[Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy with major conduction disorders and cardiac excitability].

The case of a 53-year-old patient with scapulo-humero-peroneal wasting, early flexion contractures of the elbows and ankles, abnormal cardiac conduction and probable X-related heredity is reported. Histology was suggestive of a primary and very slowly progressive muscular disorder. CT scan revealed fatty muscle degeneration which was more extensive than suggested by clinical findings.

[Effects on the bone metabolism of long-term treatment with antivitamins K1].

Oral anticoagulants (OC) prevent the activation by carboxylation of coagulation proteins. However this action also affects osteocalcin, or bone Gla-protein, a parameter of bone remodelling. Phosphorus and calcium metabolism, osteocalcin levels and bone mineral content were studied in twelve men aged under 60, and who had been taking OC for more than a year, in comparison with a paired group of nine controls with the same cardiovascular pathology but not taking anticoagulants.

[Sexual function and aortoiliac reconstructive surgery].

In this study of 52 patients aged between 32 and 60 years, maintenance or restoration of sexual function during aorto-iliac surgery represented a usually non-priority but certainly desirable objective. Aspects studied were: place of crossed bypass and of endarterectomy-type of aorto-prosthesis anastomosis: end-to-end or end-to-side - routine or non-routine reimplantation of a hypogastric artery. Results in this series showed a lack of advantage from the sexual point of view for end-to-side over end-to-end surgery; hypogastric reimplantation offers a supplementary guarantee of efficacy but should not be performed routinely; crossed bypass operations are certainly interesting solutions in young patients.

[Disconnection and recognition of faces. A case with lesions of the left visual cortex and the splenium].

We report the clinical findings in a case of alexia without agraphia, due to a left posterior cerebral artery infarction, in which C.T. showed occipital and splenial lesions.

[Association of cerebral cysticercosis and multifocal glioma. Discussion of interactions].

Diagnosis in a case of cerebral parenchyma cysticercosis was based on conventional arguments described in the literature. The patient died after progression of the disease over 6 months, despite two courses of Praziquantel. Results of neuropathologic examination confirmed diagnosis of cysticercosis and the discovery of a multifocal astrocytic tumor involving mainly the periventricular regions.