[Lumbar nerve root pain with fever in tropical area: posterior spinal tuberculosis].

The purpose of this report is to describe the case of tuberculosis osteitis of the posterior vertebral arch in a 35-year-old man with recent history of pulmonary tuberculosis. Clinical findings were pain due to bilateral inflammation of the lumbar nerve roots, fistulised cold abcess and motor deficit in both lower extremities. The tomodensitometry demonstrated a lytic bone lesion involving the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra in association with spondylitis and a large paravertebral abscess with calcification typical of tuberculosis.

[Ultrasound diagnosis of fetal malformations in utero: apropos of 30 cases].

This study assess the incidence of fetal malformations and the contribution of ultrasound scans to their diagnosis in utero. We reviewed the files of 1,960 pregnant women of whom 30 (1.53%) had malformed fetuses.

[Postpartum mesenteric-portal thrombosis of pseudotumor presentation].

Portal thrombosis complicating delivery has not been reported to date. We report on a 28-year-old woman who presented 15 days after abdominal delivery with an abdominal mass. US, color Doppler and CT showed thrombosis of the superior mesenteric and portal veins.

[Morphometry of the prostate in Black Africans. Apropos of 300 cases].

Sus-pubic route real time echographic, has allowed to determinate prostatic dimensions (antero-posterior, diameter, APD; mean transversal diameter: MID, cranio candal length CCL) volume and weight in the Black African on 300 subjects. The mean values of these parameter do not differ from European an American values. They increase progressively with age.