Right Intraventricular Metastasis of Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma Detected on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography.

Cardiac metastasis from lung cancer is rare. They are clinically silent and often diagnosed only postmortem. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides interesting information about the tissue characterization and vascularization of the tumor.

[IManagement of patients with relapsed primary naso-sinusal tuberculosis].

Primary naso-sinusal tuberculosis (TB) is a relatively rare or exceptional disorder characterized by polymorphic or non-specific clinical manifestation. Diagnosis is based on anatomo-pathological examination and mycobacteriology test of biopsy specimen. Predictor of good outcome is early conventional anti-tuberculous antibiotic therapy.

[A rare cause of posterior mediastinal tumors: mediastinal hydatid cyst].

Mediastinal hydatid cyst is extremely rare even in endemic areas, representing 0-4% of all hydatid cyst locations. We report the case of a 50-year old patient admitted to our Department with a mass in the left dorsal paraspinal region; chest X-ray showed posterior left basal opacity. Chest CT scan showed posterior mediastinal mass located in the left costovertebral gutter extending from D9 to D11.

[Tuberculous pyopneumothorax: about 18 cases].

Tuberculous pyopneumothorax is a rare but serious complication of evolutive pulmonary tuberculosis. We report a series of 18 cases with tuberculous pyopneumothorax admitted to the Pneumo-Phthisiology Department of the Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital in Rabat between January 2005 and December 2009. Our study included 15 men and 3 women, the average age was 35 ± 7 years.

[Pleuropulmonary metastasis revealing a malignant melanoma of the conjunctiva in a young subject].

Melanoma of the conjunctiva is a rare tumor with incidence from 0,03 to 0,08 cases per 100000 white population. Metastatic malignant melanoma represents approximately 5% of all secondary malignant lung tumors. We report the unexpected discovery of a pulmonary and pleural metastasis from a conjunctival melanoma in a young subject.