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A Ba

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PubMed1997

[Nephronophtisis in Senegal: first 3 cases].

Nephronophtisis is a familial tubulo-interstitial nephropathy with an autosomic recessive mode of transmission. To our knowledge, it has not been yet reported in Black Africa. We report here the case of a 17-year old female from Senegal who presented with renal failure related to a chronic interstitial nephritis characterized by polyuria, hypocalcemia, natriuresis of 23 mmol/l and serum creatinine level of 1070 mumol/l. The parents of this patient were first-degree cousins. Among the 6 siblings, 2 other males were found to have a renal disease. Ultrasound examination of the kidneys showed medullary cysts in the 2 affected brothers and the renal biopsy in one case showed tubular atrophy, with thickening of the basal lamina and an interstitial fibrosis without glomerular involvement. Molecular genetic analysis confirmed the diagnosis of nephronophtisis, with a homozygous deletion of the NPH1 region. In order to recognize this disease early in life, one has to look for it in patients with tubulo-interstitial nephritis, polyuria, childhood enuresia especially when it is associated with growth retardation or tetany. This case raises the issue of consanguinity and endogamy which are frequently encountered in Africa. It also extends the geographic and ethnic distribution of nephronophtisis, being the first cases reported Black Africans.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1994

[Amoebic liver abscess: echographic aspects].

Amoebic liver abscess is the most frequent location of the extra-intestine amibiasis with an epidemio-endemic repartition in our areas. We are reporting in this study the main echographic patterns that can be found. 117 documents were collected and studied between 1982 and 1988 in the main hospitals of Dakar (SENEGAL). Most of the patients were young, the range of age being between 25 and 55 years old and 83% of them, were male. The diagnosis of the amoebic liver abscess was evocated on the basis of the following clinical and biological symptoms: 54.38% of painful haetomegaly, 42.10% of pleuro-pulmonary and digestive signs, 3.50% of long lasting isolated fever, non specific biological sign of inflammation, 74.57% of positive hemaglutination test. An echographic test was performed before the anti-parasitic treatment with an echotomograph PHILIPS SDR 1500 in real time using a probe of 3 MHZ. The amoebic abscess of liver was detected by the echography in all cases. The unique abscess (83.10%) was the most frequent form. It was localized in the right liver (64%) and had an heterogeneous echostructure (55.70%). The hypo-echogeneous form (36.50%) was the earlier stage of the collecting abscess. The liquid form (07.80%) was observed in the latter stages of the disease. Some difficulties to determine the amoebic abscess may appear when primitive liver cancer or pyogensus abscess are present. In these cases it is necessary to analyse the liquid of ponction to be affirmative.

Adult↗