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S Rampon

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[Fabry's disease. Rare etiology of a long-term inflammatory syndrome. Apropos of a case].

A man aged 54 years presented multiple symptoms (acroparesthesia, familial deafness, cardiomyopathy, diarrhea, adenopathy with infiltration of frothy macrophages, pancytopenia with a dense marrow, chronic meningitis, renal failure) associated with intermittent fever, with feverish attacks and a temperature of 40 degrees C, and with a severe biologic febrile syndrome. Fabry's disease was diagnosed only after 3 years of fruitless explorations. The reasons for this delay are analysed and it is suggested than Fabry's disease be added to the list of conditions responsible for fever or for a persistent inflammatory syndrome.

Diarrhea

[Bone and joint Actinomyces meyeri infections. Cervicofacial localizations excluded. Apropos of 3 cases].

The authors report three observations of osseous and/or articular actinomycosis. Osseous localizations, always in contact with abscessed foci of the soft tissues, included the spine and one or several limbs. In one case there was an arthritis of the knee. Culture and typing of the responsible germ: Actinomyces meyeri, were obtained from infectious foci in the three cases. The authors insist on the rare occurrence, at the moment, of osteo-articular actinomycoses outside the maxillo-facial area. Actinomyces meyeri has exceptionally been implicated. The prognosis of osteo-arthritis is similar to that of other localizations. It is usually favorable due to the great sensitivity of the germs to antibiotics, especially penicillin.

Abscess

[Diagnosis of the Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome in rheumatology. II--Test strategy].

The diagnostic evaluation of the sicca complex in rheumatology depends, on the one hand, upon performing tests and, on the other hand, upon the specific clinical presentations which lead to these tests. The frequency with which the clinical problem is encountered should be taken into account as well as the probability of whether or not the patient does indeed have the sicca complex, and the necessity of making a precise diagnosis. A labial biopsy should be performed when it is necessary to confirm the diagnosis. Schirmer's test is useful to evaluate the ocular component of the sicca complex, which is the only component requiring therapy. In other cases, one examination can follow another in sequence such as salivary nucleotide scanning followed by biopsy and histological examination.

Antibodies, Antinuclear