[Chemotherapy of small cell bronchogenic carcinoma in a patient on hemodialysis for chronic renal failure. Apropos of a case]. / Chimiothérapie d'un carcinome bronchique à petites cellules chez un insuffisant rénal chronique hémodialysé. A propos d'un cas.

Optimal dosage for chemotherapy administered to patients on chronic hemodialysis remains a difficult question. We report the case of a patient with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis for 9 years who was treated for small-cell lung cancer. The chemotherapy protocol combined carboplatin and etoposide at doses adapted to creatinine clearance. Tumor regression was observed after 6 cycles without major intolerance.

[Dilatation of bile ducts in polycystic kidney disease in adults]. / Dilatation des voies biliaires au cours de la polykystose rénale de l'adulte.

We report the cases of 4 adult patients with polycystic kidney disease and dilatation of bile ducts. Dilatation involved the extra-hepatic bile ducts in all 4 cases and also affected the intra-hepatic bile ducts in 3 cases. A prospective ultrasonographic study in search of biliary tract abnormalities was undertaken in 40 patients with dominant polycystic kidney disease. No bile duct dilatation was found in this series, which indicates that the lesion is rare. The 4 cases reported here increase the collection of hepatobiliary lesions associated with polycystic kidney disease of adults.