[Treatment of cyclic attacks of acute intermittent porphyria with an LH-RH agonist administered by the intranasal route].

A 31 year old woman suffering of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) developed within 9 months 7 cyclical attacks occurring in a average of 5,2 days before menses. In order to inhibit ovulation, we experiment a long-acting agonist LH-RH (D-SER (TBU) 6-EA10 LH-RH--Buserelin) administered during 8 months by nasal spray. Menses did not occur during the test and the patient developed only 2 attacks.

Contribution to the aetiology of diabetes insipidus: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection.

A case concerning a young man presenting with polyuria and polydipsia which were preceded 1 month earlier by a febrile enteritis is reported. The role of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in diabetes insipidus of this type is discussed on the basis of clinical, biological and evolutional criteria.

[Systemic manifestations and diseases related to positive serology for Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Apropos of 9 observations].

A series of 9 cases of systemic affections associated with positive serology for yersinia pseudotuberculosis is reported. The clinical presentation of four cases was classical reactive arthritis with or without erythema nodosa; in two cases the patients had sacroileitis or Reiter's syndrome. The other three patients had unusual presentations: one Löfgren's syndrome, one cutaneous leukocytoclasis vasculitis with polyarthritis and glomerulonephritis, and one rhizomelic pseudopolyarthritis.