Uterine rupture is a life-threatening obstetric complication. The purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiological features, maternal and foetal prognosis and different treatment options for uterine rupture in healthy and scarred uteri. We conducted a retrospective monocentric descriptive and analytical study of 60 cases of uterine rupture collected in the Department of Gynaecology-Obstetrics of the Center of Maternity and Neonatology, Monastir, from 2017 to 2021.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Importance: Desmoid fibromatosis is a benign monoclonal fibroblastic tumor that was first reported in 1832 and arises from musculoaponeurotic structures. It is an uncommon tumor that can mimic breast carcinoma in both hits clinical and radiological presentation. This entity mainly affects patients in their fourth and fifth decades of life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: SARS-CoV-2 is described to cause mild to moderate symptoms in children. To date, clinical data and symptoms of the Delta variant in pediatric patients are lacking.
Aim: To describe clinical characteristics and outcomes of infants admitted in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) during the period of Delta variant predominance.
We report herein a case series of infants, with no comorbidities, who developed a life-threatening illness due to the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of children, aged under 15 years, admitted to PICU, during the peak of Delta infection, between June 23 and August 16 2021, with severe and critical forms of SARS-CoV-2 infection, confirmed by RT-PCR. Twenty infants were included, the median age was 47 days (IQR: 26.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHydatidosis is a widespread anthropozoonosis. It can affect almost any part of the body, but it occurs most commonly in the liver (75%) and the lungs (15%). Its occurrence in female genital tract, especially the uterus, is very rare.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this study was to describe the clinical, radiological, histological and therapeutic features of breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy. We performed a review of all medical records of patients with breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy in the Maternity and Neonatal Center, Monastir-Tunisia, over the period 2004-2019. We collected data on 15 cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMediterr J Hematol Infect Dis
March 2021
Background: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a new emerging severe disease that is temporally related to previous exposure to coronavirus infection disease (COVID-19).
Aim: To describe the clinical features, laboratory findings, therapies, and outcomes for the first Tunisian cluster admissions of critically ill children with severe MIS-C.
Methods: Retrospective study conducted from November 01 to November 30, 2020According to the WHO definition case, we included eight children aged less than 15 years who were admitted to our pediatric intensive care and met MIS-C criteria.
Endometrial stromal sarcomas are rare tumors affecting young women. Diagnosis is most often made after surgery. We here report the case of a 22-year-old girl admitted with pelvic pain associated with metrorrhagias.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeoadjuvant chemotherapy has become the first-line treatment for locally advanced breast cancers. On the one hand, it allows for increasing options of breast conservation without an increased risk of recurrence, on the other hand it allows for locoregional control of patients with inoperable cancer. However, some clinical, radiological and histological factors are associated with an increased risk of mastectomy, such as microcalcifications, multifocality, SBR1 and 2 grade, cT3 and cT4 stages and overexpressed HER2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPartial hydatiform mole (MHP) represents a spectrum of trophoblastic-related disorders occurring during pregnancy. Also known as embryonal mole, it is characterized by a recognizable ovum abnormality with vesicular transformation of villi but with recognizable placental appearance and amniotic cavity containing the fetus. First-trimester spontaneous abortion most commonly suggests the diagnosis.
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July 2020
Introduction: Abdominal pregnancy is a rare type of ectopic pregnancies associated with a high mortality rate. Symptoms are not specific and usually resemble the other types of ectopic pregnancies. Medical management is used in cases where a potentially lethal hemorrhage can be anticipated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSarcomas are a heterogeneous group of malignant tumors that come from mesenchymal tissues. Undifferentiated sarcoma represents approximately 20% of soft tissue sarcomas. This entity represents approximately 20% of soft tissue sarcomas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFErysipelas is a non-necrotizing acute dermal hypodermatitis most often of streptococcal origin. It most often affects the lower limbs. Erysipelas on surgical scar has been rarely reported in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInvasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) of the breast accounts for 5-15% of breast cancers. It is classified as the second most frequent histological type after non-specific invasive cancer (NSIC) and its prevalence has seen a marked increase. Clinical and radiological diagnosis is difficult.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntraoperative search for the sentinal node using patent blue is considered a non risk procedure. We emphasize the highly exceptional nature of this adverse effect previously observed in other disciplines using this coloring agent. We present a case of allergic reaction to patent blue in a patient who underwent left mastectomy with sentinel lymph node.
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