[Malign Brenner's tumor particularities and coverage].

Brenner's tumour of the ovary is rare, mostly benign. It was described for the first time by Mac-Naughton-Jones in 1898. Von Numers listed the first malign form in 1945 that represents 2 % of tumours.

[Extrahepatic echinococcosis: diagnosis and treatment].

Following a review of the diagnostic, evolutive and therapeutic aspects of pulmonary echinococcosis, which is the most frequent hydatid disease after the hepatic one, the authors develop the problems raised by echinococcosis affecting the heart, kidneys, bones and spleen.

[Textile foreign bodies left in the abdomen].

The authors relate eleven cases of forgotten foreign bodies (5 swabs and 6 laparotomy pads) in the abdomen after laparotomies for biliary and digestive (5 cases), gynaecologic (3 cases), or abdominal-wall (3 cases) diseases. Ten patients recovered after surgical extraction of foreign bodies (morbidity: 2 cases) and one patient died before reoperation. This study emphasizes the severity of this complication which can and should be prevented.

[Textile foreign bodies retained in the abdomen].

The authors relate eleven cases of forgotten foreign bodies (5 swabs and 6 laparotomy pads) in the abdomen after laparotomies for biliary and digestive (5 cases), gynaecologic (3 cases), or abdominal-wall (3 cases) diseases. Ten patients recovered after surgical extraction of foreign bodies (morbidity: 2 cases) and one patient died before reoperation. This study emphasizes the severity of this complication which can and should be prevented.

Venous involvement in Takayasu's disease: does it exist?

We describe the case of a 46-year-old man with an isolated superior vena cava syndrome, which was relieved by surgery. Pathologic examination revealed segmental involvement of the superior vena cava with dense collagen sclerosis. Histiomonocytic inflammatory transmural infiltration of all layers was histologically compatible with lesions described in Takayasu's disease.

[Perineal gangrene secondary to abscesses of the anal margin. Apropos of 9 cases].

Of 9 patients with perineal gangrene secondary to abscess of anal margin, 7 presented deficiency states. Diagnosis was established after an average of 7.4 days following onset of signs, although the clinical picture was obvious and the lesions extended beyond the perineum towards the genital organs, buttocks or thigh.

[Radiological diagnosis of calcifications of the portal vein. Apropos of a case].

The very rare portal vein calcifictions are detected in patients with a portal hypertension syndrome (PHT). A patient with hepatosplenomegaly and mild signs of PHT presented images of parietal calcifications, and the diagnostic values of different imaging techniques, particularly ultrasound and CT scan, are compared.