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N Boukhrissi

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[Spinal aneurysmal cyst].

The authors report one case of aneurysmal rachidian cyst who concern a young girl of eleven years old presenting lumbagos with pyramidal irritation on a L2 and L3 lesion. The radiological exploration (CT, MRI) has a double interest: to find again lytical pictures of the rear arch blowing the cortical, liquids levels, logets which remind the macroscopical appearance of the aneurysmal rachidian cyst; to specify the regional extension of preoperative interest. The histological confirmation of the aneurysmal rachidian cyst after a surgical treatment and the conformity of anatomo-radiological descriptions, confirm the predictive value of the semeiology described in case of aneurysmal rachidian cyst.

Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal

[Contribution of radiology to the diagnosis and treatment of nasopharyngeal fibroma. Apropos of 6 cases].

The authors report about their experience with 6 cases of nasopharyngeal fibroma. They emphasize the interest of CT examinations in the diagnostic study, and above all in the assessment of regional extension. The angiographic study must be as complete as possible, and should include an embolization within 2 to 5 days prior to surgical excision as often as this is possible. Embolization is a simple procedure if performed strictly and carefully in order to avoid any complication.

Adolescent

[Vertebral and spinal cord hydatidosis. Contribution of radiology and x-ray computed tomography. Apropos of 36 cases].

A study of 36 cases of vertebral and spinal cord hydatidosis seen between 1970 and 1984 allowed their division into three groups: those with purely intravertebral lesions, vertebral hydatid osteopathy, and hydatid pseudo-Pott's affections. The contribution of conventional radiology is reviewed at length and the importance of computed tomography emphasized for screening of extension and surveillance of "white cancer", a term applied by Deve to bone hydatidosis. Use of the scanner for CT imaging makes screening for residual or recurrent lesions a radiologic exploration.

Adolescent

[Cerebromeningeal tuberculosis. X-ray computed tomographic aspects apropos of 36 cases].

Thirty-six patients with different clinical and topographic forms of cerebromeningeal tuberculosis: meningitis, meningo-encephalitis, tuberculoma, abscess and their complications, were investigated by CT scans. Whereas standard films allow diagnosis of intracranial hypertension, other neurological examinations are very insufficient when compared with CT imaging, a non-invasive procedure which provides presumptive signs of a tuberculous lesion and thus assists diagnosis, and assessment and follow up of results of treatment. Meningitis and meningo-encephalitis are seen as isodense images of cisternae of base of skull with marked increase after contrast, which may provoke the appearance of hyperdense nodules. More or less widespread hypodensities are provoked by meningoencephalitis, cerebral tuberculosis appearing as an iso- or hyperdense mass forming an annular shape after contrast. Calcification is a rare finding and appears as punctiform zones in the center of a tuberculoma, while a tuberculous abscess has the identical appearance to that of a nodular tuberculoma.

Adolescent

[Endovascular treatment of peripheral arteriovenous malformations].

The progress made by noninvasive exploration for the assessment of vascular malformations now allows the therapeutic strategies to be better established. While observation and conservative methods are most often chosen, some arteriovenous malformations lead to contemplating a palliative or curative treatment. In these cases, embolization currently plays a great role, associated or not to surgery. This embolization obviously can be contemplated only after a collegial decision to treat these malformations has been made, knowing that they may be silent or acquire an uncontrollable evolution potential. The authors present 3 cases of peripheral arteriovenous malformations, treated by an endovascular way, and remind the principles and indications of these embolizations.

Adolescent