[Mandibular and malar tuberculosis. Apropos of a case].

A rare case of mandibular, malar and vertebral tuberculosis is reported. Special diagnostic and therapeutic features are discussed.

[Albers-Schönger disease disclosed by maxillary osteitis. Apropos of a case in an African].

The authors reported here a case of dominant form of osteopetrosis. The patient was a 28 years old man hospitalized for a mandibular osteitis consecutive to a tooth extraction. The clinical examination detected a splenomegaly.

[Bessel Hagen's deformity, Madelung's deformity: cosmopolitan diseases (author's transl)].

These two deformities are rare and the 8 reported cases give evidence of the cosmopolitan feature of these malformations (Madagascar, Ivory Coast, Central African Empire, Djibouti).