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M Hamidou

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[Peripheral inflammatory rheumatism during Horton's disease].

From a study of the course of Horton's disease in a population of 41 patients followed up for 3 to 14 years, the cases of 5 patients presenting with peripheral inflammatory arthritis were singled out and analyzed. In all five cases, the condition was a subacute, seronegative, symmetrical polyarthritis affecting mostly the wrists, the metacarpophalangeal joints and the knees. In 2 patients radiology showed articular lesions. As in other cases found in the literature, these raise the problem of rheumatoid arthritis-Horton's disease association or true "Hortonian" arthritis.

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[Hip algodystrophy and pregnancy].

We report two cases of algodystrophy of the hip in pregnancy. The principle characteristics of the condition are: the occurrence of the symptoms in the second or third trimester of the pregnancy; and these are more marked on the left than on the right hip and radiological decalcification. MRI is accurate, specific and non invasive and it has largely taken the place of scintigraphy and tomodensitometry in making the diagnosis and in the differential diagnosis of early aseptic necrosis of the femoral head. Recovery always occurs in less than a year without sequelae. The physiopathogenic mechanism still is to be discussed but it does seem that the mechanical factors play a very important role.

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[Lambert-Eaton and Schwartz-Bartter syndromes and peripheral neuropathies associated with bronchial carcinoma: apropos of a case].

A case of Eaton-Lambert myasthenic syndrome associated with inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone is reported. This case included a demyelinizing peripheral neuropathy and was related to a small-cell carcinoma of the lung. Twelve similar cases appeared in the literature, most of them associated with small-cell carcinoma or undifferentiated lung tumors. Etiologic and diagnostic aspects of these syndromes are discussed. When isolated, their causes are various, including the classic context of the paraneoplastic syndromes. Their association is highly suggestive of a lung carcinoma and must enable to make an early diagnosis by use of all possible means of detection.

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[Temporal artery syndrome in amyloidosis AL associated with myeloma].

The authors report a case of amyloidosis AL associated with light lambda chain myeloma, mimicking giant cell temporal arteritis. The normality of inflammatory proteins, the primary resistance to corcicosteroids and the results of temporal artery biopsy (amyloid deposits without giant cell granuloma) excluded a diagnosis of giant cell arteritis associated with amyloidosis. The most probable mechanism was infiltration of branches of the external carotid artery. In patients with temporal arteritis, amyloidosis must be suspected and sought, particularly in case of monoclonal dysglobulinaemia or manifestations that are not typical of giant cell temporal arteritis. The prognosis of vascular amyloidosis seems to be more favourable than that of the classical visceral types. The primary amyloidosis of these patients must be treated with melphalan combined with prednisone and colchicine.

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