[Compressive optic neuropathy caused by fibrous dysplasia].

We report a case of compressive optic neuropathy caused by fibrous dysplasia in a 28-year-old woman. The patient had no significant medical history. Her best-corrected visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye and 20/400 in the left eye.

[Nephroblastoma and Wilms tumor: report of 2 cases].

Nephroblastomatosis is a rare disease, considered to be a precursor of Wilms tumour. When it is isolated, recommended treatment consists of chemotherapy followed by surveillance. In the presence of associated Wilms tumour, treatment consists of preoperative chemotherapy followed by partial nephrectomy (when possible), followed by postoperative chemotherapy and surveillance.

[Epidemiology of cholelithiasis in central Tunisia. Prevalence and associated factors in a nonselected population].

Objectives: The prevalence of cholelithiasis is still unknown in Tunisia. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and selected risk factors of cholelithiasis

Methods: Two thousand citizens over the age of 19 in a small town in the center of Tunisia were evaluated. Following a structured interview of each subject, an ultrasound examination was performed.

[Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and bronchial cancer].

Mortality due to lung cancer was 25% (7/28) in this study of patients with diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. Opacities on the chest x-ray suggestive of lung cancer were observed in 5 of the 7 cases. All 7 had squamous cell carcinoma.

[Association of spheno-orbital dysplasia with plexiform neuroma in von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis].

We report a case of plexiform neurofibroma of the upper eyelid associated with spheno-orbital dysplasia in a 18-year-old woman with von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis. Visual acuity was 20/40 in the right eye and 20/20 in the left. Plexiform neurofibroma involving the right upper eyelid was associated with mild ptosis and ipsilateral facial hypertrophy.

[Primary psoas abscess in children: 6 cases].

Background: Primary psoas abscess is very rare in childhood; its diagnosis and treatment can be improved by the use of recent imaging techniques.

Patients: Six children, aged 11 months to 10 years (mean: 51 months) were admitted from January 1987 to 15 December 1993 because they suffered mainly from fever, lumbar pain and/or homolateral flexed hip. Examination showed a painful inguinal mass in five patients and hyperleucocytosis in all.

[Congenital retinal arteriovenous fistula and central retinal vein occlusion].

The authors report a case of congenital arteriovenous communication of the retinal near the macula, associated with a central retinal vein occlusion. This occlusion only affected the inferior half-retina, especially the area surrounding the arteriovenous anastomoses. Laser photocoagulation was applied to areas of peripheral ischemia.

Hellp syndrome: incidence and maternal-fetal outcome--a prospective study.

Objective: To determine the incidence of Hellp syndrome (HS) and the maternal fetal outcome associated with its occurrence.

Design: A prospective study during a 6-month period.

Setting: The department of obstetrics and gynecology and the Intensive Care Unit of a 700 bed teaching hospital.

Cardiac dysfunction and pulmonary edema following scorpion envenomation.

Cardiac dysfunction with pulmonary edema following scorpion envenomation (SE) has been documented only in a few isolated case reports. We conducted a systematic hemodynamic study in five consecutive patients (mean age, 21.6 +/- 8 years) presenting with pulmonary edema occurring a few hours (9.

[Maculopathy in typical retinitis pigmentosa apropos of 33 cases].

The authors studied 33 maculopathies in 54 patients affected by typic retinitis pigmentosa: atrophic macular degeneration 31 cases (49%); cystoïd macular oedema: 1 case (3%) and macular retraction syndrome: 1 case (3%). These results are confronted with those of the literature. Two therapeutical trials based on pathogenical hypothesis were conducted.