Global sensitivity analysis and Bayesian parameter inference for solute transport in porous media colonized by biofilms.

The concept of dual flowing continuum is a promising approach for modeling solute transport in porous media that includes biofilm phases. The highly dispersed transit time distributions often generated by these media are taken into consideration by simply stipulating that advection-dispersion transport occurs through both the porous and the biofilm phases. Both phases are coupled but assigned with contrasting hydrodynamic properties.

[Axonal neuropathy revealing pleural lymphoma as a long-term outcome of therapeutic pneumothorax].

Peripheral neuropathy is a rare presenting feature of malignant lymphoma, and commonly associated with diagnostic delay. We report a patient with axonal neuropathy revealing primary pleural lymphoma as a late outcome of pulmonary tuberculosis. A 72-year-old-man with a past medical history of pulmonary tuberculosis presented with a 5-month history of axonal neuropathy.

[Family transmission of atopic organ manifestations and allergen sensitizing in 659 Tunisian families].

Background: The atopic family transmission is the topic of many studies. In addition to the allergy total transmission, which is well established, it seems that atopic organ manifestations and their gravity are family transmitted. To our knowledge, very few authors studied the specific transmission of allergen sensitizing.

[Clinical epidemiology of primary lung cancer in Tunisia. 100 cases].

Background: Lung cancer is frequent and its incidence is increasing inTunisia and in all over the world. Few published Tunisian studies have described epidemiology of lung cancer.

Aim: To report the clinical features and outcomes of lung cancer in Tunisia from a retrospective review of 100 consecutive patients seen in F.

[Contribution of serum total immunoglobulin E measurement in the diagnosis of respiratory allergic diseases].

Background: Serum total IgE measurement is one of the first allergic inflammation marker test. It has been currently used for the diagnosis of allergy. However, when it has been widely used in clinical practice, we discover its limit in the diagnosis of allergic disease.

[Soft tissue metastasis revealing an asymptomatic bronchial adenocarcinoma].

Skeletal muscle metastases from non-small-cell lung cancer are uncommon. We report a case of lung adenocarcinoma disclosed by metastatic dissemination to a forearm muscle. A 46-year-old man consulted for a painful mass of the right forearm.

[Primary pulmonary angiosarcoma].

Pulmonary angiosarcoma is an uncommon vascular and usually secondary tumor. Only a few primary cases of pulmonary angiosarcoma have been described. We report a case of primary pulmonary angiosarcoma in an adult man who presented with hemoptysis.

[Cardiovascular complications of sleep apnea syndromes].

The high incidence of association between sleep apnea syndrome and cardiac disturbance was widely descripted during the last decade and has been the target of intensive investigation. Our retrospective study included 12 patients with sleep apnea syndrome diagnosed by polysomnography. 7 patients had HTA with left ventricular hypertrophy (5 cases).

[Pseudo-tumoral aspergilloma].

Aspergilloma is the most common form of pulmonary aspergillosis, generally developing pre-existing lung cavities. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy is required in case of hemoptysis. We report the case of a 74-year-old man with pulmonary aspergilloma where fiberoptic bronchoscopy visualized mycetoma and cavitation.

[Basis and guidelines for empirical antibody therapy in the management of community-acquired pneumonia].

The choice of the antibiotic should be based on clinical, chest X-ray radiography and essentially microbiologic criteria. Incurrent practice treatment is more often empiric based on epidemiologic characteristics of the microbiologic agents and the particularities of each patient. A satisfactory approach requires, in addition, a perfect knowledge of different available antibiotics and the resistance of certain etiologic pathogens to these latters.

[Diagnosis of an opacity at the lung base: intrathoracic kidney].

A 72-year-old patient was admitted for exploration of an opacity of the left base discovered fortuitously on a routine chest x-ray. Initial blood tests were normal. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was normal.