Pott's disease or tuberculous spondylodiscitis is the disco-vertebral localization of Koch's bacillus. It causes progressive spinal lesions, with abscesses forming in the perivertebral soft tissues and epidural spaces. Medical imaging plays an indisputable role in the diagnosis and management of Pott's disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInguinal hernia is one of the most frequent pathologies in surgery and is defined by the passage of abdominal or pelvic contents through the inguinal orifice [1]. However, an inguinal hernia is said to be of the bladder when the contents involve the bladder [2]. It is rare and most often discovered intraoperatively [3].
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Ultrasound is the first-line examination in the morphological exploration of the thyroid. It is an excellent diagnostic and prognostic tool in nodular thyropathy.
Objective: to determine the profile of thyroid nodules on ultrasound according to the EU-TIRADS classification.
Meningeal tuberculoma is one of the most serious sites of tuberculosis. Its incidence varies depending on the geographical area, rare in Western countries and frequent in developing countries where it represents 5% to 10% of intracranial masses. We report the case of a 21-year-old male patient with no particular medical history from Africa and living in Europe for more than a year, is hospitalized for an isolated inaugural, generalized, afebrile seizure in whom the scanner and cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a meningeal mass with significant glove finger edema suggesting a primary brain tumor.
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