Publications by authors named "Zineb Elkrimi"

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  • - Thyroid tuberculosis is a rare form of infection that can either originate in the thyroid or result from TB in other body parts, often mimicking cancer or benign thyroid conditions, complicating diagnosis.
  • - A case of a 40-year-old woman with multiple thyroid nodules was examined, where tests revealed thyroid TB alongside a papillary microcarcinoma; findings were confirmed through histopathological analysis after surgery.
  • - The report emphasizes the challenge of diagnosing thyroid TB due to nonspecific symptoms, highlighting the need for careful evaluation of thyroid nodules as they may be linked to malignant growths or infections.
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Introduction: Odontogenic myxoma (OM) is an uncommon benign odontogenic tumor arising from the jaw bone. The diagnosis poses a challenge because its clinical features overlap with those of other benign and malignant neoplasms. Although surgery is usually the choice treatment, there is still some controversy concerning surgical techniques and proper indications.

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Introduction: Hidradenoma papilliferum, also known as papillary hidradenoma, is a rare tumor of the sudoral glands, that occurs almost exclusively in women, on the vulvar and perineal region. Non-genital papillary hydradenoma is an even more rare occurrence, though some cases have been described in literature.This is a report of a 56 years old patient who presented with unilateral hearing loss secondary to a mass of the external auditory canal (EAC).

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Objectives: To compare the outcome of patients with unilateral CRSsNP (U CRSsNP) and bilateral CRSsNP (B CRSsNP) undergoing FESS. Also, we evaluate the impact of SNOT-22 domains to predict their quality of life (QOL) outcomes and compare these factors with those of CRSwNP group, published in previous work.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was performed in the hospital 20 August,66 patients who were presented between January 2016 and December 2017 were diagnosed with CRS according to guideline recommendations, and were beforehand refractory to initial medical therapy and elected to FESS.

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