Primary retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenoma: A case report with review of literature.

Introduction And Importance: Primary Retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenoma (PRMC) is an extremely rare benign tumor, predominantly occurring in women, with unclear pathogenesis.

Case Presentation: A 31-year-old woman, with no medical or surgical history, presented with left flank pain.

Clinical Discussion: An abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed an 11cm retroperitoneal cyst.

[Thyrotoxicosis revelated by bilateral hip fracture].

Hyperthyroidism is an important cause of secondary osteoporosis and therefore of fractures. Nevertheless, facing an osteoporotic fracture, we do not systematically seek after such thyroid disorder in our daily practice. In this purpose, we report the case of 73 year old women, presented with a bilateral pathological femoral neck fracture.

[Arthritis of the hip in spondylarthorpathy: retrospective study about 126 cases].

Purpose: To determine epidemiological and clinical features of arthritis of the hip in a Tunisian population of spondylarthrpathy (SA).

Patients And Methods: This is a retrospective study about patients suffering from SA treated in a rheumatology unit. A radiological investigation of the pelvis was systematically performed on each patient.

[Rheumatologic manifestations of hypothyroidism].

Rheumatologic manifestations are varied during the hypothyroidism. They can be articular, abarticular, muscular or osseous, consequences of an inappropriate hormonal secretion. Their diagnosis is easy when hypothyroidism is known, but they can be inaugural.

Vitamin D deficiency in Tunisia.

This study seeks to estimate the status of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] in a healthy section of the population in Tunisia and to compare the achieved results with other published data. A transverse descriptive inquiry was carried out between January and March 2002. Three hundred and eighty-nine subjects aged 20-60 years were included in the study.

[A voluminous foraminal and extra foraminal disk hernia mimicking a tumor].

In some cases, disc herniation can be voluminous and can then constitute a differential diagnosis with tumours. We report the case of a 46 years-old female with sciatica and crural neuralgia which resisted to medical treatment. X-rays exams were normal, but the computerized tomography showed a voluminous mass in contact with the L5 nervous root and which was developed in the psoas major muscle.