Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Mumps-Associated Outer Retinitis with Frosted Branch Angiitis.

Purpose: To describe a case of outer retinitis with frosted branch angiitis associated with mumps infection treated with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy.

Methods: Observational case report.

Case Report: A four-year-old boy with bilateral blindness was diagnosed with necrotizing outer retinitis with frosted branch angiitis associated with serologically confirmed mumps virus infection.

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of central retinal vein occlusion with cilioretinal artery occlusion secondary to hormonal treatment: Case report and review.

Introduction: This report describes a case of central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and cilioretinal artery occlusion (CLRAO) after hormonal treatment for induction of ovulation that was successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen.

Case Report: A 48 year-old woman was admitted to our department for sudden blurred vision in her left eye. The patient had a history of 3-months hormonal treatment for induction of ovulation.

Successful treatment of rhino-facial mucormycosis in a diabetic patient.

Mucormycosis is a rapidly progressing and lethal infection caused by fungi of the order mucorales. The disease occurs mostly in patients with uncontrolled diabetes or other predisposing systemic conditions. We report a case of rhinofacial mucormycosis in a 39-year-old diabetic patient.

Frequency of specific coagulation inhibitors and antiphospholipid antibodies in Tunisian haemophiliacs.

Production of factor VIII or factor IX inhibitors is a major complication limiting the efficiency of substitutive therapy in haemophiliacs. Moreover, viral infections, the second serious complication of replacement therapy, may be associated to the occurrence of antiphospholipid antibodies which paradoxically lead to thrombosis. We investigated the prevalence of coagulation inhibitors (factor VIII and factor IX inhibitors, antiphospholipid antibodies) in Tunisian haemophiliacs, and we assessed concomitant coagulation factor deficiencies.

Effects of prothrombotic markers and non-O blood group in maternal venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and postpartum.

Our aim was to assess thrombophilic risk factors and the non-O blood group as contributors to the development of venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and the postpartum period. A total of 199 women underwent blood typing and an extensive thombophilia screening. Factor V Leiden, FII G20210A, protein C deficiency and non-O blood group were significantly associated with venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and postpartum period.

[Splenic angioma. Value of MRI: two case reports].

The splenic angioma is a rare tumour. Its aspects MRI are still badly known. The authors show that in the 2 brought back cases, there is a hypersignal on the 3 echoes of T2 with a catch of contrast slow and centripetal after Gadolinium injection.