[Isolated pericardial metastasis of digestive cancer disclosed by tamponade].

The authors report a case of a single secondary tumour of the pericardium presenting as tamponade and occurring three years after sigmoidectomy for an adenocarcinoma of the colon. Gastrointestinal investigations confirmed the absence of any local tumour recurrence. The originality of this case lies in the presentation and isolated nature of this metastasis.

[Severe pulmonary embolism and thrombus of the right atrium. Success of the thrombolytic treatment combining Rt PA and streptokinase].

The authors report the case of a patient with a serious recurrence of pulmonary embolism with echocardiographic evidence of a floating serpentine thrombus of the right atrium. The outcome was rapidly satisfactory with disappearance of signs of acute cor pulmonale and lysis of the right atrial thrombus after infusion of two thrombolytic agents: Rt PA and streptokinase. There is no evidence in the literature to indicate that one form of treatment, i.

[Allergy to Thyrophagus putrescentiae and Lepidoglyphus destructor in a population of young asthmatic adults].

In the present work a study has been made of the prevalence of allergy to two storage mites, Tyrophagus putrescentiae and Lepidoglyphus destructor in a population of 105 young adults in the east of France. Combination of skin tests and specific IgE measurements shows that 43.10% of the subjects were sensitive to Tyrophagus and 44.

[Allergy to Tyrophagus putrescentiae and Lepidoglyphus destructor in a population of young adult asthmatics].

The goal of this work was the study of the prevalence of allergy to two mites, Tyrophagus putrescentiae and Lepidoglyphus destructor in a population of 105 young asthmatic men from East of France. The association of skin tests and specific IgE shows that 43.10% are allergic to Tyrophagus and 44.

[Medical treatment of schistosomiasis (author's transl)].

After a brief reassessment of the pathogenic problem, the authors review the presently available drugs and their respective dosage and side-effects. Then they consider each of the four parasitological types of schistosomiasis and indicate the most active treatment.