[Clinical epidemiology of primary lung cancer in Tunisia. 100 cases].

Background: Lung cancer is frequent and its incidence is increasing inTunisia and in all over the world. Few published Tunisian studies have described epidemiology of lung cancer.

Aim: To report the clinical features and outcomes of lung cancer in Tunisia from a retrospective review of 100 consecutive patients seen in F.

[Contribution of serum total immunoglobulin E measurement in the diagnosis of respiratory allergic diseases].

Background: Serum total IgE measurement is one of the first allergic inflammation marker test. It has been currently used for the diagnosis of allergy. However, when it has been widely used in clinical practice, we discover its limit in the diagnosis of allergic disease.

[Cardiovascular complications of sleep apnea syndromes].

The high incidence of association between sleep apnea syndrome and cardiac disturbance was widely descripted during the last decade and has been the target of intensive investigation. Our retrospective study included 12 patients with sleep apnea syndrome diagnosed by polysomnography. 7 patients had HTA with left ventricular hypertrophy (5 cases).