Pulmonary metastasis secondary to burned-out testicular tumor.
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Biomedical subjects
R Levagueresse
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[Alveolar proteinosis: diagnosis and therapeutic management. Apropos of 2 cases].
Two cases of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis are reported. Emphasis is placed on imaging techniques for diagnosis with bronchofibroscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage. Treatment of symptomatic forms is based on classical alveolar lavage with a rigid bronchoscope or currently with the fibroscope.
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[Ossified bronchial neuroendocrine tumors: 3 cases].
Large calcium deposits can occur in neuroendocrine tumours of the bronchi and have been observed more frequently with the development of tomodensitometry which is now used for the diagnosis of calcified lung tumours including neuroendocrine tumours. The knowledge of such calcified images should not however mask the possibility of a malignant tumour.
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[Intrathoracic sarcoidosis associated with tuberculous spondylodiscitis. 2 cases].
We report 2 cases of intrathoracic sarcoidosis associated with tuberculous spondylitis. Although such cases are exceptional, one cannot help wondering whether or not sarcoidosis and tuberculosis are interrelated.
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HIV-2 in rhesus monkeys: serological, virological and clinical results.
Diseases induced by animal retroviruses are not considered to be good models for the human acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) at present. The lack of an animal model for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection presents a main problem in the complete understanding of the pathogenesis of HIV-mediated diseases. Because of the homologies between simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) and HIV-2, we inoculated rhesus monkeys with HIV-2 and HIV-2 adapted in vitro to monkey cells. One of the ten animals inoculated developed clinical symptoms that might be related to the infection with HIV-2.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
[Primary pseudotumoral pulmonary amyloidosis with Pierre-Marie syndrome].
We report a case of pseudotumoral, nodular, parenchymatous, primary pulmonary amyloidosis in a male patient under 50 years of age. The amyloidosis spread step by step, very progressively, over 12 years before Marie's disease developed. The pre-operative diagnosis was made by electron microscopy of an intrabronchial growth biopsy. Right pleuro-pneumonectomy was performed, resulting in regression of Marie's disease within 3 months. There was partial factor X deficiency. Four years after surgery, nodules have appeared in the left upper lobe, suggesting a recurrence.
Amyloidosis↗
[Aminoside sensitivity of bacteria isolated in 1984 at the military hospital complex in the Paris region].
The minimal inhibiting concentrations (MIC) of 5 aminosids have been determined by the microdilution method in liquid medium of 4,582 bacterial strains isolated from various pathological samples: 1,039 Staphylococcus, 2,629 Enterobacteria, 759 Pseudomonas and 155 Acinetobacter. The phenotype of resistance has been defined for each strain by listing the antibiotics for which a resistance was observed. The frequencies of the bacterial resistances varied according to the aminosid (gentamicin, sisomicin, tobramycin, netilmicin and amikacin) and to the species studied. For the bacterial species studied, these frequencies of resistance to the aminosid family of antibiotic were weaker in the military hospitals in the district of Paris, than in different civil hospitals where similar studies were conducted.
Acinetobacter↗
[Data of broncho-alveolar lavage and pulmonary histiocytosis X].
The data obtained from broncho-alveolar lavage in 12 cases of pulmonary histiocytosis X explored between 1978 and 1986 are reported. The usefulness of this simple and reliable examination to the diagnosis and follow-up is emphasized. The diagnosis, suggested by radiography of the chest, may be suspected on cytological findings of hypercellularity, macrophage alveolitis and eosinophilia. The occurrence of neutrophilic hypergranulocytosis indicates an unfavourable course towards fibrosis. An increase of cells marked with monoclonal OKT6 antibodies (70% of the cases in this series) contributes to the diagnosis of histiocytosis X and is a good indicator of granuloma activity during the follow-up period. Electron microscopy of the alveolar fluid often confirms the diagnosis by showing the specific organelle: the X granule (60% of the cases in this series), thus avoiding exploratory thoracotomy in many patients.
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[Mycobacteria encountered in Djibouti].
The authors studied 198 strains of mycobacteriae from different sources, but mainly from bronchial secretion and adenoid pus or poundings. Because the preponderance of peripheral adenoid tuberculosis, we might fear a focus of Mycobacterium bovis. But this study gives leave to state positively that Mycobacterium tuberculosis hominis is almost exclusively the responsible and consequent by that there is an human reservoir almost exclusive. On the other hand, study of primary and secondary resistances to anti-bacillary drugs leads to express some concern particularly vis a vis modern treatments utilized as a matter of routine.
Africa, Eastern↗
[Peripheral lymph node tuberculosis in Djibouti].
153 well documented records, gathered in one year in a Tuberculosis Center, were studied. Adenoid localization represents on fourth of all tuberculosis, and 95% of all etiologies of peripheral adenopathies. Value of bacteriological tests is studied and compared to the one of histology. The almost sole presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis hominis is an uncommon datum, interesting in the field of epidemiology. The recorded outstanding efficacy of modern anti-tuberculosis drugs is less known, perhaps because of scarcity of recent works on such localizations. Some easy and reliable guidance is proposed within the context of a Communicable Diseases Program.
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