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Lymphomatoid granulomatosis medical therapy
Introduction
Overview
Overview
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.
Treatment
Treatment
- 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
References
References
- ↑ “National Cancer Institute: Clinical Trials at NIH: Clinical Research: Clinical Trial Spotlight: Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis NCI-94-C-0074”. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
- ↑ Makol A, Kosuri K, Tamkus D, de M Calaca W, Chang HT (2009). “Lymphomatoid granulomatosis masquerading as interstitial pneumonia in a 66-year-old man: a case report and review of literature”. J Hematol Oncol. 2: 39. doi:10.1186/1756-8722-2-39. PMC 2741488. PMID 19732432.
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