[Atypical alveolar echinococcosis with systemic involvement in a patient treated with dupilumab].

Introduction: Alveolar echinococcosis is an endemic parasitic disease prevalent in certain cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including Eastern France, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, and the United States. Widely underdiagnosed, it is associated with infection by Echinococcus multilocularis, a small tapeworm belonging to the cestode class, capable of causing multi-systemic involvement, particularly in elderly or immunocompromised patients.

Case Report: We present the case of an 82-year-old patient, immunocompromised due to prolonged corticosteroid therapy and treatment with dupilumab.

AESOP syndrome: a potential life-saving and early clue to the diagnosis of POEMS syndrome.

Adenopathy and an extensive skin patch overlying a plasmacytoma (AESOP) syndrome, first described 16 years ago, is characterized by a slowly expanding red or brown patch (classic variant) or plaque (morphea-like variant) overlying a solitary plasmacytoma of the bone. Early recognition can be life-saving, as it is an early presentation of polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, skin changes (POEMS) syndrome, which may be fatal. There are two forms: the classic variant, which presents as a smooth, shiny macule with abnormal visibility of skin vessels, and the morphea-like variant, which presents as a plaque where the skin is folded, giving a "peau d'orange" appearance.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cerebral Aspergillosis: Imaging and Pathological Correlations.

Cerebral aspergillosis is associated with a significant morbidity and mortality rate. The imaging data present different patterns and no full consensus exists on typical imaging characteristics of the cerebral lesions. We reviewed MRI findings in 21 patients with cerebral aspergillosis and correlated them to the immune status of the patients and to neuropathological findings when tissue was available.

A Probabilistic Model to Study Spatial Variations of Primary Productivity in River Impoundments.

A stochastic approach to model the spatial variability of primary productivity in a river impoundment is presented in which data from LANDSAT-TM images of reference data from the field were used as basic inputs to the model. Primary productivity is predicted here by a set of variables (chlorophyll, temperature, and turbidity) combined by means of multivated probabilistic model wherein probability distribution functions were assigned to each variable. Linear regression analysis was used to relate the field reference data to the image data used as input to the model.

[Correlations between pregnancy pathology, study of the placenta, antenatal echography and examination of the product of conception in a series of 175 congenital malformations].

In order to verify the hypothesis that during pregnancy in a woman without peculiar history, signs could be discovered when the fetus is malformed we have reviewed the files of 175 women who had a malformed child and of 300 controls. All of these women had at least one clinical examination and one ultrasonographic examination during pregnancy. Two clinical symptoms were more often discovered in the mother of the malformed fetus (p less than 0.

Response of bacteria isolated from a pristine prairie stream to concentration and source of soluble organic carbon.

Responses of native aquatic bacteria to source and concentration of dissolved organic carbon was observed by using gradient plates. Dissolved organic carbon of prairie (grasses) or gallery forest (bur oak) origin was used as the carbon source in these observations. Bacteria isolated from sediments in the grassland reaches of a prairie stream showed growth only on grass leachates.

[Treatment of menopausal hot flushes with a nonhormonal medication, veralipride].

The value of veralipride in menopausal disorders is no longer questionable and has been documented by a number of studies. The purpose of this paper is to study the clinical effectiveness and to look for the biological consequences of three months therapy with veralipride. To achieve this, a thorough biological study (hematology, glucids, lipids, hepatic and renal function) was done in 21 patients with a menopausal syndrome before and after taking veralipride for three months.

[Study of fetal respiration by ultrasound. Correlation with gestational age and diagnosis of fetal distress].

The authors, following the work of Boddy and Robinson, studied the value of recording fetal breathing activity in the antenatal diagnosis of fetal distress. Fetal respiratory movements are detected with unidimensional echography, thanks to an electronic grille which is able to isolate a thoracic echo which is then reproduced on a rapid recorder after amplification. In normal pregnancies there is a highly significant correlation between fetal respiratory activity and the length of amenorrhoea.