[Interest of the medical imagery in Ewing sarcoma]

The authors try to call to mind the radiologic aspects of the Ewing Sarcoma and the interest of the medical imagery in the complete physical examination of extension and the supervision of this tumor. This is done through a retrospective study of4l cases collected during 7 years an a half which occurred in 35 children an 6 young adults. The age of the patients is between 6 and 36 years and the sex ratio is 1,9. For the diagnosis of S.E., the standard radiologic examination is generally sufficient, except for some atypical radiologic forms where the contribution of the other means of exploration is very helpful. So, the plat bones and short bones are reached in 51% of the cases. The osteolysis is found in all the patients of this series. It is associated to the osteo-condensation in 43% of the cases. The cortical is either broken or destincted in all the cases. The periosted appositions are plurilamellar and/or spicular like a [afire of herb] in 61% of the cases. The spur of Codman is present in 34% of the cases. The soft parts are invaded in 97% of the cases. These results confirm those of the literature, however the spur of Codman predominant in this series inherent to the delay of consultation of the patients. For the complete physical examination of the extension, .rather than the standard radiologic, the scanner, the NRM and the osseous scintigraphia are very helpful. For the search ofthe pulmonary metastasis, the thoracic radiography is indispensable but the detection of early metastasis still relative to the scanner. The supervision of the treated tumors is devoted to the standard radiography and especially the scanner which appreciates this regression permiting in irradiated cases, to distinguish the tumoral recidivism from the postradic fibrosis. This distinction can better be done with the NRM. The autors propose a decisional schema

Reliability of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute intestinal intussusception in children

Ultra-sound imaging finding of the invaginated bud are described in 111 young children referred with a suspected acute intestinal intussusception [A.I.I.] during a period of 32 months. An initial group of 30 children were examined by ultrasonography and a barium enema for diagnostic and possible therapeutic purposes. The second series of 81 children had a therapeutic enema only when ultra-sound images provided a positive diagnosis. The authors consider that the overall accuracy for ultrasonography in A.I.I. was 100%, and suggest an algorithm for pratical decisions in A.I.I. in children

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

Alpha heavy chains disease: an intermediate stage

The authors report a case of alpha heavy chains disease associated with a lambliasis affecting a forty-year-old Moroccan women. Histologically, the stage of this case has not been described yet. It is intermediate between the stage A and B: there is a transparietal and plasmocytic infiltration of the small bowel as well as a ganglionic and periganglionic mesenteric infiltration and without any immunoblastic participation. This particularity warrents the tetracycline and cyclophosphamid association. This study is completed with a review of literature dealing with the alpha heavy chains disease

Intervertebral disc clacifications in children. About 2 cases

Two cases of intervertebral space calcifications [cervical and cervico-dorsal] are reported in two 8 year-old children. The evolution spontaneously resolvent illustrates the benignity of this disease in children in spite of an alarming symptomatology and a radiological aspect likely to be worrying