1.
Minerva Med
; 95(3): 255, 2004 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15289753
Subject(s)
Hepacivirus/immunology , Hepatitis C, Chronic/complications , Liver/enzymology , Sjogren's Syndrome/virology , Adult , Aged , Bulgaria , Female , Humans , Middle Aged
2.
Minerva Med
; 94(1): 57-8, 2003 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12719703
3.
Minerva Med
; 93(1): 79, 2002 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11850616
4.
Folia Med (Plovdiv)
; 42(4): 37-40, 2000.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15359513
ABSTRACT
A 45-year-old man with "hand-shoulder" syndrome developing eight-months after Cladribine-induced remission of an 11-year-old hairy cell leukosis is presented. Wrist bone biopsy was performed because of failure of the algodystrophy treatment and radiographic findings of progressive osteoporosis. Caseating epiteloid granulomas abundant in Langhans cells were found histologically and later Mycobacterium tuberculosis species was isolated in culture specimen. Fistulas were formed that healed after a prolonged anti-tuberculosis therapy. The role of cellular immunity deficiency in Cladribine-treated hairy cell leukosis that predisposes to mycobacterial infection is discussed.