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S Ba Diop

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PubMed2006

[Senegalese case of thromboangeitis obliterans or Buerger's disease].

INTRODUCTION: Thromboangeitis obliterans (TAO) is an inflammatory, non atheromatous arteriopathy of smoking young adults. It is diagnosed on an association of non specific criteria that we discuss throughout this case. CASE REPORT AND DISCUSSION: A forty years old tabagical, Senegalese black man, had peripheral destructive lesions preceded by Raynaud phenomenon. He was admitted in our Internal Medicine department in November 2002. Actually this clinical presentation was evolving since 11 years. At that time, hypo aesthesia and ulceration of the fingers led to successive amputations in the leprology centre. The diagnosis of Hansen disease had been suspected but there were no evidence of mycobacterium. At the admission in our service, biological tests showed a moderated non-specific inflammatory syndrome. Ultra sound Doppler and arteriography showed a peripheral arterial stenosis without atheromatous lesions, in favour of TAO. To meet all the criteria the patient didn't have any thrombotic or systemic disease. The evolution was favourable after tobacco weaning. CONCLUSION: TAO can bring to difficulties of diagnosis by its way of presentation. Physicians should practice a systematic vascular screening in case of distal arteriopathy.

Adult↗
PubMed2004

[Sonographic evaluation of periportal fibrosis in children living in a Schistosoma mansoni endemic region].

PURPOSE: To assess with ultrasound periportal fibrosis due to chronic Schistosoma mansoni infection in children living in an endemic region. Materials and methods. A total of 441 children underwent two stool examinations and abdominal sonography. Liver echotexture was assessed by two observers and compared to pre-defined image patterns and a fibrosis score was assigned ranging from 0 to 8. Ultrasound features were correlated to age, sex, and parasitologic findings. RESULTS: Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infestation was 63%. Two cases of advanced fibrosis (E pattern or fibrosis score of 6) were observed. Fibrosis correlated with age. No correlation existed between fibrosis and intensity of egg-output. A correlation between the two examinors was noted in 84% of examinations with a kappa coefficient of 0.7. CONCLUSION: Although severe periportal fibrosis is a rare finding in this endemic region, follow-up sonography must be performed because it is the only non invasive and reliable tool for detection of periportal fibrosis.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2004

[Spiral CT in aortic dissection].

Patients with suspected dissection of the thoracic aorta require immediate diagnostic evaluation so that urgent therapeutic interventions can begin. Two women with suspected aortic dissection and one man with abdominal aortic aneurysm underwent color-flow Doppler echocardiography and CT angiography with multiplanar reconstructions. Spiral CT showed ascending aortic dissection (type A Stanford) in two cases and descending aortic dissection (type B Stanford) in one case. It also access the visualization of the intimal flap, the extent of dissection, the size of the aorta, and the presence of pericardial fluid. CT angiography is an accurate diagnostic procedure for patients with suspected aortic dissection and possesses several advantages over other modalities such as transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography and aortography.

Adult↗
PubMed2002

[Arachnoid cyst with orbital meningocele: a case report].

Arachnoïd cysts are rare. 1% of cranial neoformation. We report the case of a six years old boy who presented an arachnoid cyst impressive by its compressive phenomena. Present complaint are macrocrania and right orbitary tumor. Tomodensitometry reveal a huge liquid collection which starts from the right cerebellopontine angle to the frontal region and invading the orbital cavity. In addition we have a thalamic fusion Its congenital origin is obvious. The associated malformations seem to be related to an anomaly of the centre line. This case point out the primum movens of malformations which are often complex and whose antenatal diagnosis is rare in our countries

Arachnoid Cysts↗