Late-onset disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis in an elderly woman.

Introduction: Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis (DSAP) is the most common form of porokeratosis. A case of late-onset DSAP is reported with an uncommon presentation in an elderly patient.

Methods: An 80-year-old woman, with diabetes mellitus treated with metformin, and hypertension treated with metoprolol and captopril, presented with multiple 2 mm-to-7 cm brown patches, for 5 years.

[Necrotic lesions of the face in Kawasaki disease].

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a multisystemic vasculitis disorder in children. The dermatological manifestations are described as polymorphic and nonspecific. However, they are important for diagnosis.

[Polyarteritis nodosa with a spontaneous recovery].

Background: The periarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a serious necrotizing vasculitis. Healing is, classically, obtained after a long-term treatment using corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents.

Purpose: Reporting the case of a NAP or was spontaneous healing without having recourse to any immunosuppressive treatment.

[Fatale post transfusionnel hepatitis CMV of fatal outcome].

Background: The cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is most often asymptomatic, serious forms are confined to immunocompromised.

Aim: We report a new case of post-transfusionnel hepatitis CMV of fatal outcome.

Case: A 83 year old man, asthmatic known for 26 years treated by corticosteroids, without particular hepatic antecedents, has presented an acute hepatitis post-transfusionnel CMV of fatal outcome.

[Fahr's syndrome: two case report].

Introduction: Fahr's syndrome is characterized by symmetrical and bilateral intracerebral calcifications, located in the basal ganglia and mostly associated with a phosphorus calcium metabolism disorder. It must be distinguished from genetic or sporadic Fahr's disease.

Observations: We report two cases of this syndrome, the first was revealed by psychotic and cognitive disorders and the other by epilepsy.

[Ethical issues of new communication and information technologies applied in medicine].

Background: The fast development of New Communication and Information Technologies (NTIC) and their use in increasingly numerous fields in medicine; raised new ethical issues. The aim of this paper is to highlight ethical and deontological guidelines for health professionals and physicians which must guide their use of the NTIC.

Method: A research in the Anglophone and French medical literature and on the Internet, using various key words related to ethics and medical computing.

[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a rare cause of vascular dementia. A case report].

Herein, we report a case of a 51 year old man who experienced three ischemic cerebral infarcts in a time of few months. The patient consulted after the third accident. Neurological presentation included pseudobulbar syndrome with a mild cognitive deficit, aphasia, left hemiparesia, hemiasomatognosia and homonymous lateral hemianopsia.