[An uncommon cause of dyspnea in children. Plexiform neurofibroma of the larynx].

Plexiform neurofibroma is a rare benign tumor developed from cells of the sheath of Schwann peripheral nervous system often associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 or Von Recklinghausen disease. Laryngeal involvement in neurofibromatosis is rare and usually presents with obstructive respiratory symptoms. Imaging including CT and MRI provides the diagnosis as well as the staging of this lesion, whose treatment is primarily surgical.

[Diffuse infiltrative lung disease in scleroderma. Analysis of radio-clinical and functional semiology].

Scleroderma (SD) is a systemic disease that predominantly affects the skin. Diffuse infiltrative lung disease (DILD) is rare and occurs most often in the course of the disease. We analyzed seven cases of DILO of SD recorded between 2003 and 2010 among 196 PID (3.

[Pott's disease (about 16 cases)].

Introduction: Pott's disease or spinal tuberculosis is rare, but represents the most common form of osteo-articular tuberculosis in endemic countries.

Material And Methods: [corrected] From January 2000 to December 2010, we collected 16 cases of Pott's disease. We analyzed clinical and radiological profile, means of confirmation and treatment.

[Malignant pilomatrixoma of head and neck. A case report].

We report the case of a 66-year-old patient with a pilomatrix carcinoma from the right submandibular region with pulmonary and cerebral metastases. The histological confirmation of the diagnosis has been based on the biopsy of the submandibular tumefaction which was rapidly growing. We tried at first a doxorubicine and cisplatine chemotherapy because of the considerable locoregional extension and the existence of pulmonary metastases.

[Maxillary cementoblastoma. A case report].

Cementoblastoma is a rare benign odontogenic neoplasm. Its cause is unknown. It represents less 6 % of all odontogenic tumors.