[The causes of splenic infarction: An almost systematic review of the literature].

Introduction: Splenic infarction is a rare event in clinical practice, diagnosed by CT scan. There are many causes. They often determine the treatment given.

Telangiectasias of the breasts showing diffuse dermal angiomatosis in a patient with diffuse livedo reticularis.

The breasts are a common location for diffuse dermal angiomatosis (DDA) in a context of obesity and macromastia. The typical clinical presentation includes erythematous or purplish plaques, reticulated telangiectasias, and sometimes livedo reticularis, often complicated by painful ulcerations of the breasts. Biopsy usually confirms a dermal proliferation of endothelial cells staining positively for CD31, CD34 and SMAa and negatively for HHV8.

[Illnesses unrelated to systemic sclerosis (IUSS) diagnosed throughout the patient's follow-up in a referral center: A cohort of 200 patients].

Introduction: Our work aimed to investigate the illnesses unrelated to systemic sclerosis (IUSS), diagnosed among patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) throughout their follow-up in a referral tertiary care center.

Methods: All the patients with SSc followed in the Internal Medicine Department of the University Hospital between October, 2014 and December, 2015, were included. We specifically reviewed the medical records of the patients who exhibited IUSS, defined as an illness that could not be considered as a typical clinical manifestation or as a usual complication of the disease.

The French Society of Internal Medicine's Top-5 List of Recommendations: a National Web-Based Survey.

Background: The international project "Choosing Wisely" aims to target unnecessary and potentially harmful examinations and treatments.

Objective: To define the French Internal Medicine Top-5 list.

Design: Based on a review of existing Top-5 lists and personal experience, a working group of the French National Society of Internal Medicine selected 27 diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.