Proportion, domains, and risk factors of cognitive impairment in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Objective: Cognitive impairment (CI) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is quite common and is an important prognostic factor due to its severity. The aim of our study was to determine the proportion and type of CI in SLE and to identify associated risk factors.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study (January - March 2022).

Student interest and perception of ethical reasoning learning: Insights from medical education.

Introduction: Medical ethics teaching is one of the pillars of medical education. Ethical reasoning learning (ERL) is one of the means of teaching medical ethics.

Objective: The aim of our study was to evaluate the pedagogical interest and the students' perceptions of ERL in directed teaching in internal medicine among fifth-year students.

Epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics of Behçet's disease: a monocentric study in Tunisia.

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.

Myxofibrosarcoma of the leg: A diagnostic challenge.

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.

Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: About 40 Cases.

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the etiologic profile of hypertension (HTN) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A retrospective analysis was performed on 153 patients with SLE who attended our center for 16 years from January 2000 to December 2016. The diagnosis of SLE was established according to the classification criteria of the American College of Rheumatology in 1990.

Predictive factors of the lupus nephritis in a Tunisian cohort.

Introduction: Renal involvement is a common and serious manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and it is life-threatening.

Aim: To identify the predictive factors of the lupus nephritis (LN).

Methods: A descriptive, analytical, single-centre, retrospective study of 115 patients with SLE (ACR 1997) was carried out in an internal medicine department for a period of 20 years from 1997 until 2017.

Kaposi's Sarcoma Presenting as Lymphadenopathy in an Immunocompetent Patient.

Introduction: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an angioproliferative disorder first described in 1872 by Moritz Kaposi. Four main clinical presentations of KS have been described: classic, endemic, iatrogenic and epidemic. KS involvement of the lymph nodes is extremely uncommon in the classical variant form, especially if it precedes the skin manifestations.

[Etiologic profile of digital necrosis in an internal medicine department].

Background: Digital necrosis is a frequent event in vascular pathology. They are multiple etiologies and are the translation of a general or locoregional pathology. The aim of our study was to clarify the various causes of digital necrosis in an internal medicine department.

Renal paraneoplastic vasculitis complicating lung adenocarcinoma.

Renal paraneoplastic vasculitis (RNPV) is rare. It can be revealed by glomerulonephritis, microaneurysms or renal failure. RPNV may precede the onset of the primary tumor, and treatment and prognosis depend on the etiology (primary tumor).