This review is the summary of a workshop on small airways disease, which took place in
Porquerolles, France in November 2011. The purpose of this workshop was to review the …

Histiocytoses are rare disorders of unknown origin with highly heterogeneous prognosis.
BRAF mutations have been observed in Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). We investigated …

Sarcoidosis is characterized by extensive local inflammation (granuloma, cytokine secretion)
associated with anergy (poor response to antigens in vitro and in vivo). We postulated that …

Background Diffuse parenchymal lung disease represents a diverse and challenging group
of pulmonary disorders. A consistent diagnostic approach to diffuse parenchymal lung …

Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease of unknown cause characterized by the formation of
immune granulomas which most often involve the lung and the lymphatic system. Sarcoidosis …

The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence and incidence of interstitial lung
diseases (ILDs) in Seine-Saint-Denis, a multi-ethnic county of Greater Paris, France. Patients …

… Soler and M. Kambouchner) and the abnormalities in the three sections from a given
biopsy … Borzone G, Moreno R, Urrea R, Meneses M, Oyarzun M, Lisboa C. Bleomycin-induced …

… The diagnosis of tuberculosis was based on the isolation of M. tuberculosis from a clinical
specimen and/or the presence of typical granulomas with central caseous necrosis in tissue …

Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease affecting the lung in almost all cases. 1–3 Whatever the
various revealing symptoms, the evidence of abnormal chest radiography is usually a key step …

Objective: To investigate the relation between temporal artery biopsy (TAB) length and
diagnostic sensitivity for giant cell arteritis. Methods: Histological TAB reports generated from four …