We report the case of a three-year-old child who, following long term treatment with topical corticosteroids and their associations for a case of ringworm on the face developed a form of folliculitis known as Majocchi's Granuloma. Treatment with oral Griseofulvin was successful....
Dermatosis Facial/patología,
Granuloma/patología,
Tiña/patología,
Antifúngicos/uso terapéutico,
Biopsia,
Dermatosis Facial/tratamiento farmacológico,
Foliculitis/patología,
Granuloma/tratamiento farmacológico,
Griseofulvina/uso terapéutico,
Inmunocompetencia,
Piel/patología,
Tiña/tratamiento farmacológico,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Majocchi's granuloma is a persistent supurative folliculitis, associated with a deep granulomatous reaction induced by dermatophytes. There are two clinical forms of Majocchi's granuloma: the superficial form that appears in healthy individuals after localized trauma; and the nodular form, which occurs i...
A cistite xantogranulomatosa (CX) é uma rara doença inflamatória crônica e benigna de etiologia desconhecida. É apresentado um caso de cistite xantogranulomatosa em um paciente masculino de 53 anos. A evolução do paciente incluiu estudos clínicos, radiológicos e histológicos. Não houve recorr�...
FUNDAMENTOS: Na hanseníase dimorfa é comum a ocorrência de reações tipo 1 antes, durante ou depois da poliquimioterapia (PQT). Trabalhos recentes sugerem que a reação tipo 1 seria um desequilíbrio imunológico entre citocinas pró-inflamatórias e antiinflamatórias. OBJETIVOS: Compreender melhor...
There is evidence in both human and experimental infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that immunologic factors influence susceptibility to infection and the progress of the disease. The present study aims to evaluate the role of IFN- g upon inflammatory granulomatous response against M. bovis....
Interferón gamma/administración & dosificación,
Mycobacterium bovis/efectos de los fármacos,
Mycobacterium bovis/inmunología,
Granuloma/inmunología,
Tuberculosis,
Ratones Endogámicos C57BL,
Granuloma/patología,
Inflamación,
Hígado/microbiología,
Pulmón/microbiología,
Granuloma/microbiología,
Modelos Animales de Enfermedad
The subcutaneous tissue of the hamster cheek pouch, a site of immunologic privilege, has been used to investigate the potential infectivity of different types of parasites. It has been demonstrated that the implantation of fragments of lesions induced by the fungus Lacazia loboi, the etiologic agent of J...
Blastomyces/inmunología,
Blastomicosis/inmunología,
Granuloma/patología,
Blastomyces/aislamiento & purificación,
Mejilla/microbiología,
Mejilla/patología,
Extremidades/microbiología,
Extremidades/patología,
Granuloma/inmunología,
Granuloma/microbiología,
Distribución Aleatoria
We report the case of a 41 year-old male who came to the emergency room with a complaint of abdominal pain, and was diagnosed to have an acute obstructive abdomen due to a right inguinal hernia incarceration. During surgery, an intestinal granulomatous inflammation was observed adhered to the hernial sac...
Tuberculosis Gastrointestinal/complicaciones,
Hernia Inguinal/complicaciones,
Abdomen Agudo/etiología,
Enfermedades Intestinales/patología,
Granuloma/patología,
Tuberculosis Gastrointestinal/cirugía,
Tuberculosis Gastrointestinal/patología,
Hernia Inguinal/cirugía,
Hernia Inguinal/diagnóstico,
Abdomen Agudo/cirugía,
Abdomen Agudo/diagnóstico
Pesquisou-se a associaçäo entre lesöes oculares fundoscópicas e a esquistossomose mansônica em 142 pacientes hospitalizados, sendo 71 esquistossomóticos e 71 controles näo esquistossomóticos. Indivíduos dos dois grupos foram emparelhados por idade e sexo. A faixa etária da amostra global foi de...
Paracoccidioidomicose é micose profunda causada pelo P. brasiliensis e caracterizada histologicamente por granulomas epitelióides, com supuraçäo central e halo linfomonoplasmocitário. O granuloma paracoccidioídico está intimamente relacionado com a resposta imune do hospedeiro. A infecçäo benign...
