[Primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy without cutaneous involvement (Currarino's disease)].

Introduction: Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) is a syndrome associating hippocratic fingers, arthropathy and periostosis of long bones. Currarino's disease, considered at present as a clinical form of primary HOA, is characterized by the absence of pachydermia.

Observation: A 24-year-old Caucasian man, consulted for a painful swelling of both ankles that had developed over the past year.

[Pelvic hydatidosis in women. Apropos of 3 cases].

In 80 to 90% of cases, hydatid disease affects the liver and the lung. In only 2% of cases is it localised in the pelvis. On the clinical level there is no specific sign of pelvic hydatid disease.