Publications by authors named "Camille Junca-Laplace"
Disseminated tuberculosis after anti-TNF alpha treatment: Do not blindly trust the IGRA test.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
February 2024
Article Synopsis
- Interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) is a test used to detect latent tuberculosis (TB) before starting certain biological treatments for inflammatory rheumatism.
- A case study of a 50-year-old woman highlights that she had a negative IGRA test before starting adalimumab for her axial spondyloarthritis, but later developed disseminated TB with severe symptoms.
- The case emphasizes the limitations of IGRA in detecting active TB, the need for thorough risk assessment before biological treatments, and the possibility of false-negative IGRA results.
Background: Anterior lumbar approach, routinely used in spinal surgery, provides many advantages, specifically avoidance of manipulation and potential injury to nervous system structures; it also provides indirect central and foraminal decompression, with a complication rate of 1%-3%. Chyloretroperitoneum is a rare complication of spinal procedures using anterior lumbar approach. The aim of this study was to discuss diagnosis, treatment, and management of chyloretroperitoneum based on review of the international literature through 2017.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency of gastric wall fatty infiltration in patients without overt gastrointestinal disease.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective study included patients who underwent unenhanced MDCT for renal colic. Two radiologists reviewed all of the images and evaluated for the presence of gastric wall fatty infiltration.