HHV8/EBV Coinfection Lymphoproliferative Disorder: Rare Entity with a Favorable Outcome.

HHV8/EBV-associated germinotropic lymphoproliferative disorder (GLD) is a challenging diagnosis given its rarity, the particular clinical presentation, and the lack of expression of markers usually used in establishing hematopoietic lineage. We report a new case of HHV8/EBV GLD in an immunocompetent 78-year-old woman. The diagnosis was made in an incidentally discovered lymphadenopathy.

[Primary renal carcinoid metastasizing to distant sites 12 years after the initial diagnosis].

Primary renal cancinoids are rare, with one hundred cases reported in the literature. Histologically, it is a well-differentiated tumor which shares a morphological pattern similar to that seen in carcinoids identified at other anatomic locations. We report a case of a 45-year-old man with primitive renal carcinoid, with diagnosis made after the detection of liver metastases.

Malignant eccrine spiradenoma: a new case report.

Malignant eccrine spiradenoma is an extremely rare skin tumor of sweat gland origin. In most cases, it arises in pre-existing benign eccrine spiradenoma. We report an additional case of malignant eccrine spiradenoma.

[Lateral nail squamous cell carcinoma: case report].

Background: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the lateral nail fold is rare, it has been suggested that trauma, roentgen radiation, arsenic exposition, dyskeratosis and infections (HPV) are risk factors for the development of these carcinoma. This tumour is mostly a slow growing and low grade malignancy which rarely metastasis. Early diagnosis by biopsy, especially in patients with predisposing factors, may lead to treatment and prevent the tumour from metastasizing.

[Comparative study of appendical mucocela and pseudomyxoma peritonei. About 25 cases].

Aim: to study the clinicopathological features of the different types of appendical mucocele and to compare them with those of pseudomyxoma peritonei.

Methods: 25 cases of appendical mucocele were operated in the Cap-Bon region in Tunisia during a period of 13 years from 1994 to 2006.

Results: 9 retentionnal cysts, 13 mucinous cystadenomas, one serrated adenoma, one hyperplasia of the mucosa and one cystadenocarcinoma were diagnosed.

[Krukenberg tumor: a clinico-pathological study of 5 cases].

Background: Krunkenberg tumor is defined as the ovarian metastases of a primary digestive tumor composed of a signet ring cells.

Aim: Describe the different characteristics of Krukenberg's tumor to improve diagnostic criteria and the therapeutic approche.

Methods: Five cases of Krukenberg tumor are diagnosed in 5 year period between 2002 and 2005.

[Prune belly syndrome: early prenatal diagnosis and management].

Prune Belly syndrome is characterized by a combination of megacystis, anterior abdominal wall distension with deficiency of the abdominal wall musculature, and bilateral cryptorchidism. Diagnosis is easy after 15 weeks of gestation, but may be difficult at the end of the first term. Authors report 2 cases of Prune Belly syndrome diagnosed at 11 and 14 weeks of gestation respectively.

[Do prothrombin time, transaminases, and platelet count predict the severity of fibrosis in viral liver diseases?].

The goal of our study is to assess the performance of a score combining 3 serological parameters (PT, platelets and transminases) in predictive hepatic fibrosis. The study involved 54 patients, 29 of which resulted in distributing them according to the score of Metavir into 2 groupes: Group A with mild fibrosis (F1,F2) and group B with severe fibrosis (F3,F4). PT, platelets and transminase values in serum were assessed for all patients.

[Prevalence of the microscopic colitis to the course of the chronic diarrhea: about 150 cases].

The goal of our survey is to value the microscopic colitis frequency at 150 patients, colliged on a period of 6 years (1997-2003), that have a chronic diarrhea with a normal total coloscopy and that benefitted of systematic biopsies. The microscopic colitis has been recovered at 44 patients on 150 either 29.3%.

[Endometrial actinomycosis. Two case reports].

Actinomyces is an aerobic, Gram positive bacteria saprophyte of the genital tract. The endometrial involvement is extremely rare. The authors report two cases of pelvic actinomycosis in a 58 and 55 year old women, the second using intrauterine device for 11 years.

[Actinomycosis: report of 21 cases. Experience of the Anatomy and Cytopathologic Pathology Laboratory of the Rabta Hospital].

Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative granulomatous disease caused by an anaerobic Gram positive germ, Actinomyces. From 1994 to 1999, 21 cases of actinomycosis have been diagnosed in our laboratory. The main localisations were cervicofacial and gynecologic the diagnosis relies on histopathologic examination that shows actinomycosic granules.