[Clinical and environmental aspects of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in moroccan population: a study of 60 cases].

Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common disease of the motor neuron disease. Its etiology remains unknown but several studies incriminate the environmental factors in its genesis.

The Aim: of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical and environmental aspects of ALS in Moroccan population.

[Sneddon's syndrome].

Sneddon's syndrome is still raising some nosological and etiopathogenic questions. The occurrence of ischemic stroke in young adults especially in the presence of livedo racemosa should suggest the diagnosis and encourage to perform a skin biopsy, which could strengthen the diagnosis. Management begins with prevention of vascular risk factors and treatments based primarily on anti-thrombotic.

Polyradiculoneuritis revealing an acute monoblastic leukemia 5.

Acute polyradiculoneuritis has been frequently reported in association with malignant disorders, especially those of the lymphoid system. To date, there have been no reported cases of acute monoblastic leukemia associated with this polyradiculopathy. The authors tell us about a very rare case of leukemia presenting as acute monoblastic leukemia 5 (AML5) in a 28 years old patient from Morocco.

[Juvenile tabes arthropathy: a report of three cases].

The authors report three cases revealed by tabes arthropathy in patients younger than 45 years. The age of patients was respectively 42, 40, 42. The clinical symptoms consisted of a painless knee strain, isolated in one case, associated with radiculocordonal posterior syndrome in two cases.