[Pleural talc treatment using thoracoscopy in lymphomatous pleurisy]. / Le talcage pleural sous thoracoscopie au cours des pleurésies lymphomateuses.

The authors report their experience of pleural talcage under thoracoscopy in 21 cases of lymphomatous pleurisy. This represents 9.6% of the total number of cancerous pleurisies treated with talc over four years. A successful result with talcage was achieved in 84% of cases. The success of failure of talcalge seems to depend on the macroscopic appearance (the existence of masses or nodules) as well as an abundance of pleural liquid, all constitute unfavourable factors. On the other hand the lymphoma (Hodgkins or non Hodgkins) does not seem to have any unfavourable effect.

[Pleural fibroma: apropos of a case]. / Le fibrome pleural: a propos d'un cas.

The authors report a case of a pleural fibroma occurring in a 72 year old woman. The tumour presented with both an osteoarthropathy and hypoglycaemia. An X-ray revealed an abundant associated pleural effusion. Immune studies were positive for the presence of vimentin and negative for keratin, as occurred in this case, were in favour of a pure fibroblastic origin for these tumours.

[Plasma cell granuloma. Report of a case]. / Le granulome plasmocytaire. Rapport d'un cas.

The authors report a case of plasma cell granuloma of the lung, an inflammatory tumour occurring in a young Egyptian aged 23 without any history of chest diseases. The patient had had three weeks before his hospital admission light haemoptysis and associated with weight loss. The diagnosis was made on a bronchial biopsy. Thus a diagnosis could be made without recourse to surgery because of the occurrence of bronchial invasion. No aetiological factor was found to explain the pathogenesis of the granuloma.

[Churg-Strauss allergic granulomatous angiitis. Apropos of 3 cases]. / L'angéite granulomateuse allergique de Churg et Strauss. A propos de trois cas.

The authors report three cases of allergic granulomatous angiitis of Churg Strauss. They review the different problems posed by this vasculitis: its enigmatic relationship with polyarteritis nodosa, its pathophysiology which remains a controversial subject and the possible role of immunotherapy with allergic extracts. In one of these cases, treatment with steroids associated with cyclophosphamide led to a prolonged remission of ten years raising the possibility of a cure.

[Pneumomediastinum in dermatopolymyositis]. / Pneumomédiastin au cours d'une dermatopolymyosite.

The authors report the occurrence of a pneumomediastinum occurring in a young female aged 25 who had already been under treatment for 3 years for dermatomyositis and who had a pulmonary involvement with fibrosis. This association did not seem fortuitous. The pneumomediastinum would be due to a cystic degeneration of the fibrosis producing "pseudoblebs".

[Polyradiculoneuritis revealing broncho-pulmonary cancer. A case report and brief review of the literature]. / Polyradiculonévrite révélatrice d'un cancer broncho-pulmonaire. Rapport d'un cas et revue brève de la littérature.

We report a case of a 64 year old male who was a chronic smoker who presented with walking troubles and an acute severe deterioration in his general health. Examination revealed a polyradiculoneuritis. A search for a cause revealed a poorly differentiated epidermoid carcinoma of the lung. Thus the final diagnosis was that of paraneoplastic P.R.N.

[Multiple pulmonary hydatidosis associated with intracardiac cyst. Apropos of a case]. / Hydatidose pulmonaire multiple associée à un kyste intra-cardiaque. A propos d'un cas.

The authors report the case of a 48-year old woman who had bilateral pulmonary hydatid cysts revealed by haemoptysis and in whom an intracardiac hydatid cyst was discovered in the course of evaluation. The intracardiac cyst probably was the starting point for the migration of emboli to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries.

[Pneumoblastoma. Report of a case. Immunohistochemistry and discussion of histogenesis]. / Le pneumoblastome: rapport d'un cas. Etude immunohistochemique et discussion de l'histogenèse.

A case of pulmonary blastoma in a 50-year old man is reported. The initial diagnosis was one of pulmonary hydatid cyst, but at surgery a solid tumour of the left upper lobe was discovered. The histological study showed the characteristic features of pulmonary blastoma with its two components: epithelial and mesenchymatous. Immunohistochemistry yielded a double cellular response to keratin and vimentin--a finding which supports the hypothesis of a tumour arisen from a multipotent cell.

[A case of Reiche's tuberculosis, acute tuberculosis with hematologic manifestations]. / Un cas de tuberculose de Reiche, tuberculose aiguë avec manifestations hématologiques.

The authors report a case of tuberculosis in a 39 year old male who had a past history of tuberculosis with a relapse 10 years later. This relapse was in an acute form which was both pulmonary and haematological, producing an acute tuberculosis of Reiche in its cytopenic form. Anti-tuberculous treatment did not prevent the patient dying 49 days after the presentation of the disease.

[Combination of scleroderma and non bronchiolo-alveolar bronchial carcinoma. Report of a case and short review of the literature]. / Association sclérodermie-carcinome bronchique non bronchiolo-alvéolaire. Rapport d'un cas et revue brève de la littérature.

The authors report a case of broncho-pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma developed in a 59-year old woman who for 11 years had been suffering from systemic scleroderma for which she never consulted. The carcinoma was revealed by haemoptysis, dyspnoea and weight loss. It extended secondarily to the pleura. The authors have reviewed the literature on non-alveolar squamous cell carcinoma. They conclude that this type of cancer is rarely diagnosed before death and has a very poor prognosis.