Case Report: A very rare case of a Pleural Effusion revealing Multiple Myeloma.

Multiple myeloma is a common malignant bone-based disease. Pleural effusions reported in these patients remain rare. It is commonly due to congestive heart disease, pulmonary embolism, nephrotic syndrome or a second neoplasia.

Dieulafoy's disease of the bronchus: rare but potentially fatal: a case report and a review of literature.

Background: Dieulafoy's disease of the bronchus can cause massive and even fatal hemoptysis. Even though it is rare, it should be considered by physicians all over the world. This paper reports a case of bronchial Dieulafoy's disease and summarizes the data of similar cases reported in literature.

[Pulmonary blastomycosis].

Blastomycosis is a rare fungal disease in Africa which is often due to inhalation of "Blastomyces dermatitidis". Pulmonary blastomycosis is the most common clinical manifestation which presents with a variety of clinical features, ranging from asymptomatic to rapidly fatal. We report the case of a Tunisian patient aged 35 years with no previous medical history, hospitalized with chronic cough, bilateral basithoracic pain, fever and weight loss.

Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis revealing a small cell carcinoma of the lung.

Introduction: Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis is a rare disease, usually associated with small cell lung cancer.

Case Report: We report in this publication the cases with different age brackets, who presented with various neurological symptoms such as repetitive seizures or anterograde amnesia. Cerebral CT-scan, cerebral MRI and anti onco-neural paraneoplastic antibodies were suggesting the diagnosis of paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis.