39 research outputs found
Solid State Reaction Bonding of Non-Oxide Ceamics to Metals (Report I) : Bonding of Si₃N₄ to Al Alloys(Materials, Metallurgy & Weldability)
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Pressure and Field-Assisted Bonding of Glass to Aluminum(Materials, Metallurgy & Weldability)
Full text linkFormation of YBaCu-O System Superconductor by Thermal Spraying(Materials, Metallugy & Weldability)
Full text linkCompositional Effects of Ytterbia-Alumina Additives on Millimeter-Wave Sintering of Silicon Nitride(Physics, Processes, Instruments & Measurements)
Full text linkSolid-State Reaction Bonding of Alumina to Cu-4Ti Alloy(Materials, Metallurgy & Weldability)
Full text linkElectric Field Assisted Treatment of Various Plasma Sprayed ZrO₂ Coatings(Physics, Process, Instruments & Measurements)
Full text linkA case of sarcoidosis associated with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Get PDFA 38-year-old man was hospitalized in our university hospital because of pulmonary opacities with bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy seen on chest radiograph. Eosinophilia was observed in the circulation and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. Histological examination revealed noncaseating epithelioid granulomas and eosinophilic infiltration in the lung. Based on these findings, a diagnosis of sarcoidosis combined with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia was made. The infiltrates on chest radiograph and BAL eosinophilia were promptly reduced with corticosteroid therapy, but only mild reduction was observed in diffuse nodular shadows and hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy, and high amounts of lymphocytes in BAL fluid remained. Increased IFN-γ, IL-4 and IL-5 were detected in the BAL fluid, and corticosteroid therapy reduced IL-4 and IL-5 (Th-2 cytokines) but not IFN-γ(Th-1 cytokine). These cytokine levels in BAL fluid were intimately correlated with the clinical course of sarcoidosis and chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
