[Steroidal leukocytosis and immediate results of treatment in patients with sarcoidosis].

The occurrence of steroidal leukocytosis at early stages of an observation may, to a certain extent, serve an objective criterion for predicting the pronounced immediate results of treatment in first detected patients with sarcoidosis (that of intrathoracic lymph nodes and the lung in particular) and thus makes it possible to judge the adequacy of therapy in the inpatient setting. When steroidal leukocytosis is absent, it is necessary to differentiately decide whether it is expedient to correct a hormonal therapy regimen in order to achieve the optimal results of its efficiency.

[Diagnostic features of focal pulmonary tuberculosis in new cases].

The authors examined 120 new cases of focal pulmonary tuberculosis (FPT) during the good epidemic situation years (1982-1986) and 70 patients during the poor epidemic situation years (1995-1999). The latter years were marked by a worse social composition, more frequent contacts with those isolating bacteria, a more severe course with weight loss, prolonged subfebrile temperatures, anemia, an increasing tendency for lung tissue decay and even in large foci, a more frequent bacterial isolation along with progressive immunodeficiency. New diagnostic technologies, such as computed tomography, T-lymphocytic studies at the subpopulational level by using monoclonal narrow-specific antibodies, adaptive response tests that reflect the body's responsiveness, are of value in diagnosing FPT.

[Clinical and immunological characteristics and specific features of the treatment of patients with recurrent sarcoidosis of respiratory organs].

In the past 35 years, the authors have followed up 5600 patients with sarcoidosis of respiratory organs (SRO), among whom 1.2 and 10.7% were found to have single and multiple recurrences.

[The differential diagnostic characteristics of sarcoidosis of the intrathoracic lymph nodes and of cardiovascular diseases].

One hundred and fifty-four (5.7%) of 2690 patients who had been admitted to a hospital for sarcoidosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes (ITLN) were diagnosed as having various cardiovascular diseases (hypertensive disease, congestive lung, congenital and acquired cardiac diseases, atherosclerosis, aortic aneurysms and myocarditis). Misinterpretation of the X-ray film of the lung root, no lateral X-ray films, inadequate scope of objective studies of the cardiovascular system are the most common errors at prehospital examination.

[Long-term follow-up of patients with sarcoidosis of respiratory organs].

Long-term (3-25 years) responses to treatment are available for 1820 patients with respiratory sarcoidosis. 65.7% of them were females and 34.