[Lupus and pregnancy: study of 26 cases, an internal medicine department experience and review of the literature]. / Lupus et grossesse : expérience d'un service de médecine interne à propos de 26 cas et revue de la littérature.

OBJECTIVE: To study the maternal and fetal outcomes in women with systemic lupus erythematosus. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective study of 26 pregnancies in 15 systemic erythematosus patients diagnosed before or during pregnancy regarding to American College of Rheumatology criteria in a single reference center. RESULTS: The mean patient age was 31.52 years (24-39 years). The mean interval from the diagnosis of the systemic lupus erythematosus to pregnancy was 4.2 years. Eight pregnancies were planned. The flare rate of lupus during pregnancy was 31%, life birth rate was 65% and fetal loss rate was 35%. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: As an increase in disease activity can occur during pregnancy and because of a higher rate of obstetrical complications in patients with lupus, it is important to carefully plan pregnancy. Pregnancy in lupus patients must be closely monitored by a multispeciality care of the patients.

[Hemoptysis caused by pulmonary arterial aneurysm, disclosing Behçet disease. Apropos of 2 cases]. / Hémoptysie par anévrysme artériel pulmonaire (AAP), révélatrice d'une maladie de Behçet. A propos de deux cas.

Behçet's disease, frequent in our region, can have many clinical presentations. Arterial lesions generally lead to poor prognosis. We report two cases of pulmonary artery aneurysm in two young adults whose Behçet's disease was revealed by hemoptysia.