Lymphomatoid granulomatosis medical therapy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kamal Akbar, M.D.[2]

In lymphamatoid granulomatosis treatment the grade of the disease will dictate the treatment. In benign cases disease resolves spontaneously, but in other grades treatment has to be medical or surgical.

• There currently is a protocol being run by Dr. Wyndham H. Wilson at the NIH^[1] which has had extraordinary results in which a significant percentage of participants see extended remission periods. The experimental treatment involves the use of interferons to re-set the immune system.Not always successful, this treatment is however available to anyone with an LYG diagnosis at no charge (courtesy of the NIH)

• There other medical treatments they are the following:^[2]
  • Prednisolone
  • Cyclophosphamide( in more aggressive cases)
  • Radio therapy
  • Ganciclovir

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