Bone manifestations during Von Recklinghausen disease. About 8 cases

About 8 cases of osseous lesions in patients with Von Recklinghausen disease, the authors report the different radiologic findings encountered in this affection

Caffey's disease. About a case

The authors report a case of infantile cortical hyperostosis in a two months old child. They recall the clinical, biological and mainly radiological aspects of this disease which is important to recognize because its spontaneous evolution is regularly favorable. The diagnosis difficulties in some unifocal forms which can be a source of therapeutic errors are also discussed

[Contribution of ultrasound to the diagnosis of the abdominal localisations of child's non hodgkin lymphoma]

The autors report on 30 cases of abdominal localisation of N.H.L. seen between 1981 and 1984. The diagnosis is easy if we consider that this affection is frequent in our climate and it's clinic manifestations is much more calling up than it's evolution is rapid and that these children consult late in the course of the disease. Sonography is a fast and efficient examination. The specific and multifocal patterns of the lesions aids to the diagnosis. Sonography allows an extension balance and follow up of the evolution when treatment is administered. Percutaneous punction of the mass guided by sonography may give an anatomo pathologic confirmation of the lesions. When sonography is not performant, other explorations, like CT, barium studies and lymphography, may be needed

Cherubism: a study of two cases

The authors present two cases of cherubism. In one of the two cases, the patient had been submitted to an irrelevant and heavy treatment, the disease being not identified. The authors take advantage of this opportunity to recall the most important features of the disease, insisting on the positive elements of the diagnosis

Oxalosis: a familial case report

A case of "familial oxalosis" discovered after routine necropsy, is reported. The discovery of two other cases in the same family brought us to review the main features of the disease

Posterior urethral valves. Clinical and radiological aspects

From the study of 14 cases of posterior urethral valves, the authors recall the different clinical aspects which can reveal this malformation and emphasize the baby form which may be misleading. They therefore note that the child's from is more frequent in their series which is explained by the usual diagnostic delay, and the ignoring of this entity. They also recall the modalities of radiological exploration [intraveinous urography, public cystography and ultrasound] as well as the data of endoscopic and urodynamic explorations

[Gastro-intestinal tuberculosis [21 cases]]

21 cases of gastrointestinal tuberculosis were diagnosed within 4 years ileocaecal [10], colic [7], small bowel [4] and gastroduodenal [2]. More than one localisation was encountered in 7 patients. In 10 cases, the presence of fistulas whether blind or communicating was noticed. The diagnostic criterious were either a positive histological examination, or the association of suggestive radiological aspects and a pulmonary or peritoneal tuberculosis, or a positive tuberculous test treatment. The clinical, biological, pathological and the radiological aspects of the gastrointestinal tuberculosis as well as the problems of the differential diagnosis, are discussed

[Giant horsetail ependymoma]

A case of giant ependyrnoma of the horsetail diagnosed in an eleven-year-old boy is reported. The authors stress the clinical latency and the diagnostic difficulties. The radiosurgical treatment gave a satisfactory result. The efficiency of the radiotherapy, unusual in this type of tumor, is emphasized

[Light chains type multiple myeloma and amyloid intestinal obstruction]

A case of light chain type multiple myeloma is diagnosed in a 26 year-old patient who presented a gastrointestinal amyloidosis revealed by an intestinal obstruction. The authors recall the diagnostic difficulties of non typical multiple myeloma, the links between multiple myeloma and amyloidosis and emphasize their bad prognosis when associated

Ultrasound diagnosis of an injury of the main biliary duct

An 8 months old undiagnosed injury of the main biliary duct which occured during a cholecystectomy and which was assumingly repaired in a second operation was revealed by an ultrasonographic investigation. This report emphasizes the value of ultrasound in the etiologic diagnosis of obstructive jaundice and in some surgical complications

[Albers Schonberg's disease revealed by mandibular osteitis. Report of 2 cases]

Concerning two cases of a dominating form of ostreopetrosis revealed by an osteit of the mandible, the authors recall the main features of this disease and insist on the therapeutic difficulties that the osteit of the mandible arise and on the necessity to avoid it when the disease is known