[Echinococcosis of the rib with epidural extension].

Osseous hydatidosis, especially when located in the rib, is a very rare disease. Less than 50 cases of costal echinococcosis have been reported in the literature to date. The authors report a case of echinococcosis of the rib with epidural extension in a 76-year-old patient presenting paraparesis.

Congenital cataract etiology.

Aim: Our purpose is to study the aetiologies of congenital cataracts, and to establish an approach to decision making of etiological diagnosis.

Methods: We included 85 children in a cross sectional study. The mean age was 4.

[Broncholithiasis].

Introduction: Broncholithiasis is defined as the presence of calcified material in the bronchial lumen. The aim of our work was to study the clinical, radiological and therapeutic aspects of broncholithiasis.

Observations: We report the histories of 6 patients identified over 14 years (1990-2004).

[A rare complication of antineoplastic BCG therapy: pulmonary tuberculosis].

Local treatment with intra vesical BCG for bladder carcinoma have few complications. Pulmonary side effects are rare, like interstitial pneumonitis. We report a case of a 77-year-old man, treated with BCG for bladder carcinoma who developed illness and tumoral chest-X-ray opacity.