Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med
April 2019
Schizencephaly is an anomaly of the subtotal brain development, which occurs as the presence of a cleft lined with grey matter extending from subarachnoid space to the ventricles. It may be manifested by psychomotor retardation, paresis or partial seizures and drug-resistant convulsions. The clinical expression of schizencephaly depends on the bilaterality of the slit, its size and its seat.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Despite significant progress made in the field of safety in anesthesia, morbidity (serious or not, completely or partially related to anesthesia) remains common and no health practitioner is immune from accidents. In the current context where priority is given to training programmes, to quality and safety improvement in health care, the occurrence of an anesthesia-related accident in the surgery department is an extremely traumatic event. The fear of prosecution, the emotional context make it difficult to manage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpidural analgesia is highly recommended in cancer anorectal surgery. In addition to the fight against pain it provides some benefit in allowing early rehabilitation of patients. One of the risks of this practice is the dural tear creating a cerebrospinal fluid leak (CSF) in the epidural space (EPD).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHydatid disease caused by echinococcus granulosus is still a serious problem in both underdeveloped and developing countries. Clinical signs of the disease are not specific. Most patients have a few symptoms when a hydatid cyst is discovered.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 67 year-old-man was hospitalized due to chronic pain and a large mass on the anterior chest wall. His medical history showed chest trauma in 1970, the reconstitution of the scenario revealed there was blunt trauma with swelling and rib fracture on the same side. Physical examination revealed an isolated large anterior chest wall mass.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe osseous amyloidosis associated with a pleural effusion in a myeloma is a rare situation. We report a case of an association of these three disease entities for discussion. A 75-year-old man was admitted for chest pain and dyspnea with left sacred bone pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 42-year-old man was found to have an abnormal shadow during a systematic physical examination. Computed tomography of the chest revealed a mass in the lateral segment of the left lower lobe with parietal contact without pleural effusion or mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Bronchoscopy showed inflammation at the pyramid basal bronchus without visualization of hydatid materials or bud tumor.
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