[Coccidioidomycosis revealed by specific cutaneous lesions occurring after placement of a ventricular cardiac shunt for chronic meningitis].

Introduction: Coccidioidomycosis is a deep mycosis rare in France.

Case: We report the case of a patient with disseminated coccidioidomycosis and meningitis after travel to California. It initially suggested tuberculosis.

Clinical and genetic studies of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome.

Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHD) is an autosomal dominant cancer syndrome characterised by benign skin tumours, renal tumours, and spontaneous pneumothorax. The gene has been mapped to chromosome 17p11.2 and recently identified, expressing a novel protein called folliculin.