[Peripheral nerve diseases disclosing Horton's disease (2 cases)].

Peripheral nerves are rarely involved in Horton's disease, and when peripheral neuropathy predominates in the clinical complex it is sometimes a source of diagnostic errors. We report two cases of giant cell arteritis revealed by peripheral neuropathy.

[Treatment of femoro-popliteal thrombosis by peripheral angioplasty. Value of the laser].

In a series of 197 dilatations of the peripheral arteries performed over a 5-year period (1980-1985), 38 concerned complete thrombosis (less than 12 cm long) of the femoral and popliteal arteries. While in patients with femoral stenosis (n = 49) the primary success rate was 95 p. 100 with an annual recurrence rate of 8 p.

[Value of the analysis of lipoproteins after myocardial infarction].

Lipid and apoprotein constituents of plasma lipoproteins were determined in survivors of myocardial infarction in relation to a control population. Compared to controls, the patients had significantly higher concentrations of total triglycerides, VLDL + LDL - cholesterol and apo-B, but lower concentrations of HLD-cholesterol, HDL2-cholesterol, HDL3-cholesterol, apo A-I and A-II. Survivors with normal lipaemia also had perturbations in HDL and subfractions (HDL2 and HDL3).