Publications by authors named "Rafaoui A"

Article Synopsis
  • - Hibernoma is a rare benign tumor from brown fat that is often misidentified as liposarcoma, necessitating a biopsy for accurate diagnosis.
  • - A case of a 70-year-old woman with a hibernoma in her left thigh illustrates the challenges in diagnosis, as initial imaging pointed to liposarcoma but histopathology confirmed hibernoma.
  • - The case highlights the importance of including hibernoma in differential diagnoses, relying on MRI and biopsy for confirmation, and emphasizes that complete surgical excision is crucial to avoid recurrence.
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Introduction And Importance: Conditions mimicking tumors within the knee, such as arborescent lipoma and synovial chondromatosis, are generally benign yet closely linked to inflammatory or degenerative joint diseases. While each condition is commonly documented individually with osteoarthritis, their concurrent presentation within the same knee is extremely rare. This case report adheres to the SCARE 2023 guidelines (Sohrabi et al.

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Introduction: Osteopetrosis is a rare hereditary disease that can be transmitted in an autosomal recessive or autosomal dominant.

Case Report: Here, we report a case of trochanteric fracture in an 18-year-old boy with an anatomical plate. At the last follow-up, 24 months after surgery, the fracture had healed well, and the patient was not restricted in his activities.

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Introduction: Primary clavicle tumors are uncommon and account for <1 % of primary bone tumors. The majority of primary clavicle tumors are malignant. Approximately 1.

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Introduction: The terrible triad described by Hotchkiss in 1996 is a complex lesion of the elbow, following a trauma combining forced valgus and external rotation. It is a lesion that puts the elbow at risk of developing complications such as instability, stiffness, or synostosis of the proximal radio-cubital joint.

Case Report: We report the case of a patient who suffered a closed trauma to the right elbow following a fall onto the palm of the hand with a valgus lateral rotation mechanism.

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Introduction: Osteo-articular tuberculosis is a rare manifestation of this disease, often posing diagnostic challenges that necessitate additional diagnostic imaging modalities such as radiography, CT, and MRI. This article presents a series of five cases involving tuberculosis affecting the bones of the foot and ankle, diagnosed at various stages. The patients received appropriate anti-tuberculosis medical treatment following national protocols, along with surgical interventions when necessary.

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Introduction: Traumatic dislocation of the knee is a rare and severe injury, often caused by a severe trauma. Neglected knee dislocations are much more uncommon and treatment options are not clearly described.

Presentation Of Case: We reported the case of a 26-year-old man with two years neglected knee dislocation which was managed with open reduction and stabilization with external fixation and intra-articular Steinman pins for six weeks.

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Introduction: Lipoma arborescens is a very rare pseudo-tumoral lesion of unknown etiology, characterized by lipomatous infiltration of subsynovial stroma, bilateral involvement is exceptional, only eight cases are reported in the literature.

Presentation Of Case: We report the very rare case of two men presented at our department with complaints of swelling of both knees and intermittent joint effusion, Surgical biopsy revealed Lipoma arborescens in both cases. Open total synovectomy was performed.

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Objective: We aimed to evaluate the clinical outcomes after surgical repair of patellar tendon rupture (PTR) and compare the evolution of 2 types of rupture (acute and chronic) after the same rehabilitation protocol.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study of patients with PTR treated between January 2006 and January 2014 in the department of trauma surgery, Ibn Rochd university hospital, Casablanca.

Results: We evaluated 25 patients (21 men) after a median follow-up of 75 months (range 29-120).

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Introduction: Mycetoma is a chronic disease, which is endemic in tropical and subtropical countries. We report a rare case of mycetoma located on the foot of a patient living in a temperate-climate country followed by a short discussion.

Observation: A 50-year-old woman with painless swelling in her left foot.

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