Hypogammaglobulinemia and risk of severe infection in kidney transplant recipients.

Background: Recent data have outlined a link between hypogammaglobulinemia (HGG) and infection risk and suggested that HGG correction may decrease post-transplant infections.

Methods: We analyzed the risk factors of HGG and the relationship between HGG and the risk of severe infection in a cohort of 318 kidney transplant recipients (KTR) who were transplanted between 2003 and 2013. Immunoglobulin (Ig) concentration was measured prospectively at day 15 (D15), month 6 (M6), month 12 (M12), and month 24 (M24) post transplant.

[Goiter in Tahiti].

The authors report on a prospective study about goitre in French Polynesia carried out in 1989, dealing with epidemiology and disease characterization in 39 patients. 1. Epidemiology of goitre in Tahiti; In schools: 517 children (236 boys and 281 girls) aged from 10 to 15.

[Cerebral vascular accidents in French Polynesia].

The authors report on the results of a survey on cardiovascular accidents hospitalized between 01 April 1990 and 31 January 1991 carried out in the Services of Medicine and Cardiology in the Territorial Hospital Center of Papeete. This survey was: 56 cardiovascular accidents: 1/4 (hemorrhagic and 3/4 (42) ischemic. Mean age 59 (extremes 23-86).

[Hemorrhagic pseudocyst of pancreas. A case of X-ray computed tomography diagnosis].

Arteriography failed to detect a pancreatic pseudocyst complicated by hemorrhage, a positive diagnosis being established only after CT scanning. Identification of this rare lesion by angioscan imaging illustrates. The value of this technique, which provides data on vascular dynamics, rapidly, in the selected plane of the section.

[Voluminous exogastric myoid tumor. Contribution of echotomography and x-ray computed tomography].

We described a case of voluminous exogastric leiomyoblastoma revealed by abdominal pain and clinical mass. Ultrasonography showed a mixed mass, with both solid and liquid components, without determining specifically the organ of origin. CT body examination showed an intense hypervascularization, associated with cystic components.