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N Kaabar

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[Bilateral stenosing ureteritis in Henoch-Schnlein purpura].

BACKGROUND: Ureteral complications in Henoch-Schonlein's purpura are rare. They may post difficult problems of diagnosis. CASE REPORT: Bilateral uretal stenosis revealed by low back pain, macroscopic hematuria, leukocyturia and renal failure appeared 15 days after the onset of Henoch-Schönlein purpura in a 14-year-old boy. It was confirmed by ultrasonography; intravenous pyelography showed stenosis of both proximal uretera associated to bilateral hydronephrosis. Treatment with corticosteroids relieved the symptoms and normalized the renal function in restoring patency of both ureters. Nevertheless, the patient was still suffering from mild bilateral hydronephrosis and bilateral renal lithiasis, 2 years later. CONCLUSIONS: Macroscopic hematuria and renal failure, usually indicative of renal involvement in Henoch-Schönlein syndrome can be the first manifestations of the ureteritis exceptionally seen in this vasculitis.

Adolescent↗

[Video-assisted thoracic surgery of hydatid cysts of the lung in children].

10 children between 3 and 9 years old, have been operated on for an echinococcosis cyst of the lung, by a thoracoscopic procedure. It was a vomited cyst in 6 cases, a pyopneumocyst in 1 case, and a jung noncomplicated and univesicular cyst in 3 cases. The surgical procedure is described. We brought into being the operative conditions such it is nowadays an excellent alternative to the classical thoracotomy.

Albendazole↗

[An exceptional combined malformation: duplication of the lower urinary tract, the vulva and the posterior intestine].

The authors report the case of a 6 year old girl with bladder duplication, urethral duplication, genital system duplication associated with colonic duplication and low double anorectal anomalies. This patient presented two hemivertebrae at T9 and T11. This girl died a few days after admission from internal obstruction and septicemia. The embryological features especially the possibility of associating two different embryopathogenic mechanisms in the pathogenesis of this combined malformation (Split notochord syndrome and fissure of the urogenital system), and diagnostic and therapeutic aspects are studied in relation to this case and a review of the literature.

Abnormalities, Multiple↗

[Intramural pregnancy: a case report].

Implantation into the muscle wall is one of the rarer forms of ectopic pregnancy. We report an uncomplicated case which was discovered during therapeutic termination of pregnancy at 10 weeks. We point out how valuable the use of ultrasound during the operation is for making the diagnosis when suction does not provide adequate quantities of products.

Abortion, Therapeutic↗

[The role of culdocentesis in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy. Prospective study of 478 cases].

Four hundred and seventy height Culdocenteses were carried out in cases of possible ectopic pregnancy between the 20th September 1986 and 31st December 1987. Culdocentesis was considered to be positive if 2 cm3 or more of dark non-coagulated blood was removed, and negative if only a yellow liquid or blood stained serum was removed. It was not conclusive if nothing could be aspirated or if the blood was coagulated. Of the 94 cases where culdocentesis was positive, 74 were found to have an ectopic pregnancy. There were 20 false positive cases (due to 5 haemorrhagic ruptures of follicles, 3 refluxes of menstrual blood, 2 with other aetiology, and 10 without known cause). There were 21 cases of ectopic pregnancy in the 293 cases where culdocentesis was non-conclusive. Of the 91 cases where culdocentesis was negative, a second culdocentesis showed an ectopic pregnancy. It was positive 11 days after the first. In our series this diagnostic test was reliable in 77.1% of cases. Laparotomy was carried out in 22.3% of cases and only 18.6% had to have laparoscopy thanks to the use of culdocentesis.

Clinical Protocols↗

[Angiodysplasia of the colon. Apropos of a case].

A case of angiodysplasia of the right colon is reported. Clinical, radiological, endoscopic and pathological aspects are described. Beside the arteriography, the authors insist on the special usefulness of the coloscopy which helps the diagnosis and gives therapeutic possibilities as well by electrocoagulation of the lesion. Vascular opacification of the specimen is very useful to help the pathologist.

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