Rheumatoid arthritis-associated lung disease in black Africans: Descriptive study of 28 cases in Lomé.

Background: Several studies have shown that lung disease is a common extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Objectives: To describe the lung manifestations in the RA population in Lomé, Togo.

Methods: The study was conducted from October 2018 to July 2019 at the pulmonology unit of the Sylvanus Olympio University teaching hospital, in collaboration with rheumatology centres in Lomé, Togo.

[A case of diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNECH) syndrome].

Introduction: DIPNECH is a strictly histological entity according to the WHO 2015 classification and is considered to be at pre-neoplastic risk. It has been proposed that DIPNECH syndrome should be used to describe patients have clinical symptoms, an obstructive ventilatory disorder and compatible radiological abnormalities. The diagnosis is histological and usually based on a surgical lung biopsy.

[Becoming new pulmonary tuberculosis patients with sputum smear-positive at the end of second month of anti tubercular treatment in Lome].

Aims: To determine the frequency of the new smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients at the end of the second month of anti-tuberculosis treatment and to analyze the outcomes of their treatment.

Patients And Method: It was a retrospective comparative study from January 2006 to June 2008, based on the analysis of the records and treatment cards from the diagnosis and treatment centers of Lome. New sputum smear-positive tuberculosis patients at the end of the second month (smear positive 2 months) constituted the study population.