Nasopharyngeal carcinoma incidence in North Tunisia: negative trends in adults but not adolescents, 1994-2006.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is the second most common neoplasm of head and neck in Tunisia. The distribution is bimodal with a first period occurrence between 15 and 20 years old and a second peak at around 50 years of age. Undifferentiated carcinoma of nasopharynx type III (UCNT) is the predominant histological type (93.

Predictive factors of morbidity after surgical treatment of hepatic hydatid cyst.

Introduction: Surgery remains the basic treatment of hepatic hydatid cyst (HHC). However, it is associated with significant morbidity. The aim of our study was to evaluate mortality and morbidity of surgery of the HHC and to highlight the risk factors.

[Prevalence of degenerative complications of diabetes in an outpatient population].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of micro and macro vascular complications among a cohort of diabetic out-patients without proteinuria.

Patients And Methods: It is a cross sectional study of 249 diabetic patients (126 mean and 123 women) 166 with type 2 diabetes and 83 with type 1 diabetes. Patients were recruited according to sex, age and diabetic duration stratification.