Antinuclear antibodies in interstitial lung disease: Prevalence and clinical significance.

Introduction: The diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD) requires elimination of underlying connective tissue disease. Consequently, antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are routinely screened in patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. However the clinical usefulness of this practice is not well clear.

Hypertension and Atrial Fibrillation: What is the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome?

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAS) and cardiovascular disease are public health problems. The objective of our study was to evaluate the frequency of OSAS in patients with hypertension and atrial fibrillation (AF) and to investigate the factors associated with OSAS in this population.

Methods: It's a cross-sectional study including 73patients with hypertension and AF.

[Acquired hypogammaglobulinemia associated with thymoma: Good syndrome].

Good syndrome (GS) is defined as the association between thymoma and immune deficiency. It is often complicated by broncho-pulmonary bacterial infections and rhinosinusitis. This disease accounts for only 5% of all parathymic syndromes.

Spontaneous Right Hemothorax in the Elderly.

Rupture of thoracic aortic aneurysm is a life threatening condition. Rupture in the right pleural cavity is extremely rare. We report the case of an 80-year-old man with a spontaneous right hemothorax.

Pulmonary carcinosarcoma with heterologous component: report of two cases with literature review.

Carcinosarcoma is an uncommon malignant biphasic tumor that accounts for less than 1% of all lung cancers. It is defined by coexisting histologic elements of carcinomatous and sarcomatous components. We report two cases of carcinosarcoma in a 68-year-old patient and a 78-year-old patient explored for lung masses.

Synovial sarcoma of the chest wall: a case report and literature review.

Synovial sarcoma is a malignant soft-tissue tumor that most commonly occurs in the extremities of young adults. Synovial sarcoma arising from the chest wall is rare and only some cases had been reported in the literature. We present a 57-year-old woman who presented with chest pain.

[Predictive factors of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in obesity].

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome is frequent, and misdiagnosed.

The Aim: Of this study is to assess the prevalence of OSA syndrome in a Tunisian population of obese (body mass index > or = 30 Kg/m2) and to determine its predictive factors.

Methods: It's a transversal study.