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C J Vas

Publications and source records attributed to C J Vas.

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Meningeal nodules with features of extranodal sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy.

We present an unusual case of multiple intracranial meningeal nodules in a 30-year-old man. Histologically, the nodules consisted predominantly of plasma cells, histiocytes, and lymphoid cells with Russell bodies and emperipolesis. Emperipolesis may be a clue to understanding the pathogenesis of the process that has features consistent with so-called sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy in the extranodal location.

Adult

Temporal arteritis. The Indian scene.

We describe a series of 7 patients with temporal arteritis (TA), 5 of whom had undoubted TA and 2 almost certainly had TA. All presented with considerable morbidity but responded dramatically to treatment.

Aged