Localized scleroderma with pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary interstitial fibrosis in a patient with positive Th/to antibodies: Case report and review of literature.

Morphea is an auto-immune disease, and its association with other immune-mediated diseases should not come as a surprise. Dermatologists should be aware of its possible coexistence with severe systemic involvement.

Carcinoma en cuirasse associated with zosteriform metastasis in breast adenocarcinoma.

Breast cancer is the first cancer associated with cutaneous metastasis (CM). The clinical presentation of these metastases is comprehensive. We report an original case of carcinoma en cuirasse associated with zosteriform metastasis that indicates the development of contralateral breast cancer.

Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma mimicking arteriovenous malformation.

There is a clinical overlap between hypervascularized sarcomas and arteriovenous malformations (AVM). MRI imaging should be interpreted with caution keeping in mind that some cancers could mimic AVM. A biopsy is mandatory in doubtful cases.

Assessment of renal hemodynamic toxicity of fluid challenge with 0.9% NaCl compared to balanced crystalloid (PlasmaLyte) in a rat model with severe sepsis.

Background: According to international guidelines, volume expansion with crystalloids is the first-line treatment for hemodynamic management in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock. Compared to balanced crystalloids, 0.9% sodium chloride (0.

Renal macro- and microcirculation autoregulatory capacity during early sepsis and norepinephrine infusion in rats.

Introduction: The relationships between systemic hemodynamics and renal blood flow and renal microcirculation are poorly known in sepsis. Norepinephrine (NE) infusion may add another level of complexity.

Methods: Ventilated and anesthetized rats were submitted to various mean arterial pressure (MAP) steps by blood removal, in presence and absence of sepsis and/or NE.

Lignin modifying enzymes of Coriolopsis polyzona and their role in olive oil mill wastewaters decolourisation.

In order to decolourise olive oil mill wastewaters (OOMW) efficiently, production and differential induction of ligninolytic enzymes by the white rot Coriolopsis polyzona, were studied by varying growth media composition and/or inducer addition. Among various possible inducers, veratryl alcohol appeared to be the most efficient to enhance specific productions of lignin peroxidase (LiP), manganese peroxidase (MnP) and laccase by a factor of 18.5, 20.

[Abdominal cystic lymphangioma in children].

Cystic lymphangioma is a rare tumour (6% of benign tumours in children), frequently situated in the cervical or axillary region and exceptionally intraabdominal. It arises due to a congenital defect in the connection of the primary lymphatic channels with the central collecting system. It presents clinically either in the form of a pseudo-appendix or pseudo-ascites syndrome or in the form of an abdominal tumour with or without compression of adjacent structures.

[A case of esophageal duplication discovered in a newborn].

A case of esophageal duplication discovered in the neonatal period is reported and discussed. This infrequent malformation (9% of all childhood mediastinal tumors) is an entoblastic duplication of the digestive tract and is often accompanied with spinal malformations. The duplication may be either cystic or tubular; the latter form usually opens into the normal esophagus.

[Value of posterior vertical lumbar incision in renal surgery. Based on a series of 1,126 cases].

The authors report their experience of 1,126 cases of posterior vertical lumbar incision. The essential indication for this approach is stones in the renal pelvis or lumbar ureter (788 cases). The authors subsequently extended the indications for this incision to all plastic operations on the pyeloureteric junction (56 cases) and the extraction of certain staghorn calculi (114 cases).

[Long-term outcome of surgically treated peptic ulcer. Review of a series of 419 patients operated for peptic ulcer].

The authors report an analysis of 419 cases of operated peptic ulcer. 68.78% of patients had a mean follow-up of 4 years.

[Pseudo-tumoral xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. Apropos of a case].

The authors report the case of a 20 year old patient in whom the clinical findings combined with the radiological signs, suggested the diagnosis of renal cancer. The histological findings after nephrectomy established the diagnosis of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. This disease may rarely give the appearance of a renal tumor.