Spitzoid melanoma of the finger: a case report.

Background: Melanoma is the most malignant skin tumor, with a high metastatic potential. Spitzoid melanoma is a subtype of melanoma requiring rapid management and extensive tumor resection. We have set the goal to recognize anatomical peculiarities and difficulties diagnoses posed by this type of tumor, as well as to recognize the management modalities, especially the surgical one, of malignant spitzoid melanoma.

[Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using Mac Intosh technique modified by Jaeger: a retrospective study of 80 cases in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at the Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia].

Recent studies about anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery have focused on a better control of rotational stability, but ACL reconstruction is always a topical issue. The purpose of our study was to evaluate clinical and radiological outcomes after the use of the technique for anatomical reconstruction of the ACL with fascia lata, according to Macintosh technique modified by J.H Jaeger.

[Retrospective study of 50 cases of tibial pilon fractures in adults at the Department of Orthopedics of the University Hospital Center Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisia].

Tibial pilon fractures are polymorphic fractures posing therapeutic and prognostic challenges. The purpose of this study is to examine the epidemiological profile of these fractures and to assess our findings from an anatomical and functional point of view. We collected data fom 50 medical records of patients treated for tibial pilon fractures and monitored over the period 2004-2013 at the Orthopedic-Trauma Department of the Habib Bourguiba University Hospital in Sfax.

Infection of a tophaceous nodule of the wirst and hand.

Tophaceous gout occurs years after recurrent attacks of acute inflammatory arthritis. The urate deposits are incriminated in the inflammatory process; however, their infection is exceptional. We report the observation of an infected gouty tophus of the pinky and the wrist of a 40-year-old man, presented as an excruciating inflammatory pain with buff-yellow swelling of the fifth right finger and wrist in a febrile context.

Scurvy: When it is a Forgotten Illness the Surgery Makes the Diagnosis.

Background: Unlike most of animal species, human beings lack the enzymatic process for the conversion of glucose to ascorbic acid (vitaminC), and therefore getting the vitamin from food sources is essential. The association of the various signs caused by a deficiency of vitamin C is called scurvy or Barlow's disease, an easily treatable disease but can be fatal. It is rare in the developed countries and even economically underdeveloped societies in which the basic diet is already rich in ascorbate.