Publications by authors named "A Ghaoui"
Primary or idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis, first described by Ormond in 1948, is a rare and elusive diagnosis, requiring a high level of suspicion. Patients usually present with entrapment of retroperitoneal organs, the most common being the ureters, causing hydronephrosis and acute kidney injury. Here, we present the case of a 56-year-old male presenting for recurrent and intermittent scrotal edema.
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- Polycythemia vera (PV) is frequently linked to Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT), especially during the postpartum period, where complications like heparin-induced thrombocytopenia/thrombosis (HIT/T) can worsen the condition.
- In a described case, a woman developed subacute BCS and PVT post-delivery, diagnosed via imaging techniques, and treatment initially included a successful transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure.
- After complications arose due to HIT/T, the TIPS was repeated, and alternative anticoagulation with Fondaparinux and vitamin K antagonists was initiated
Background: There are still controversies about the integration of breast cancer as a part of the disease spectrum in Lynch syndrome.
Methods: A regular follow-up of a Lebanese pedigree with Lynch syndrome due to a point mutation of MSH2 gene at the splice donor site of intron 3 started in 1996.
Results: A 26-year-old pregnant woman, mutation carrier, developed an aggressive breast cancer, refractory to standard chemotherapy regimens.
Gynecological tumors revealing hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer: analysis of a large Lebanese pedigree.
Int J Gynecol Cancer
December 2006
The objective of this study was to evaluate the aggregation of colorectal cancer (CRC) and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC)-related extracolonic cancers in an extended Lebanese family with HNPCC. This was a pedigree analysis and a prospective follow-up over an 8-year period. The causative germ line mutation was detected using denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of short fluorescent fragments, and direct DNA sequencing of purified PCR products.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Utilization of CO2 lasers in continuous or pulsed mode for conizations: apropos of 230 cases].
Gynecol Obstet Fertil
October 2000
Objective: A retrospective study with the aim of analysing efficiency, anatomical and functional consequences of a conservative methodology for the treatment of cervical intra-epithelial neoplasias (CIN) using carbon dioxide laser.
Materials And Method: Two hundred and thirty patients were treated and studied with an average waiting period of 38 months. During the study new methodology allowed a cut in the pulse regimen with adjustments in high energy levels.