Publications by authors named "A Rhanim"
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- * The case involves a 54-year-old woman who initially had treatment for tuberculosis and later developed superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) with an unclear cause.
- * In 2023, she was diagnosed with mediastino-pulmonary sarcoidosis type II but remained stable without needing specific treatment, highlighting that while malignancies typically cause SVCS, benign conditions like sarcoidosis should also be considered.
Background: Dyspnea is a subjective symptom of asthma whose perception is characterized by an interindividual variability. Poor dyspnea perception is usually associated with increased risk of exacerbation and may lead to inappropriate asthma management and under-treatment. We sought to identify factors associated with discrepancies between poor dyspnea perception and abnormal lung function in patients with moderate persistent asthma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAchalasia is a neurodegenerative motor disease of the esophagus resulting mainly from a loss of function of the lower esophageal sphincter, the pathophysiology of which is still poorly understood. Its incidence is rare-it is 1.6 per 100,000-and its occurrence in the context of paraneoplastic syndrome has been rarely described in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoxalgia causes osteocartilaginous destructions of the hip joint; these lesions are responsible for severe pain leading to functional discomfort and limitations in everyday life. Their surgical treatment is still not well established. The aim of our study was to demonstrate the interest of total hip arthroplasty associated with anti-tuberculous chemotherapy to improve patients' quality of life.
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