A new presentation of isolated cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease: Eruptive xanthoma-like lesions.

Rosai-Dorfman disease or sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy is a benign lympho-histiocytic proliferative disorder initially described with bilateral painless lymphadenopathy (90 %), fever, leukocytosis, elevated ESR, anemia, and polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia (90 %). Extranodal forms occur in 43% of cases, the skin being the most common site. Around 10% of patients have skin lesions and in 3%, the disease is limited exclusively to the skin.

Keloidectomy with core fillet flap and intralesional verapamil injection for recurrent earlobe keloids.

Background: Earlobe keloids are usually recalcitrant to treatment and have a high rate of recurrence. Verapamil is a calcium channel antagonist that has been shown to inhibit the synthesis/secretion of extracellular matrix molecules and increase collagenase.

Objectives: This prospective study was designed to evaluate the results of treatment of recurrent earlobe keloids using keloidectomy with core fillet flap and intralesional verapamil injection.

Effect of Weight Loss on Postural Changes in Pulmonary Function in Obese Subjects: A Longitudinal Study.

Background: Postural changes are known to affect normal lung volumes. A reduction in sitting to supine functional residual capacity (FRC) is well-described in non-obese subjects adopting a supine position. However, postural changes in lung volumes in the obese require further exploration.

Congenital papulonodular eruption: presenting sign of congenital leukaemia cutis.

Congenital leukaemia (CL) is a rare malignancy that accounts for < 1% of cases of childhood leukaemias. Leukaemia cutis (LC) refers to cutaneous infiltration with leukaemic cells, and is seen in 30-50% of CL cases. It may precede, follow or occur simultaneously with leukaemia.

Impact of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic gastric bypass on HbA1c blood level and pharmacological treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in severe or morbidly obese patients. Results of a multicenter prospective study at 1 year.

Gastric bypass (GBP) has proved its efficacy 30 years ago in the management of diabetes mellitus (T2DM) for severe obese patients. More recently, interesting results have been published after sleeve gastrectomy (SG) in the same indication. Between 2005 and 2008, three bariatric centers have prospectively collected the data of T2DM patients treated by laparoscopic gastric bypass (LGBP) or laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG).

Progressive macular hypomelanosis among Egyptian patients: a clinicopathological study.

Background: Progressive macular hypomelanosis (PMH) is a disease of unclear etiology. Propionbacterium acnes (P. acnes) was claimed to be an etiological factor.

[Haemorrhage delivery. About 65 cases].

The delivery haemorrhage is actually a problem of public health. It is responsible of 31.5 % of the maternal death in Tunisia.

[Effectiveness of hormonal therapy of endometrioid ovarian cysts].

Patients with ovarian endometriosis have been examined during the follicular and luteal phase of the ovulatory and the second phase of the anovulatory cycles. Estradiol and progesterone blood concentrations measured on operation days and during the respective ovulatory phases were in a normal range. Ovulation and endometrial hyperplasia reduced basal progesterone concentrations.