Publications by authors named "M Raiteb"

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  • Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) is a skin infection caused by hookworm larvae, typically found in tropical regions, and is characterized by itchy, snake-like rashes.
  • A case study details a 27-year-old woman who developed a serpiginous lesion on her foot after possible exposure to contaminated soil.
  • The patient was effectively treated with Albendazole, and clinicians should be alert to this condition in patients who have traveled to tropical areas, particularly those who walk barefoot.
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Emerging cases of coinfection of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and tuberculosis (TB), although rare, have attracted the attention of health systems around the world and have arisen many concerns about the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of this coinfection especially in high TB burden countries. Here, we report a rare case and, to the best of our knowledge, the first reported case in Morocco of simultaneous diagnosis of an active pulmonary TB infection and a COVID-19 pneumonia. We present a case of a sixty-seven-year-old male patient who was admitted to our COVID-19 emergency department with a diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia, confirmed by nasopharyngeal swab's polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of SARS-CoV-2.

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Background: Myeloid sarcoma is a solid tumor that consists of immature myeloid cells occurring at an extramedullary site. It can present before, concurrent with, or after the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia or other myeloproliferative diseases, and a proportion of patients never develop bone marrow infiltration. Only a few isolated cases of pediatric orbital myeloid sarcoma have been reported, and they are often associated with a high misdiagnosis rate.

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Injuries by ballistic projectiles concern nowadays more and more frequently civilian populations. If the vital prognosis is rarely put at risk, the functional after-effects are frequent and important. The management of these injuries follows specific rules that must be known because they are sometimes different from the usual traumatology.

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Introduction: Carotid-cavernous fistula is an abnormal communication between the internal carotid artery, the external carotid artery or any of their branches and the cavernous sinus. This condition may occur spontaneously or after craniofacial trauma; in this case the fistula takes place on the same side as the craniofacial fracture and becomes symptomatic within a few weeks. The diagnosis is clinical; it must be evoked before any post-traumatic proptosis.

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