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  2. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis - Wikipedia

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    GPA treatment depends on the severity of the disease. [8] Severe disease is typically treated with a combination of immunosuppressive medications such as rituximab or cyclophosphamide and high-dose corticosteroids to control the symptoms of the disease and azathioprine , methotrexate , or rituximab to keep the disease under control.

  3. Palisaded neutrophilic and granulomatous dermatitis - Wikipedia

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    Palisaded neutrophilic and granulomatous dermaititis is associated with subacute bacterial endocarditis, [4] ledipasvir/sofosbuvir, [5] allopurinol, [6] Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, [4] chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, [7] ulcerative colitis, [8] Takayasu arteritis, [4] systemic vasculitis, [8] systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), [9] sarcoidosis, [10] rheumatoid arthritis, [11 ...

  4. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis - Wikipedia

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    Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis consists of three stages, but not all patients develop all three stages or progress from one stage to the next in the same order; [7] whereas some patients may develop severe or life-threatening complications such as gastrointestinal involvement and heart disease, some patients are only mildly affected, e.g. with skin lesions and nasal polyps. [8]

  5. Lymphomatoid granulomatosis - Wikipedia

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    Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LYG or LG) is a very rare lymphoproliferative disorder first characterized in 1972. [1] Lymphomatoid means lymphoma -like and granulomatosis denotes the microscopic characteristic of the presence of granulomas with polymorphic lymphoid infiltrates and focal necrosis within it.

  6. Chronic granulomatous disease - Wikipedia

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    Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), also known as Bridges–Good syndrome, chronic granulomatous disorder, and Quie syndrome, [1] is a diverse group of hereditary diseases in which certain cells of the immune system have difficulty forming the reactive oxygen compounds (most importantly the superoxide radical due to defective phagocyte NADPH oxidase) used to kill certain ingested pathogens. [2]

  7. Langerhans cell histiocytosis - Wikipedia

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    A full recovery can be expected for people who seek treatment and do not have more lesions at 12 and 24 months. However, 50% of children under 2 with disseminated Langerhans cell histiocytosis die of the disease.

  8. Eosinophilic granuloma - Wikipedia

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    Specifically, thoracic spine and frontal bone within the skull are the most affected in children. On the other hand, cervical spine and jaw bone are the major spots of EG lesions in adults. Symptoms of EG include stiffness, local pain, edema of surrounding tissues, posture change, and many others, depending on the affected bone. [1]

  9. Orofacial granulomatosis - Wikipedia

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    Signs and symptoms may include: Persistent or recurrent enlargement of the lips, causing them to protrude. If recurrent, the interval during which the lips are enlarged may be weeks or months. The enlargement can cause midline fissuring of the lip ("median cheilitis") or angular cheilitis (sores at the corner of the mouth).