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Hasna Hassikou

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PubMed2005

[Pigmented villonodular synovitis].

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical, radiological and histological characteristics as well as outcome of pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) in 14 patients. METHODS: This retrospective study examined data from 14 cases of pathologically-confirmed PVNS over a 10-year period (1990-1999). RESULTS: All 14 cases (9 women and 5 men) of PVNS involved the knee. Mean age at diagnosis was 32.7 years. The principal functional signs were mechanical pain and disability. All patients had radiographs (normal for 8 patients); 3 had arthrography, which found diffuse cyst formations, 2 had MRI, which showed images characteristic of PVNS, and 4 had arthroscopy. All patients underwent complete surgical excision, and 4 also had osmic acid synoviorthesis. Recurrence occurred in 4 patients, within 10 months on average. CONCLUSION: MRI and arthroscopy improve the early management of pigmented villonodular synovitis.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2003

Hydatid disease of bone. Review of 11 cases.

UNLABELLED: Osseous hydatid disease is defined as development within bone of multiple cysts that are the larval form of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. Bone cysts account for only 0.5-2.5% of all hydatid cysts in humans. We report on our experience. METHODS: This retrospective study included patients managed between 1988 and 1998 for histologically documented hydatid disease of bone. RESULTS: Eleven patients were included, six men and five women, with a mean age of 40.7 +/- 11.04 years (range, 27-60 years). Mean time to diagnosis was 22.7 +/- 18.2 months (range, 5-36). The pelvis was involved in six patients and a long bone in five (the femur in three, the tibia in one, and the fibula in one). Peripheral eosinophil counts were high in four patients and serological tests for hydatid disease were positive in five patients. Surgical treatment was used alone in 10 patients and with albendazole in one patient. The main complications were fistulization (n = 6) and suppuration (n = 4). Five patients experienced recurrences. CONCLUSION: Hydatid disease still occurs in Morocco. The liver and lungs are the most common targets. Bone cysts are uncommon but severe. The behavior of osseous hydatid cysts resembles that of locally malignant lesions. Although immunofluorescent assays are useful, the final diagnosis depends on histology. The treatment rests on surgical excision. Recurrence is common, particularly at sites that are difficult to access.

Adult↗
PubMed2002

Vascular involvement in Behçet's disease. Two case reports.

UNLABELLED: Arterial involvement is rare in Behçet's disease but can be at the forefront of the clinical picture and cause life-threatening complications. CASE REPORTS: A 36-year-old man had Behçet's disease with an aortographically documented aneurysm of the abdominal aorta as the inaugural manifestation. He had oral and genital ulcers. Funduscopy showed periphlebitis. In a 38-year-old man with an 8-year history of Behçet's disease, pulmonary and coronary artery aneurysms developed, as well as intracardiac and venous thromboses. DISCUSSION: Arterial involvement occurs in 3-5% of patients with Behçet's disease and usually manifests as multiple spindle-shaped aneurysms. Intracardiac thrombosis and cardiac aneurysm are exceedingly rare. Our patient had an extremely unusual presentation given the low rate of occurrence of arterial lesions in Behçet's disease. CONCLUSION: Arterial involvement in Behçet's disease raises treatment challenges because the lesions tend to recur and can cause life-threatening complications.

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