[Self-amputation of the penis treated immediately: Case report and review of the literature].

Self-amputation of the penis treated immediately: case report and review of the literature. Self-amputation of the penis is rare in urological practice. It occurs more often in a context psychotic disease.

[67 cases of face and neck cellulitis managed at the Brazzaville Teaching Hospital].

Introduction: Face and neck cellulitis is an infection of cellular adipose tissues of the head and neck. These are common complications but true diagnostic and therapeutic emergencies. We had for aim to analyze the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of these infections treated under local anesthesia at the Brazzaville teaching hospital.

[Contribution of vascular ultrasonography in patients with ischemic strokes in Brazzaville (Congo)].

Objective: To determine the prevalence of the carotid lesions during ischemic strokes.

Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study, conducted in Brazzaville from January 2011 to June 2012 in a consecutive series of 73 patients, victims of a transient ischemic attack or ischemic stroke, documented by a brain computed tomography. All patients underwent vascular ultrasonography of the supra-aortic trunks, carried out within the framework of etiological assessment.

[Gender and stroke in Brazzaville].

Background: The relationship between gender and cerebrovascular disease is controversial. The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship between gender and vascular risk factors, biological variables and the severity of the neurological deficit in stroke.

Methods: This cross-sectional study, conducted from March to August 2011 in the department of neurology of the university hospital of Brazzaville which included all patients hospitalized for confirmed stroke.