Cost analysis of a medical procedure using the full cost method: The example of a trans-thoracic scan-guided biopsy.

Introduction: Trans-thoracic scan-guided biopsy (TTB) is a crucial examination for exploring thoracic lesions, particularly in the case of tumor pathologies. To make informed decisions in cost-effectiveness analyses, it is important to understand the actual costs of this procedure.

Aim: To quantify the cost of performing TTB using a microeconomic approach.

Pheochromocytoma presenting as fulminant myocarditis mimicking COVID-19 pneumonia.

Adrenergic cardiomyopathy is uncommon but can be fulminant and life-threatening. Nowadays, the need to exclude the possibility of COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with acute dyspnea in a previously healthy adult may cause a delay in the diagnosis.

[Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis complicating pulmonary adenocarcinoma: a case report].

Limbic encephalitis (LE) is a rare disease often of paraneoplastic origin. It is frequently associated with bronchopulmonary cancer. Diagnosis is based on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Unusual cause of laryngeal dyspnea and swallowing troubles in a 2-year old child.

Plexiform neurofibromas are rare benign tumors developed from peripheral nervous system often associated with neurofibromatosis type 1. We report the case of multifocal plexiform neurofibromas in a 2-year-old child with cervical mass obstructing the trachea causing respiratory distress. A cervical ultrasound examination was performed followed by enhanced CT and MRI.

Contribution of imaging in the management of resistant tuberculosis.

Introduction: Resistant tuberculosis is a topical subject given the difficulties of its management.

Objective: To evaluate the role of imaging in the diagnosis and follow-up of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

Methods: Retrospective study of MDR-TB cases followed in Hall C of Abderrahmane Mami Hospital (2010 to 2016).

Spontaneous hemothorax and neurofibromatosis type 1: How to explain it, how to explore it and how to treat it?

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), also known as Von Recklinghausen's disease is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder. It is the most common of phacomatoses. Pulmonary complications have been rarely described in the literature.

[Medical therapies for locally advanced/metastatic kidney cancer].

Aims: To analyze the medical literature concerning the results of the international randomized muticentric trials concerning therapeutic innovations, mainly targeted therapies in locally advanced and or metastatic renal cell cancer and to evaluate the benefit of these TT.

Methods: We performed a review of publications that concerned this topic published from 2000 to 2014.

Results: They concerned the large randomized trials have showed a benefit of the targeted therapies in the treatment of clear cell carcinomas in terms of progression-free survival.

[Tuberculous thoracic parietal abcess. Report of 4 cases].

Cold abcess of the chest wall is a rare extra-pulmonary tuberculous location, usually described in cases of severe or disseminated form of tuberculous. His frequency is estimated for 1 to 5% of osteoarticular tuberculous. Four cases of cold abcess of the chest wall are reported.

[Idiopathic chylothorax: usefulness of aetiologic survey and the follow-up].

Chylothorax is an uncommon condition. It's characterized by the presence of chyle in the pleura. The most common causes are malignancy and trauma.

[Diagnosis of non-severe pulmonary embolism by a decision analysis-based strategy in pulmonary hospital recruted-patients].

We have study prospectively cases of non severe pulmonary embolism in a pulmonary department by an analysis based strategy associating radio-clinical probability, venous ultra sonography, D-Dimers value followed, if no performed diagnosis, by pulmonary scintigraphy or angio-CT scan. 64 cases of pulmonary embolism suspicion have been hospitalised in our department between October 1998 and July 2001; 40 patients was included in our study and have been classified in 3 groups regarding pre test clinical probability. Anticoagulant treatment has been initialised only in the third group (probability >80%) Clinical probability associated with venous ultra sonography and D- Dimeres value allow or exclude pulmonary embolism diagnosis in 27 patients.

[Hydatid cyst of the heart and vessels, four cases].

Introduction: The lung is the most frequent location of hydatid cysts (HC). Cardiac and vascular HC are rare, and the primary location in the pulmonary artery is exceptional.

Observations: We report three cases of right cardiac HC cyst revealed by pulmonary hydatidosis, and 1 case of a primary HC of the pulmonary artery revealed by haemoptysis.

[Unusual presentation of giant thymolipoma].

Thymolipoma is a rare thymic tumor; His frequency is estimated at 2 at 9% of all thymic tumors. His diagnosis usually easy, can be difficult with an unusual radio clinic pattern, but actually get benefice from progress in radiologic investigations especially MRI. We reported a case of a 36-year old woman, admitted for a left pleuro-pneumopathy investigation.