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Ulcerative colitis seems to be rare in sub-Saharan Africa. Because its clinical and radiological signs are non-specific, anatomopathologic studies are necessary for definitive diagnosis after exclusion of parasitic, bacterial, and viral causes. The purpose of this report is to describe a fatal case of ulcerative colitis in a 68-year-old woman in Togo.
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Colitis, Ulcerative , Aged , Colitis, Ulcerative/diagnosis , Colitis, Ulcerative/therapy , Fatal Outcome , Female , Humans , TogoABSTRACT
The purpose of this report is to describe findings of clinical examination and imaging in a 27-year-old man admitted for nonpainful left testicular enlargement. Initial diagnosis was testicular cancer based on ultrasonography and association with pulmonary metastasis. This diagnosis was revised after histological study demonstrated testicular tuberculosis.
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Diagnostic Errors , Testicular Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Testis/diagnostic imaging , Tuberculosis, Male Genital/diagnostic imaging , Adult , Endemic Diseases , Humans , Male , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
The natural history of bronchogenic carcinoma shows that 42% of patients are diagnosed with cancer-related neurological complications either at initial presentation or at follow-up that can be separated in 3 different categories: - locoregional involvement of cervicothoracic nerves (recurrent laryngeal nerves, phrenic and vagus nerves, brachial plexus and sympathetic cervical chains), - metastatic disease characterized by intracranial lesions (brain, meningeal, ependymal and pituitary metastases) and spinal (extradural, subarachnoid and medullary metastases) lesions, - paraneoplastic syndromes including limbic encephalitis, Lambert-Eaton syndrome and paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration. These neurological disorders usually are associated with advanced cancer for which radical surgical management seldom is indicated. All imaging studies performed at the time of initial staging for bronchogenic carcinoma should therefore be carefully reviewed in order to detect signs that could suggest the presence of one or several neurological complications. The goals of this paper are to describe the clinical signs and to illustrate the imaging features of neurological complications related to bronchogenic carcinoma at conventional radiography, CT and MRI.
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Carcinoma, Bronchogenic/diagnosis , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Nervous System Neoplasms/diagnosis , Carcinoma, Bronchogenic/secondary , Central Nervous System Neoplasms/diagnosis , Central Nervous System Neoplasms/secondary , Cranial Nerve Neoplasms/diagnosis , Cranial Nerve Neoplasms/secondary , Humans , Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome/diagnosis , Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome/etiology , Limbic Encephalitis/diagnosis , Limbic Encephalitis/etiology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Neoplasm Staging , Nervous System Neoplasms/secondary , Neuroradiography , Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System/diagnosis , Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System/etiology , Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms/diagnosis , Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms/secondary , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to report the clinical, imaging (sonographic, mammographic and MRI) and pathological features of breast angiosarcoma, a rare but aggressive tumor, based on a review of two cases.
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Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis , Hemangiosarcoma/diagnosis , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Mammography , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Female , Hemangiosarcoma/diagnostic imaging , Humans , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
Les auteurs; a partir d'un cas de lymphagiome kystique cervical; signalent l'apport de l'imagerie medicale; surtout de l'echographie et la tomodensitometrie; dans le diagnostic de cette affection rare
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Lymphangioma , Lymphangioma/diagnostic imaging , TomographyABSTRACT
Les conditions socio-economiques; le facteur racial et la meconnaissance frequente de la date des dernieres regles dans nos milieux ont motive a etablir les courbes biometriques echographiques chez 512 foetus togolais. 1831 mesures biometriques des 6 parametres classiques (LCC; DBP; DOF; CT; CA; LF) ont ete realisees. D'une facon generale; ces courbes sont identiques a celles produites en Europe ou en Amerique avec toutefois des valeurs relativement inferieures; ce qui permet d'etablir un age gestationnel precis. L'estimation du poids foetal a partir des DBP; CA et LF donne des valeurs inferieures aux valeurs europeennes et americaines; mais elles sont superposables avec celles des auteurs africains
