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Therapeutic granulocyte and monocyte apheresis (GMA) for treatment refractory sarcoidosis: a pilot study of clinical effects and possible mechanisms of action.

Olsen HH1, Muratov V, Cederlund K, Lundahl J, Eklund A, Grunewald J.
Clinical and experimental immunology.Clin Exp Immunol.2014 Sep;177(3):712-9. doi: 10.1111/cei.12360.
Sarcoidosis is a systemic, inflammatory disorder, which in a proportion of patients runs a chronic progressive course despite immunosuppressive treatment. Therapeutic granulocyte and monocyte apheresis (GMA) has been shown to be an effective treatment option for other systemic inflammatory disorders
PMID 24773420

Necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis with an uncommon manifestation: clinicopathological features and review of literature.

Giraudo C1, Nannini N2, Balestro E2, Meneghin A3, Lunardi F2, Polverosi R1, Calabrese F4.
Respiratory care.Respir Care.2014 Sep;59(9):e132-6. doi: 10.4187/respcare.02842. Epub 2013 Dec 10.
We report a rare case of an incidental diagnosis of necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis (NSG) in a 60-y-old non-smoking male. The patient was admitted to the hospital for sudden back pain. Chest x-ray revealed areas of parenchymal consolidation and high-resolution computed tomography demonstrated a p
PMID 24327742

ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma is a genetically heterogeneous disease with widely disparate clinical outcomes.

Parrilla Castellar ER1, Jaffe ES2, Said JW3, Swerdlow SH4, Ketterling RP1, Knudson RA1, Sidhu JS5, Hsi ED6, Karikehalli S7, Jiang L8, Vasmatzis G9, Gibson SE4, Ondrejka S6, Nicolae A2, Grogg KL1, Allmer C10, Ristow KM11, Wilson WH12, Macon WR1, Law ME1, Cerhan JR10, Habermann TM11, Ansell SM11, Dogan A1, Maurer MJ10, Feldman AL1.
Blood.Blood.2014 Aug 28;124(9):1473-80. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-04-571091. Epub 2014 Jun 3.
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a CD30-positive T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that morphologically resembles ALK-positive ALCL but lacks chromosomal rearrangements of the ALK gene. The genetic and clinical heterogeneity of ALK-negative ALCL has not be
PMID 24894770