[Adrenal metastasis of a papillary thyroid cancer].

Adrenal metastases of the papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) are very rare. We report one case. A 63-year-old woman had undergone 15 years earlier left lobo-ishmectomy for a papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and 7 years earlier right adrenalectomy for a tumor.

[Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, 5 case reports].

Introduction: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an inherited metabolic disease with many systemic manifestations. We report 5 cases.

Observations: The first patient presented cutaneous (yellowish grouped papules with reticulate pigmentation) and ocular manifestations (angioid streaks).

[Bronchiectasis in a patient with ulcerative colitis].

Bronchopulmonary involvement is uncommon in ulcerative colitis. Bronchiectasis is a rare manifestation of the disease. We report a case of a 65-year-old patient with ulcerative colitis in whom we diagnosed bronchiectasis.

[A symptomatic choroid plexus cyst in the lateral ventricle].

Choroid plexus cyst is generally small and a relatively common finding at autopsy. Huge and symptomatic cysts are rare. Few cases are reported in the literature.

[Disseminated tuberculosis in non-immunocompromised host: three case reports].

Introduction: Disseminated tuberculosis, i.e., tuberculosis involving lung, liver, spleen, bone marrow and lymph nodes is rare (2.

[Sub-pleural lipoma: apropos of a case].

Lipomas are rarely observed in a subpleural localization. Clinical signs are uncommon and most are an incidental discovery at x-ray. We report a case of an incidentally discovered lipoma in the subpleural area observed in a 56-year-old patient.

[Ion transports across the respiratory epithelium].

The electrolytes and water transport across the respiratory epithelium have aroused particular interest for 20 years ago, with regard to the essential role they play in the regulation of the bronchial mucus composition and volume. The development of new in vitro and in vivo, techniques, allow better knowledge of these transport systems and their regulation. Transport involves two main ionic movements: chloride secretion and sodium absorption by the epithelial cells, associated with parallel water movements.

[Giant lobar emphysema. The cause of a compressive hemithoracic opacity in a newborn infant].

The authors describe a case of congenital lobar emphysema of the upper right pulmonary lobe discovered at birth with an opaque hemithorax and a shift of mediastinum. The diagnosis was confirmed by a CT-scan. A lobectomy was performed at 6 weeks of age.