[Particularities of psychiatric and dermatological comorbidity among medical students in Morocco: Multicenter study]. / Particularités de la comorbidité psychiatrique et dermatologique chez les étudiants en médecine au Maroc : étude multicentrique.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the prevalence and factors associated with dermatological conditions and to study the peculiarities of comorbidity between psychiatric disorders and dermatological conditions among medical students in Morocco. METHODS: This is a multicenter, descriptive, and analytical cross-sectional study over a period of 4 weeks during the month of February 2019. RESULTS: Six hundred and five students from the seven faculties of medicine of Morocco were included. Dermatological conditions were present in 15.5% (94) of students, acne being the most common condition (10.7%), followed by psoriasis in 1.65% of students as well as urticaria in 1.65%. Psychiatric disorders were present in 28% (168) of the students depression being the most common disorder (10.4%), followed by anxiety disorders (7.8%), comorbidity between depression and anxiety disorder (6.94%), and psychotic disorders (2.46%). Dermatological diseases were significantly and independently associated with the presence of a psychiatric disorder (0.0000) and marital status (P=0.0103). Suicide attempts and substance use are more common among medical students who have an association between psychiatric disorder and dermatological pathology compared to students with isolated dermatological conditions or students with isolated psychiatric disorders. CONCLUSION: Dermatological and psychiatric conditions are frequent and underestimated among medical students in Morocco. Dermatologic and psychiatric comorbidity is associated with a higher prevalence of psychoactive substance use and suicide attempts.

[Choriocarcinoma: a hidden face of pemphigoid gestationis]. / Le choriocarcinome: une face cachée de la pemphigoïde gestationnelle.

Gestationis pemphigoid is an autoimmune subepidermal blistering dermatosis occurring predominantly in pregnancy, more seldom in early puerperium, and exceptionally in post-abortion. The association of gestationis pemphigoid with choriocarcinoma is extremely rare. We report this association in a patient of 35 years in which the diagnosis of gestationis pemphigoid was made on clinical, histological and immunological criteria, and the one of choriocarcinoma was made on clinical, biological radiological and histological criteria. Through this article, we put the item on this association reported for the first time in post-abortion.

[Primary familial erythromelalgia. A case report]. / Érythermalgie primitive familiale. À propos d'un cas.

Erythromelalgia is a rare disease whose etiology is poorly understood. It is characterized by paroxysmal attacks of erythema, pain, and warmth of the extremities and can be primary or secondary. We report a case of primary familial erythromelalgia and stress the difficulties in its therapeutic management. We provide a brief update on the pathophysiology and treatment of primary erythromelalgia.