Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol
June 2017
Familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a very rare and progressively fatal disease. Its pathogenesis is not fully understood and involves damage to alveolar epithelial cells of possibly immunological, microbiological or chemical origin, leading to fibrosing healing. A genetic predisposition has been demonstrated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMucormycosis is a rare and often fatal fungal infection. It mainly occurs when predisposing factors such as diabetic ketoacidosis are present. We report three cases of rhino-orbito-cerebral, rhino-orbital and pulmonary mucormycosis in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis.
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February 2004
We report a case of a 79-year-old Tunisian woman who presented with post-coital bleeding. A polypoïd mass of the cervix was discovered. Histopathological examination of the specimen biopsy showed a squamous-cell carcinoma.
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