Publications by authors named "B Ben Dhaou"
[Pneumomediastinum as a rare complication in connective tissue disease].
Rev Mal Respir
January 2025
Otherwise known as mediastinal emphysema, pneumomediastinum (PNM) in connective tissue diseases is a rare clinical entity. Few cases have been described in the literature. In fact, it only exceptionally complicates the evolution of connective tissue diseases.
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- The study aimed to evaluate the renal response to three different immunosuppressive treatment protocols for patients with proliferative lupus nephritis in Tunisia over a 23-year period.
- The findings revealed that 94.1% of patients on the High CYP regimen achieved a renal response, significantly outperforming both the Low CYP (67.5%) and MMF (61.9%) regimens.
- The High CYP treatment was linked to better outcomes in terms of renal response, although it also had a higher incidence of severe adverse events compared to the other two protocols.
Introduction: to describe the epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic and evolving characteristics of Behçet´s disease and identify prognostic factors.
Methods: we have realized a retrospective, single-center study, conducted over a period of 26 years and including 130 patients presenting Behçet´s disease and hospitalized in an Internal Medicine Department.
Results: the mean age of the Behçet´s disease at onset was 30.
We should keep in mind slowly growing malignancies when the lesion is located close to the synovial regions of the extremities. The diagnosis of certainty of myxofibrosarcoma is histological and is based on the demonstration of the myxoid matrix, fibroblastic cells with a curvilinear arrangement of the vessels.
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