Improved postoperative analgesia with isoflurane than with propofol anaesthesia.

Purpose: The impact of hypnotic drugs on postoperative analgesia has not been evaluated. We compared the influence of the maintenance of anaesthesia with either propofol or isoflurane on postoperative pain.

Methods: Forty ASA 1-2 women, undergoing cosmetic abdominoplasty were randomized to receive either 6-12 mg.

[Dentigerous cysts. Developmental aspects. Apropos of 3 cases].

Dentigerous cysts, also called follicularor corono-dental cysts, are malformative odontogenic cysts in the WHO classification of odontogenic tumors. We review the general characteristics of these frequent odontogenic tumors which always occur in associated with an included tooth. Diagnosis is based on clinical features, X-ray findings and pathology results.

[Desmoplastic malignant melanoma of the ear. A case report].

A case of desmoplastic melanoma in a 72-year-old patient is reported. In the light of this case, the authors review the literature and analyse the therapeutic implications.

[Retiform hemangioendothelioma].

Hemangioendotheliomas are vascular tumors of intermediate malignancy considered as low-grade angiosarcomas. The authors report two cases of a distinctive type, named retiform hemangioendothelioma because of its particular morphologic features, and recently delineated by Calonje and al. This tumor of the skin recurs frequently but has a very low metastatic rate.