[Nerve sheath myxoma of the hyponychium].

Background: Nerve sheath myxoma is a rare benign tumour of the extremities that was long confounded with neurothekeoma. Herein, we describe a rare case of interest because of its site on the hyponychium.

Patients And Methods: A 31-year-old woman presented with a painless distal tumour on the right ring finger that had been present for 3 to 4 years.

Changes in unstable coronary atherosclerotic plaque composition after balloon angioplasty as determined by analysis of intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency.

The effects of balloon angioplasty (BA) on plaque distribution remain incompletely documented. In 20 patients with unstable angina pectoris, intravascular ultrasound gray scale and radiofrequency analyses were performed before and after BA. Composition of the plaque was 61% fibrotic tissue, 15% fibrofatty tissue, 15% necrotic tissue, and 7% dense calcium tissue.

[An unusual tumor of the adrenal gland].

Adenomatoid tumors are benign mesothelial tumors that usually affect the genital tract. We report the case of a 65-year-old man with an adenomatoid tumor of the adrenal gland. This uncommon location and its histological heterogeneity can lead to a mistaken diagnosis of malignant tumor.

[Registry of liver biopsies from hepatitis C infected patients in the Alpes-Maritimes (France). Results from the first 2 years].

Objective: To perform a descriptive analysis of patients with chronic hepatitis C based on a local registry of liver biopsies.

Patients And Method: Collection of clinical, biological and histological data from all HCV-infected patients who underwent liver biopsy between January 1997 and December 1998 in the Alpes-Maritimes (France).

Results: One thousand and fifty six patients including 924 who lived in the Alpes-Maritimes (515 male, 409 female, mean age: 44.

[Cystic papillary tumor of the pancreas: a rare etiology of abdominal mass in children].

Background: Malignant pancreatic tumors are very uncommon in childhood.

Case Report: A 13-year-old girl was admitted for investigation of an abdominal mass with fever. Ten months earlier, clinical examination performed for similar symptoms found an epigastric mass which resolved spontaneously.