[Comparing data from ultrasound with electroneuromyography in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome].

This study aims to evaluate the advantages of ultrasound in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome by comparing it with electroneuromyography (ENMG). We conducted a cross-sectional study over a period of 6 months. All patients underwent ultrasound with measurement of the surface of the median nerve at the entrance of the carpal tunnel and electroneuromyographic examination of both wrists.

[Ankylosing spondylitis associated with Still's disease: should it be considered a pathophysiologic link or a simple association?].

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory rheumatism; it is part of the group of spondyloarthrites. General signs such as fever and weight loss are of little importance. Adult Still's disease is a rare systemic condition, a diagnosis of exclusion commonly characterized by high hectic fever, rash, arthritis and various systemic manifestations.

Chronic tophaceous gout with unusual large tophi: case report.

Gout is a metabolic disease, which is characterized by acute or chronic arthritis, and deposition of monosodium urate crystals in joint, bones, soft tissues, and kidneys. But large tophi are unusual in chronic gout. We report the case of a 67-year-oldArabman presenting chronic tophaceous gout with unusual large tophi involving multiple joints: hands, feet, elbows, and knees.

An unusual manifestation in a patient with adult-onset Still's disease: Minimal glomerular lesion.

Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a multisystem inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. It is characterized by arthritis, hectic fever, transient rash and visceral lesions such as pleuropericarditis, lymphadenopathy and hepato splenomegaly. Although kidney involvement may appear in some cases of AOSD, minimal glomerular lesion (MGL) has not been described.

Calcification of the alar ligament of the cervical spine in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.

Calcification of the alar ligament is rare. It usually develops as a result of traumatic injury and is especially prominent in the elderly. CT scanning is the gold standard of the diagnosis.