[Value of gastroesophageal scintigraphy for the detection of gastroesophageal reflux in infants].

50 children with a strong clinical suspicion of gastroesophageal reflux and 10 control patients were evaluated with gastroesophageal scintiscans. 500 muCi à 1 mCi of Tc sulfur colloid mixed the patients' routine milk or formula feeding was administered and serial images of the abdomen and thorax were obtained. A positive scintiscan was found in 35 patients (sensitivity 70%) and none of the controls (specificity 100%).

[Value and role of esophageal scintigraphy in the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux in infants and children].

There were 50 children with a strong clinical suspicion of gastrooesophageal reflux and 10 controls patients evaluated with gastrooesophageal scintiscans. 500 microCi to 1 mCi of Tc sulfur colloïd mixed the patients routine milk or formula feeding was administered and serial images of the abdomen and thorax were obtained. A positive scintiscan was found in 35 patients (sensitivity 70 %) and none of the controls (specificity 100 %).

[Hydatic cyst of the thyroid. One case (author's transl)].

Thyroid localisation of an hydatic cyst is a rather rare phenomenon. Therefore, the occurence in our region of a thyroid hydatic cyst is noteworthy. In the present observation, the needle aspiration of an hypofixating nodule assured the diagnosis.

[Biological changes in 88 cases of Basedow's disease treated by radioactive iodine].

Biological abnormalities, in particular increased T3 and sometimes TSH, are frequently found in thyrotoxic patients treated with radioactive iodine and subsequently enthyroid. A high T3, associated with an increase in FT4 and a low TSH precedes a relapse. An increase in TSH may indicate progression towards hypothyroidism; even if FT4 and T3 levels are within normal limits.