[Predictive factors of recurrence in spontaneous pneumothorax].

Background: Spontaneous pneumothorax is usually a benign condition that most often affects young patients. Its most common complication is recurrence. This complication appears to be increased by some factors.

[Fight against tuberculosis in the world].

Tuberculosis (TB) in a major health problem in the world. WHO and its partners especially, the stop TB partnership launched numerous strategies against TB especially in the 1990. Strategy DOTS (directly observed therapy short course) was launched in 1995.

[Epidural emphysema complicating bronchial asthma].

Epidural emphysema is an exceptional complication of bronchial asthma, revealed by an incidental finding in chest tomography. We report a case of a 21-year-old man admitted with asthma attack complicated by subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema. Chest tomography confirmed the mediastinal emphysema and also revealed the epidural emphysema within the vertebral canal.

[Spontaneous pneumothorax associated with ankylosing spondylitis].

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the axial skeleton and more frequently the sacro-iliac joints. Pleuropulmonary involvement is an uncommon event. Apical fibrosis, interstitial infiltrates, and pleural thickening are thought to be the main patterns.