[Palliative surgery of esophageal cancer in Djibouti: the value of colonic esophagoplasty].

Because of delayed diagnosis in Black Africa, esophageal cancer is often seen at an advanced stage when dysphagia is total and eating becomes impossible. At this stage, palliative surgery is the only alternative to enable the patient to eat. Over a 27 month period in Djibouti, palliative therapy for esophageal cancer was indicated in 49 patients and surgery was performed in 37 of these patients.

[Intrathoracic Pott's abscesses, radiologic pitfalls for the pneumologist].

The authors have conducted a retrospective study of 200 cases of tuberculous spondylitis, and wish to draw attention to the clinical and, chiefly, radiological aspects of the disease. Intrathoracic Pott's abscesses are principally observed in developing countries but they are not exceptional in France, and their varied semeiology deserves to be described.