[Pyoderma gangrenosum mimicking abdominal sepsis after colorectal surgery].

This study reports a case of pyoderma gangrenosum arising at a drainage orifice after a colostomy for cancer. The initial clinical presentation suggested intra-abdominal sepsis but the clinical assessment did not fit with laboratory findings or the CT scan. Forty hours later, the patient developed a reddish-purple ulcer at the drainage orifice.

Is there still a benefit to operate appendiceal abscess on board French nuclear submarines?

Appendicular abscess occurred in 14.2% of patients presenting acute appendicitis. Management of these patients remains controversial, ranging from an emergency appendectomy to a nonoperative treatment.

[Double simultaneous fingertip metastasis of an epidermoid carcinoma. A case report].

Fingertip metastases are rare. The authors report the case of a patient with an epidermoid carcinoma of the larynx who presented with two separate finger pulp metastases in each hand. According to the literature this seems a very unusual occurrence.

[Ilio-ureteral fistula: a life-threatening complication of an iliac Candida-infected pseudoaneurysm. A case report].

Arterio-ureteral fistula is a rare condition difficult to diagnose. The usual presentation associates acute paroxysmal hematuria with well-identified history and risk factors. We report the case of an 84-year-old man with a life-threatening complication of an ilio-ureteral fistula complicating an anastomotic iliac pseudoaneurysm after prothetic iliofemoral surgery, due to a fungic infection by Candida.