Thrombocytopenia in sarcoidosis.

Background: Haematological manifestations in sarcoidosis are uncommon. The prevalence of thrombocytopenia in sarcoidosis is not well assessed.

Aim: To describe the main characteristics and outcome of sarcoidosis associated with thrombocytopenia.

Spinal tuberculosis: a longitudinal study with clinical, laboratory, and imaging outcomes.

Objectives: To study imaging changes associated with spinal tuberculosis (ST) over time and evaluate their association with clinical and laboratory data.

Methods: Between 1997 and 2004, patients with proven ST in our institution were prospectively enrolled and treated for 1 year. Clinical and laboratory data were collected at baseline and every 3 months.

Comparative study of postoperative and spontaneous pyogenic spondylodiscitis.

Objectives: Postoperative spondylodiscitis (POS) is poorly characterized, partly owing to its rarity. The aim of this prospective study was to compare the clinical, biological, bacteriological, and imaging features of postoperative and spontaneous spondylodiscitis (SS).

Methods: A multidisciplinary spondylodiscitis cohort follow-up study was conducted between February 1999 and June 2003 in a 500-bed teaching hospital.

Nerve granulomas and vasculitis in sarcoid peripheral neuropathy: a clinicopathological study of 11 patients.

Peripheral neuropathy is a rare, yet treatable manifestation of sarcoidosis, a multisystem disorder characterized by the presence of non-caseating granulomas that are seldom found in nerve biopsy specimens. In order to learn more about the subject, we reviewed our clinical and pathological findings in a series of 11 patients (six men and five women aged 26-83 years) with symptomatic neuropathy associated with characteristic granulomas in nerve biopsy specimens. Only two patients were known to have sarcoidosis before the occurrence of the neuropathy.