[Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma occurring in periodic disease: apropos of a case].

Introduction: Peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare malignant neoplasm that might be linked to chronic peritoneal inflammation. As well, the association peritoneal mesothelioma-familial Mediterranean fever is uncommon.

Exegesis: We report the case of a 60-year-old man who presented for 30 years with standard periodic familial Mediterranean fever accompanied by acute abdominal episodes, sensitive to colchicine.

[A one-year prospective study of disodium etidronate versus 17 beta estradiol in the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis].

This prospective, controlled, nonrandomized, one-year trial in women included less than ten years after menopause was designed to compare the preventive efficacy on postmenopausal bone loss of replacement percutaneous 17 beta estradiol versus intermittent disodium etidronate. Twenty-five patients took oral disodium etidronate in a daily dosage of 200 mg in two-month courses separated by two-month intervals, with 1 g/day elemental calcium. Twenty-three patients used percutaneous 17 beta estradiol in daily dosage of 1.

[Chronotherapy of tenoxicam].

A study was carried out in order to investigate the chronotherapy (dosing time dependency) of an NSAID, the tenoxicam administered in ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis of the hip. These variations in efficacy exist as much for pain as for stiffness and maximum efficacy is obtained with administration at 8 am or 12 pm. Since the tolerance was good, we recommend midday as an optimal once-a-day dosing time.

[Primary hyperparathyroidism. History].

The term primary hyperparathyroidism currently refers to the clinical and biological manifestations resulting from the hypersecretion of parathyroid hormone by one or several parathyroid adenomas. This entity is a recent one since it goes back to 1925. The clinical picture resulting from this anomaly, were first described as Recklinghausen's fibrous osteitis, which was not justified since Recklinghausen had not established the relationship between the clinical manifestations and the adenoma discovered by Mandl, then under the name of parathyroid osteosis.

[Fibroblastic rheumatism. A clinical and histological entity].

In 1980 was described for the first time a disease which seemed unknown until then. From that time three cases have been published. The current study summarizes their common characteristic, combining joint involvements to nodular-type involvements to systemic involvement, i.

[Arthroscopy of the non-inflamed knee (traumatic or not). Apropos of 500 cases].

Arthroscopy is not a new technique, as it has been in use for more than half a century, but it is now coming of age. On the basis of 500 cases, the authors demonstrate its value in the investigation and treatment of internal derangements of the knee for which it is very often difficult to make an aetiological diagnosis. In the case of meniscectomy, it makes up for the lack of formal reliability of arthrography.

[Treatment of psoriatic rheumatism].

The authors report on the results of a cooperative study done in collaboration with dermatologists and rheumatologists in order to determine the therapeutic incompatibilities resulting from the co-existence of two diseases, both of unknown cause, namely arthropathies and dermopathies. They make an non exhaustive review of the litearature concerning the different medical or physical methods used. They attempt to outline a therapeutic schema according to the different clinical forms and the more or less large extent of the skin disease.

[Cervical arthrosic myelopathies. Study of a series of 35 cases. Pathogenetic and therapeutic reflections].

A series of 35 myelopathies was studied. The clinical characteristics are detailed. Gaseous myelography remains the best contrast test for establishing this diagnosis, making it possible to distinguish between spinal cords with constriction by stages and "trestle spinal cords" these two conditions often seem related.

[Acute leukaemias after treatment using cytotoxic agents for rheumatological purpose. 19 cases among 2006 patients(author's transl)].

The authors undertook a retrospective study to determine the number of acute leukaemias developing amongst 2006 patients suffering from chronic inflammatory rheumatic conditions and connective tissue disorders, treated with cytotoxic agents. The follow-up period ranged from 1 to 13 years. Nineteen leukaemias were found, essentially granulocytic, with a latent period of 5.

[Value of metrizamide myelography with tomodensitometry for study of the cervical spine].

52 metrizamide myelographies practiced with tomodensitometry were studies (23 normal cases); 6 cervicarthrosic myelopathies; 2 intra medullar tumors; 1 extra medullar tumor; 19 syringomyelias). The technical procedures are discussed for the different diseases. This test has proven highly interesting for the study of syringomyelias and tumors.

[Cases of acute leukaemia following immunosuppressive therapy for disseminated sclerosis and for Behçet's syndrome (author's transl)].

On the basis of two personal cases of acute leukaemia occurring following immunosuppressive therapy for disseminated sclerosis and for Behçet's syndrome, the literature is reviewed. Thirty three similar detailed cases were collected. They are characterised in general by the prolonged use of immunosuppression.