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Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
Hansen's Disease ... do not contract disease ... non-caseating granulomas ... and numerous AFB Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
cells to form granulomas ... Response: • Granulomas ... seeding • Caseating granulomas ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
cells to form granulomas ... Response: • Granulomas ... seeding • Caseating granulomas ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
IgG4-Related Disease ... with response to treatment ... vasculitis, No granuloma ... IgG4+ cells" Treatment ... IgG4 #Related #Disease
Majocchi’s Granuloma due to Trichophyton rubrum 
This is GMS stain and culture of a skin biopsy
Majocchi’s Granuloma ... Treatment: Itraconazole ... What is Majocchi granuloma ... Treatment: - Topical ... Clinic Infectious Diseases
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Without treatment ... are ulcerating granuIomas ... of Infectious Diseases
Causes of Hypercalcemia due to increased Vitamin D levels
 • The BIG 3:
granulomatous diseases ... vasculitis, Crohn's disease ... pneumonia, Talc granuloma ... Silicone-induced granuloma ... Paraffin-associated granuloma
Causes of Granulomatous Liver Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
Infections (Bacterial, Viral, Fungal, Parasitic)
Malignancy
Autoimmune
Drugs/Toxins
Others

#Granulomatous #Liver #hepatic #granulomas #Differential
Granulomatous Liver Diseases ... Liver #hepatic #granulomas
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
Non-caseating granulomas ... Clinical: • Disease
Granulomatous Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
OP: organising pneumonia; EGPA: eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; NSG: necrotising
Granulomatous Lung Disease ... interstitial lung disease ... Granulomatous #granuloma ... #Lung #Disease