Publications by authors named "Wassim Alaoui"
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- The study investigates whether pre-existing medical conditions increase the risk of developing major depressive episodes (MDE) after hospitalization for COVID-19.
- It analyzed data from 650 patients six months post-hospitalization, focusing on conditions like high blood pressure, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and others.
- Results showed that type 2 diabetes significantly raised the risk of new-onset MDE, prompting recommendations for screening in these patients after COVID-19 recovery.
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- Renal hydatid cyst is a rare condition, making up about 2-3% of all cases, with a significant incidence of misdiagnosis.
- A 48-year-old woman experienced left flank pain, and imaging suggested a malignant cyst in her left kidney.
- After laparoscopic surgery, the lesion was identified as a hydatid cyst rather than a tumor, highlighting the need for awareness of this rare diagnosis in developed countries.
Bladder cancers are not very common in young people under 20 years, especially with an atypical presentation such as faecaluria due to enterovesical fistula. This report describes the case of a 20 years old man who was diagnosed with a mass involving the small intestine and bladder during the course of investigations for faecaluria and abdominal pain. Histopathological examination of the biopsies during cystoscopy revealed: muscle invasive transitional cell carcinoma, while the computerized tomography scan had confirmed the enterovesical fistula.
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