitted to the hazrat rasool acram hospital in november 1995, with a chronic wound in the right ankle and buttock area. antibacterial therapy was started, but there was no response. the patient was still febrile. chest x-ray revealed parahilar lesions in both lungs. tissue...

conclusions capillaria hepatica should be considered in differential diagnoses in any child with fever, hepatomegaly, eosinophilia and hyperglobulinemia. case presentation the current paper reports a case of capillaria hepatica infection in a four-year-old boy which presented with fever, hepatomegaly, peripheral eosinophilia, and noticeable weight loss. the diagnosis was made on the histologica...

in chronic granulomatous disease (cgd) patients, esophageal stricture is a rare complication and the treatment of choice is still controversial. there are few reports of successful therapy with antibiotics, corticosteroids, multiple balloon dilatations or their combination. we report a 3-three-year-old iranian boy with recurrent esophageal obstruction due to cgd. the patient transiently respond...

chronic granulomatous disease (cgd) is a rare primary immunodeficiency disease. although the most affected patients are diagnosed in childhood, there are several reports of the disease presenting in adult patients. here we present a 40 years old man who was admitted in hospital due to respiratory symptoms and ground glass pattern in high resolution computed tomography of lung. open lung biopsy ...

Almost all granulomatous skin disorders can cause red lesions on the face. Such disorders may include many bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infections, noninfectious inflammatory disorders, foreign body reactions, and even neoplasms. Clinically, they usually present with papules, plaques, nodules, and/or abscesses, which may ulcerate. It may be helpful in their differential diagnosis to define c...

364 CMYK hyperintense bright spot signal of the normal neurohypophysis, thickening of pituitary stalk and enlargement of neurohypophysis in cases where it is involved. A review of literature revealed only two case reports of this association with lymphocytic hypophysitis (both in female patients), and one case with granulomatous hypophysitis (intrasellar tuberculoma). Surgical intervention is r...