Introduction: Medical studies reform in Tunisia was conducted to upgrade general medicine, depreciated by the population and experienced by practitioners as a path of failure, thus elevated to the rank of family medicine (FM).
Aim: To determine the factors of attractiveness of the FM, the prospects and career aspirations of future family physicians.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey by an anonymous questionnaire distributed via an online questionnaire platform from February 11th to April 13th, 2018 that targeted students in the 2nd year of FM at the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis.
Hypercalcemia caused by tumor production of PTH-rp occurs most often in cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, aerodigestive tract cancer, gynecological cancer and lymphoma. We report an exceptional case of PTH-rp related to a hepatic hemangioendothelioma. A 70 years-old male admitted for deterioration of the general state.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Amyloidosis in Behçet's disease is rare and has a poor outcome.
Aim: Report a new case.
Case: We report a case of a 38-year-old Tunisian woman who presented with Behçet's disease and nephrotic syndrome.
Background: Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a severe disease. It can be caused by loss of pathology.
Case Report: We report the case of chronic aortic dissection discovered during the evaluation of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
Aim: To assess aetiological factors and complications in a patient with severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) and internal jugular vein thrombosis.
Case: A 27-year-old non pregnant woman with bilateral ovarian masses who had underwent laparotomy for suspicion of malignant tumor. The pathological examination disclosed malignancy and the diagnosis of OHSS were confirmed.