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A Berbich

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PubMed2003

[Askin's tumour].

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Adolescent↗
PubMed2000

[Cholesterol crystal embolism].

Cholesterol crystal emboli are a serious complication of atheroma. The incidence of this syndrome appears to be much more common in patients in their sixties with severe atheromatous disease of the aorta (20 to 30% vs less than 5%). 80% of crystal embolism result from medical interventions (aortic or cardiac surgery, arterial invasive procedure of aorta, thrombolytic therapy). Embolisation of cholesterol crystals can give rise to a confusing clinical pictures, depending of the site (organ) of the embolisation. It also can simulate a systemic disease. The diagnosis must be discuss in all atheromatous patients. The prognosis is poor because of the patient's clinical context and because there is no specific treatment. The best treatment is prevention by improving the recognition of the high risk patients and avoiding in those cases the predisposing factors.

Crystallization↗
PubMed1999

[Behçet disease. 162 cases].

We report 162 cases of Behçet's disease, seen at the Internal Medicine Unit of Ibn Sina Hospital at Rabat, between January 1983 and June 1996. This series concerned 124 men et 38 women, Moroccans, whose mean age at first hospitalization was 32 years, and mean age at disease onset was 26 years. Diagnosis of Behçet's disease was established on Mason and Barnes and/or International Study Group for Behçet's Disease criteria. There was a muco-cutaneous involvement in 100%, eye involvement in 50%, joint involvement in 45%, neurological symptoms in 43.2%, vascular involvement in 62.34%, thoracic involvement symptoms in 13%, digestive involvement in 8 cases, cardiac involvement in 5 patients, long term fever in 5 patients, and one case of amyloidosis. We compared our results to the literature and we noticed that our series had an elevated frequency of neurological involvement, mostly benign intra-cranial hypertension and deep vein thrombosis. We also found that gut involvement was particularly low.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1998

[Association of pulmonary artery aneurysm, right heart thromboses and antiphospholipid antibodies in Behcet's disease].

INTRODUCTION: Cardiac thromboses are unusual in the course of Behçet's disease and are frequently associated with endomyocardial fibrosis of the right heart. Vascular pulmonary involvement with either pulmonary aneurysm or parenchyma alterations is also often observed. However, pathogenesis of thromboses occurring in the course of Behçet's disease is still unclear. CASE REPORT: The authors report the case of a 28-year-old man who presented with Behçet's disease accompanied by pulmonary aneurysm, multiple thrombi of the right heart and antiphospholipid antibodies. CONCLUSION: The choice of therapeutical strategies for curative treatment of this association as well as the interpretation of the role of antiphospholipid antibodies in this polyvascular disease raises questions.

Adult↗
PubMed1997

[New biological factors of thromboses].

Hypercoagulability states are caused by a disturbance of blood rheology due to the presence or pathological absence of a clotting factor. These abnormalities of haemostasis are essentially studied in the context of venous thrombosis. Over the years, in parallel with the progress in therapeutics, new laboratory abnormalities have been discovered and other, previously described, factors have been recently correlated with thrombotic phenomena. Based on a review of the literature, the authors describe the pathogenic role and the place of these various laboratory abnormalities in thromboembolic disease.

Biological Factors↗
PubMed1982

[Ankylosing spondylitis and amyloidosis. Apropos of 2 cases].

The authors report 2 cases of ankylosing spondylitis complicated by amyloidosis. In the first case, the development of a nephrotic syndrome in a long-standing case of spondylitis (16 years) led to discovery of the amyloid. In the second case, a nephrotic syndrome appeared in a 38 year old man with a three year history of ankylosing spondylitis. In both cases, the amyloidosis was confirmed on histological examination.

Adult↗