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T Messiaen

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PubMed1998

Splenic lymphoma presenting as necrotizing glomerulonephritis.

The authors report a case of necrotizing glomerulonephritis, with granular immune deposits, leading to the etiologic diagnosis of splenic non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL). The serum creatinine, initially markedly elevated, decreased under steroids and chlorambucil. Unfortunately, the patient died from septic complications. The importance of a careful search for a (localized) NHL in case of necrotizing glomerulonephritis with granular immune deposits is emphasized.

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PubMed1996

[Pleural effusion and severe edema of the lower limbs induced by bromocriptine].

High doses of bromocriptine used for treatment of Parkinson's disease may be associated with pleuropulmonary complications. Isolated pleural effusions are a rare manifestation as is lower limbs edema are an exceptionally one. We report the case of a 67-year-old man, treated since five years by a daily dose of 30 mg of bromocriptine for Parkinson's disease, who developed important leg's edema and a few months later an exsudative right pleural effusion. No etiologies were found. Bromocriptine was discontinued. The evolution was characterized by nearly complete resolution of pleural effusion and disparition of lower limbs edema.

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PubMed1996

Case report: thoracic aorta thrombus with systemic embolization: a rare paraneoplastic antiphospholipid syndrome?

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by venous and/or arterial thromboses in the presence of the lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin antibodies, or both. Antiphospholipid syndrome may occur as a primary disease or in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus or other autoimmune, infectious, or neoplastic disorders. This is a case of APS associated with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and complicated by a large descending thoracic aorta thrombus responsible for lower limb and visceral emboli. The intraaortic clot was discovered by transesophageal echography (TEE). The association of APS with chronic leukemias has only rarely been described and, as far as can be ascertained, the location of a thrombus in the descending thoracic aorta has never been reported for this syndrome. This case illustrates the crucial role of TEE in the assessment of patients with systemic embolizations.

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PubMed1996

Hepatic angiomyo(myelo)lipoma: difficulties in radiological diagnosis and interest of fine needle aspiration biopsy.

We report the case of a patient admitted for acute heart failure associated with severe dilated cardiomyopathy in whom a large hepatic tumor of the right lobe of the liver was incidentally discovered. A fine needle biopsy was performed that led to the diagnosis of angiomyo(myelo)-lipoma (AMML). The difficulties in radiological diagnosis of these very rare heterogeneous benign tumors of the liver and the interest of fine needle aspiration biopsy are discussed.

Angiomyolipoma↗
PubMed1996

Hepatic abscess likely related to Leptotrichia buccalis in an immunocompetent patient.

We present the case of a 64-year-old previously healthy man admitted for long evoluating fever. Buccal examination showed severe parodontitis. Blood cultures were positive for Leptotrichia buccalis and computed abdominal tomography discovered a hepatic abscess. So far, only exceptional cases of systemic diseases associated with Leptotrichia buccalis infections have been described in immunocompetent patients. Thus, in cases of severe parodontitis and long evoluating fever, attention must be paid to secondary anaerobic infections even in immunocompetent subjects.

Echocardiography, Transesophageal↗