Biomedical subjects

F el Mekki

Publications and source records attributed to F el Mekki.

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PubMed1997

[Post hydatid chronic cor pulmonale].

We report a case in a patient aged 28 admitted with haemoptysis and dyspnoea. The chest x-ray showed multiple disseminated hydatid cysts throughout the lung fields. Computerized tomography and an abdominal echo found a hydatid cyst of the liver in contact with inferior vena cava which was probably responsible for the secondary pulmonary dissemination. Subsequently there was a multiplication of the lesions with rupture and infection of several cysts. After two years the disease progressed into chronic respiratory failure with the appearance of chronic cor pulmonale. The respiratory state rapidly worsened with several episodes of cardiorespiratory failure. Death occurred six months after the appearance of CPC.

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PubMed1997

[Pseudotumor presentation of pulmonary sarcoidosis apropos of 3 cases].

Pseudotumoral manifestations in the thorax is an unusual presentation of sarcoidosis. We report three such cases including two which mimicked pulmonary metastases with a classic image of multiple lesions in two women aged 31 and 30 years. In the third case, a 51-year-old male smoker had an opacity in the upper left lobe on chest x-ray then developed endobronchial hemorrhage suggestive of a primary bronchogenic cancer. In most cases, bronchial or transbronchial biopsies are sufficient for diagnosis. Surgical biopsy may be required however to eliminate the possibility of tumoral proliferation or an other granulomatous etiology.

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