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E Mohammadine

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[Splenomegaly and splenic pseudotumor due to tuberculosis: six new cases].

INTRODUCTION: Splenic tuberculosis is rare. The aim of this study was to remind diagnostic problems in this disease, and to evaluate the value of surgery in its management. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective study of data of six patients (three male and three female, whose mean age was 50 years) admitted in surgical department from 1980 to 2000 for splenic tuberculosis. RESULTS: In six cases, symptoms were poorly specific; splenomegaly and anemia were constant. In imaging studies, splenomegaly was homogeneous in four cases and heterogeneous in two. Diagnosis of tuberculosis was done without need for splenectomy in four patients. Five patients were operated on: two had diagnostic laparotomy without splenectomy, two underwent diagnostic splenectomy and one had splenectomy indicated for splenic abcess refractory to medical treatment. Four of the five operated patients recovered. The two other patients were lost of follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: In our experience, surgery is useful in diagnosis and treatment of splenic tuberculosis.

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[Hibernoma: a rare case of massive weight loss].

Hibernoma is a rare soft tissue benign tumor composed of cells similar to those of brown fat observed in fetus and hibernating animals. Brown fat has thermogenous properties, by the way of carbohydrates and lipid catabolism, and can be of an important mean in thermoregulation. A massive weight loss is a rarely reported sign in patients with hibernoma. We report herein the case of a 47 man with a history of isolated weight loss, of 16 kg over 4 months. Clinical examination has shown a swelling of the right flank. Surgical resection has been made and histopathological examination has shown hibernoma. The post-operative weight gain confirmed the relationship between hibernoma and weight loss.

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[A rare complication of ileal pouch anal anastomosis: superior mesenteric artery syndrome].

The aim of this study was to report a new case of superior mesenteric artery syndrome following total proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for chronic ulcerative colitis. Diagnosis was made following a prolonged gastric stasis and was based on upper gastrointestinal X-ray series. Medical treatment was unefficient and gastro-jejunostomy was performed. The early outcome was good.

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