[Low cost telepathology].

Low cost, high-quality consumer-type digital cameras are now available on the market to be used for taking macrophotographs and microphotographs by simply fixing the camera over the eyepiece of a conventional light microscope using an adaptator. The quality of the images obtained is as good as obtained with more expensive materials using Tri CCD cameras. Using the JPEG format for compression, the image file size is approximately 180 Ko.

Giant-cell tumour involving the cranial vault: imaging and treatment.

A giant-cell tumour involving the cranial vault was diagnosed in a 37-year-old man who presented with a large swelling at the vertex. The role of imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of this tumour is described. On CT and MRI the appearances were nonspecific and the diagnosis was established by histological examination after removal of the tumour.

[Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis. Apropos of a case].

The authors report a case of disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis (DPL) occurring in a post-menopausal woman not using hormone replacement therapy. Her past history included a subtotal hysterectomy, with preservation of the adnexae, for metromenorrhagia due to a leiomyomatous uterus. This case confirms data in the literature concerning presentation, symptomatology, macroscopic appearance and histology.

[Inflammatory polyp: a rare benign endobronchial tumor].

We report a case of inflammatory polyp in a male patient, which was totally obstructing the left main bronchus but could be removed by simple endoscopic traction. The polyp was responsible for an absence of left lung ventilation which in turn produced by reflex an absence of left lung perfusion completely reversible after removal of the polyp. Inflammatory polyp is a rare benign tumour.

[Ovarian tumors and cysts after 50 years of age. Retrospective study from 1979 to 1989 at the Foch hospital].

This is a retrospective study carried out between the years 1979 and 1989 to look at the anatomopathology of tumours and ovarian cysts occurring in women over 50 years of age who had operations in our department. We found a raised incidence of malignant tumours (30%) when a late diagnosis is made (70% diagnosed at stages 3 and 4). There was a higher incidence of fibrothecomas (10%) along with the nine tumours.