[Primary malignant salivary gland-type tumors of the lung: clinico-pathological study of 10 cases].

Primary pulmonary salivary gland-type tumors are rare and characterized by a specific clinico-pathological manifestation. They are proximal tumors affecting young subjects and not associated with smoking. For optimal management, it is important to distinguish them from other bronchopulmonary tumors, with which they don´t share either biology or treatment and outcome.

[Triple negative breast cancer: clinical, pathological and molecular characteristics].

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a very heterogeneous disease and refers to a subgroup of breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical, pathological and molecular features of TNBC. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 56 cases of TNBC diagnosed in the Department of Pathology at the Farhat Hached University Hospital over a period of three years (2018-2020).

Inverted Takotsubo Following a Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy, Treated with Levosimendan.

Background: Takotsubo syndrome is a transient stunned myocardium that typically involves the apical and mid-ventricular segments. A variant, called Inverted Takotsubo, concerns the basal and mid-ventricular segments.

Case Summary: We present a ruptured ectopic pregnancy that was responsible for a catecholamine surge, which led to this stress-induced cardiomyopathy.

[Assessment of quality of sexual life in women after breast cancer treatment: about 100 cases].

Breast cancer is the most common neoplastic disease in women. Several treatment strategies are used: chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery and hormone therapy. Each of these treatments may affect sexual health of patients in the short or long term.

[Multimodal imaging in atypical choroidal nevus].

Choroidal nevi are frequent, asymptomatic, usually easy-to-diagnose lesions. They can cause macular syndrome in patients with choridal degeneration or neovascularization. In doubtful cases, the combination of different diagnostic means, such as clinical examination, ultrasound, fluorescein angiography and indocyanine green (ICG) can help to correct the diagnosis.

Preliminary national report on cystic fibrosis epidemiology in Tunisia: the actual state of affairs.

Aim: To establish a preliminary national report on clinical and genetic features of cystic fibrosis (CF) in Tunisian children as a first measure for a better health care organization.

Methods: All children with CF diagnosed by positive sweat tests between 1996 and 2015 in children's departments of Tunisian university hospitals were included. Data was recorded at diagnosis and during the follow-up from patients' medical records.

[Parvovirus B19 seroprevalence in a group of schizophrenic patients].

Background: Schizophrenia is a highly disabling chronic mental illness. It is considerded as a neurodeveloppemental illness resulting from the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Growing evidence supports the major role of prenatal infections and inflammation in the genesis of schizophrenia.

[Ptosis associated with pachydermoperiostosis].

Introduction: Pachydermoperiostosis or primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is a rare cause of ptosis. We report the case of a patient with pachydermoperiostosis and bilateral ptosis. The physiopathology and treatment of this ptosis are discussed.

[Common variable immunodeficiency: a 7 cases reported].

Background: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is an immune defect characterized by primary hypogammaglobulinemia. The most clinical manifestations are recurrent infection of respiratory tract.

Aim: We reported seven cases of DICV which showed

Methods: We reported seven cases of CVID between 1994 and 2004, included six women and one man.

[Evaluation of a home respiratory polygraphy system in the diagnosis of the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome].

Introduction: Recent recommendations advise against the use of portable home respiratory polygraphy systems for the diagnosis of the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS). Nevertheless such systems are widely used, particularly in France. Our aim was to assess the diagnostic value of one of these systems in the diagnosis of OSAS.

[Quality of medical order writing in general practice facilities (Sousse, Tunisia)].

Background: A medical order is a medical and legal document; careful writing of this document enables the reduction of many therapeutic errors.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of order writing in Tunisian primary healthcare centres.

Methods: This was a transversal descriptive survey of 2586 medical orders.

[Mucormycosis in the diabetic patient].

Introduction: Mucormycosis is a rare, devastating, fungal infection, which disproportionately affects non-controlled diabetic patients, notably during ketoacidosis. It can be manifested in rhinocerebral, but also pulmonary and disseminated forms.

Observations: Four consecutive diabetic patients who were admitted to the Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia, between January 2001 and November 2002, are presented.

[Drug prescription typology in primary healthcare centers in Tunisian Sahel].

The objective of this survey was to determine the typology of prescription drugs ordered in primary healthcare centers of the Tunisian Sahel. We conducted a cross sectional descriptive survey to analyze 2586 medical orders written by 20 general practitioners working in the public sector of the Sousse sanitary region. The sample included 5628 types of prescription for 209 pharmaceutical agents.

[Typology of Tunisian medical research indexed in Medline from 1965 to 1999].

The medical research is a criteria of a country development and the performance of its health system. This study tried to describe the typology of the Tunisian medical research (themes, journals, types of publication,..

[Circulation of pharmaceutical information among general practitioners in the region of Sousse (Tunisia)].

The general practitioner plays an essential role in the rational strategy of drug-use by the quality of his prescription which translates the validity and the relevance of his pharmaceutical information. The objective of this work is to study the different means of pharmaceutical information used by general practitioners in the region of Sousse (Tunisia). We conducted a transversal, descriptive, exhaustive survey of 140 general practitioners in private (68) and public (72) practice during 1999.