[When genetics spices up a severe flare of chronic inflammatory bowel disease].

The simultaneous occurrence of pneumomediastinum, peridural emphysema, subcutaneous emphysema and pneumothorax is extremely rare. We report the case of a young man with severe chronic inflammatory bowel disease presenting with voluminous spontaneous pneumomediastinum complicated by subcutaneous emphysema as well as peridural emphysema and pneumothorax. A genetic disorder is suspected.

[Clinical case of the month. Liver transplantation for hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma].

The epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare malignant vascular lesion that may occur within the liver. In the hepatic multifocal and bilobar forms, liver transplantation is indicated as the curative management. In this case report, the authors describe the diagnosis and the management of a 52-year-old woman who was diagnosed with hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and who underwent successful liver transplantation.

[Pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas revealed by rupture of esophageal and gastric varices secondary to biliary cirrhosis due to bile duct compression].

Pseudo-papillary tumors of the pancreas are rare and usually occur in young women. We report a case with a very rare presentation (rupture of esogastric varices complicating biliary cirrhosis secondary to bile duct compression by a pancreatic tumor). After biological and radiological explorations, a duodenopancreatectomy was performed.