[The thoraco-lumbar junction. Orientation of zygapophyses, mamillary process and vertebral rotation].

The orientation of the zygapophyseal joints at the thoraco-lumbar level is an important factor involved in the axial rotation of the human spine. The functional role of the Mamillary Processes (MP) is unknown. This study was carried out on 55 adult dried spines.

[Otoneurologic functional examination on the olivo-cochlear efferent pathway].

The authors report their exploration's test of efferent pathway through the BERA with the wave one's surface...

[Paraganglioma of the carotid body. Apropos of a case in a 14-year-old child].

Carotid body tumors are encountered infrequently. We report a case of a fourteen year old boy presenting an inflammatory biologic syndrome with a right neck mass. The diagnosis was first an Hodgkin disease but the surgical approach and histological examination of the neck mass conclude to a benign carotid body tumor.

[Variations in the calcaneo-fibular ligament (lig. calcaneofibulare). Application to the kinematics of the ankle].

The authors observe variations in the calcaneo-fibular ligament because this ligament controls two articulations, the talo-crural and the subtalar. This study is based on the dissection of the ankle of 20 specimens. The calcaneo-fibular ligament is reinforced by the ventral and lateral talo-calcaneus ligaments with variations.

[Gastric teratoma disclosed by neonatal digestive hemorrhage].

A gastric teratoma diagnosed after a gastro-intestinal tract bleeding in a neonate is reported. The endogastric tumor was shown by gastric endoscopy. The tumor was pediculated and a simple tumorectomy was performed, without trouble later.