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Epitheloid Granuloma - Articles
Reader Question: Suture Granuloma? My Suture’s Spitting Out!
by
Dr. John D.
Posted
Tue 28 Jul 2009 12:00am
Reader Question:
I had a Tummy Tuck and my doctor told me that he used dissolvable stitches. I am 5 weeks out and have formed a few painful little bumps along the scar line. My doctor removed a clear stitch from one of them that looked like fishing line with some pus today and I am freaking out!
When do these hellish dissolvable ...
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What goes on inside a caseating granuloma?
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pathologystudent
Posted
Thu 10 Mar 2011 11:07am
Q. Are the caseating granulomas seen in tuberculosis considered part of innate or adaptive immunity? What’s happening inside them?
A. Caseating granulomas are a part of adaptive immunity. Having said that, innate immune cells (macrophages) are heavily involved. There are several steps in the process of granuloma formation in tuberc ...
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Ode to the granuloma
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pathologystudent
Posted
Mon 18 Apr 2011 6:57am
The first thing I think of when I hear “granuloma” is the Knack song My Sharona . It just fits so nicely in there, right where My Sharona would be…”Come a little closer, close enough to look at my granuloma.” Okay, it doesn’t make any sense, but maybe someone will come up with some nice memory device based on the song.
Silliness asi ...
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Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex in Cats
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Dr. Patty Khuly
Posted
Mon 09 Jul 2012 7:00am
Dealing with dermatologic problems in cats (and dogs) often requires a lot of patience. Picture this scenario: An owner brings in her cat with the complaint of itching and hair loss, and expects, not unreasonably, that a veterinarian will perform a physical examination, maybe run a few simple and inexpensive diagnostic tests, and come up with the ...
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Foreign Body Granuloma
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Gailvs
Posted
Wed 04 May 2011 1:24pm
I had a permanent filler Amazingel injected in my lips 10 years ago and 3 years ago I developed foreign body granuloma. I have had 4 operations, 8 sessions of cortisone injections and taken Prograf for a period of 6 months to no avail. If anyone has any other suggestions as far as treatment is concerned please contact me urgently
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IBD
by
nitinsyal
Posted
Thu 25 Jun 2009 9:53pm
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic disease, probably involving an immune reaction of the body to its own intestinal tract. The 2 major types of IBD are ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease. As the name suggests, ulcerative colitis is limited to the colon; Crohn disease can involve any segment of the gastrointestinal tract from the ...
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Friday’s COPD Newsletter from COPD Support, Inc.
by
Karen Bastille
Posted
Fri 11 Feb 2011 3:10pm
Volume 11, Issue 6
February 11 2011
Richard D. Martin, Editor
At present, only Medicare recipients admitted into hospitals are given information on how to lodge a complaint concerning the quality of their care. CMS (the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has proposed a new rule that would require most Medicar ...
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The World’s Longest (and Most Overdue) Blog Entry
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Rebecca ..
Posted
Sun 17 Jan 2010 8:24pm
2 Comments
In my last entry to this blog, I promised myself and my readers that I would be showing up here in Chronic Town more regularly. I’ve certainly stretched the limits of what “regularly” means, haven’t I? If it counts for anything, though, I have thought about finishing and posting this essay I started back in 2009 nearly every day.
Par ...
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Pathology Report
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Dr. Josh A.
Posted
Sun 11 Jan 2009 5:44pm
The pathology report from this case is in.
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The verdict....
Pyogenic Granuloma
To review, a pyogenic granuloma is a tumor of soft tissue and considered one of the "3 P's" along with peripheral giant cell granuloma and peripheral ossifying fibroma.
Pyogenic granuloma represents exube ...
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