ABSTRACT
We report a single case of Susac's syndrome wich is a microangiopathy of the brain, retina and cochlea. A 45 years old women developed central retinal artery occlusion in the left eye, associated with bilateral hearing loss that mostly involved low and middle frequencies. MRI of the brain revealed numerous under-cortical, paraventricular and callous lesions. The treatment consisted of anticoagulation and antiplatelet drugs
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Humans , Female , Infarction/etiology , Syndrome , Infarction/diagnosis , Retinal Artery Occlusion/etiology , Retinal Artery Occlusion/therapyABSTRACT
Vermian agenesis constitute an heterogeneous group of clinical and neuroradiological entities with different prognosis. Authors report a kindred with vermian agenesis associated to a characteristic facial dysmorphy and to mental retardation. After review of literature, we found no previous description of such an association. We believe this is a new entity of familial vermian agenesis with autosomal recessive transmission
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Humans , Male , Female , Facial Bones/abnormalities , Intellectual Disability , Genetic Diseases, InbornABSTRACT
Our study reports a result of 359 cases of check ups of the visual system practicly used for military pilots of different categories. During the first medical check up there were 47,45% of candidates declared no good according to the medical procedures required for the new candidates pilots. Consequencly, during the yearly regular check ups we took out only 1% of pilots and this happened because of the constant medical follow up and the professional experience
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OphthalmologyABSTRACT
The study is about 1165 cases of military service inaptness for ophthalmic reason. The responsible affections are commented and compared with regard to the total number of unapts. Starting from the epidemiological point of view since this study concerns a young population, could it give an idea about the most frequent ocular affections in Tunisia