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Lamia Rezgui

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PubMed2005

[Imaging of neuro-Behcet].

Behcet's disease is a vasculitis affecting predominantly the venous system. It's characterized by a classical triad of recurrent uveitis, oral and genital ulceration. Behcet's disease is more frequent in Japan, the Middle East and some Mediterranean countries. Its pathogenesis is still uncertain. Neurological manifestations in Behcet's disease are not rare and are associated with poor prognosis. These manifestations can be inaugural in 5% of cases and they are polymorphous. We report 15 new cases of neuro Behcet's disease explored by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA).

Adolescent↗
PubMed2004

[Jaccoud arthropathy and pyrophosphate arthropathy: a rare association].

Jaccoud's arthropathy (JA) is a chronic deformity affecting hands and feet, which are voluntarily correctable by the patients. JA was usually reported in association with rheumatic fever and systemic lupus erythematosus. We describe an exceptional association between a pyrophosphate arthropathy and JA of the hands. It is a 48-year-old woman, having a 13 years history of polyarthritis involving shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, and 4 years after, a progressive unlar deviation of the fingers of the hands. Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals were identified in the synovial knee biopsy. Hands x-rays as RMI don't identify erosions and confirmed the JA.

Arthritis↗
PubMed2003

[A voluminous foraminal and extra foraminal disk hernia mimicking a tumor].

In some cases, disc herniation can be voluminous and can then constitute a differential diagnosis with tumours. We report the case of a 46 years-old female with sciatica and crural neuralgia which resisted to medical treatment. X-rays exams were normal, but the computerized tomography showed a voluminous mass in contact with the L5 nervous root and which was developed in the psoas major muscle. The MRI revealed a voluminous foraminal and extra foraminal herniation at the L4-L5 vertebral disc, extended up to the psoas major muscle and associated with an important inflammatory infiltration. Surgical treatment was successful with a follow up of 8 months.

Diagnosis, Differential↗
PubMed2002

[Wolfram syndrome. A new case report].

The WOLFRAM syndrome (SW) is a rare hereditary disorder described for the first time in 1938 as the coexistence of a diabetes mellitus and an optic atrophy to which join frequently a diabetes insipidus and a bilateral deafness. Several genetic studies are current to determine transmission mechanisms, physiopathology of the disorder to update a curative therapy. On the occasion of a new case report we remind the main characteristics of this syndrome. The SW is a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the coexistence of diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, optic atrophy and deafness. Several other manifestations are frequently associated: neurological, urologic and endocrinous abnormalities as well as growth troubles. Only diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy are compulsory for the diagnosis. This Syndrome is transmitted to the autosomic recessive mode. Mitochondrial heredity is in the course of study. The systematic practice of a cerebral IRM during a SW allows finding several malformative abnormalities of which the most typical is the agenesis of the post-pituitary gland. The prognosis of the affection is essentially conditioned by the evoluting complications of the uropathy and the diabetes mellitus. The treatment is symptomatic. Genetic therapy is in.

Adult↗
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[Imaging cardiac hydatid cysts: 8 cases].

BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis of cardiac echinococcosis is required because this uncommon disease may lead to serious complications. We report 8 cases of cardiac hydatidosis, review the modes of diagnosis, and stress the contribution of modern imaging techniques. METHODS: This retrospective study describes 8 patients with cardiac echinococcosis. All had chest radiographs and thoracic computed tomography (CT). Transthoracic sonography was performed in 6 cases and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 5. RESULTS: Our patients ranged in age from 7 to 46 years, and the clinical features of their disease varied. Chest radiography showed the contours of the heart to be deformed in 3 cases and cardiomegaly in 3 others. Echocardiography revealed a homogeneous unilocular hydatid cyst in 5 cases. CT found homogeneous hypodense unilocular lesions in 7 cases, and a septated cyst with cardiac wall calcifications in one case. MRI showed round homogeneous lesions in 3 cases, all dark in T1-weighted sequences and bright in T2. DISCUSSION: Clinical features vary substantially, and clinical latency is not uncommon. Chest radiography generally shows mediastinal masses. Transthoracic echocardiography can locate and count cardiac hydatid cysts and identify their borders. CT can simultaneously assess any visceral extension of the disease, while MRI provides details of mediastinal extensions. CONCLUSION: Transthoracic echocardiography suggests the initial diagnosis. CT and MRI provide details of the location and extension of the cardiac hydatidosis.

Adolescent↗