When lung tissue becomes inflamed from an infection or other cause, cells called histiocytes cluster to form nodules called granulomas. They may not cause any symptoms but may have an underlying cause ...

A calcified granuloma in the lung is a cluster of immune cells with calcium deposits. They can be asymptomatic or cause symptoms such as wheezing and chest pain. A granuloma is a small cluster of ...

Granulomas are small lumps of immune cells that form in your body in areas where there is infection or inflammation. They’re most commonly found in your lungs, but they can also be in other areas of ...

A calcified granuloma is a cluster of cells that forms as part of an immune response and hardens over time. It’s usually due to an infection and most commonly forms in the lungs, but can occur in many ...

When the cells clump together, they protect the body from potential threats in two ways. The first is keeping an infection in one place to stop it from spreading to other parts of the body. The second ...

Pulmonary sarcoidosis is a condition that causes tiny groups of immune cells to clump in your lungs. These groups of cells form swollen, inflamed lumps called granulomas. Granulomas can make it hard ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 49-year-old man. Sometime ago, I had a chest X-ray. The report I received said that my heart and pulmonary vasculature appeared normal, but there was a slight prominence of the ...

B.G., a 21-year-old woman, was admitted to the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn on June 2, 1957, because of an intermittent cough of 1 year's duration. She had always been in good health, and a routine ...

EOSINOPHILIC granuloma of the lung without associated skeletal or visceral lesions was first described by Farinacci et al. 1,2 in 1951. They reported these cases from an Army general hospital in 2 ...