[Paraneoplastic pemphigus in chronic lymphocytic leukemia]. / Pemphigus paranéoplasique au cours d'une leucémie lymphoïde chronique.

INTRODUCTION: Paraneoplastic pemphigus is an autoimmune bullous disease described by precise clinical, histological and immunological features presented by Anhalt in 1990. Prognosis is very severe and depends on the associated neoplasia and the gravity of the mucosal damage. CASE REPORT: Paraneoplastic pemphigus was diagnosed in a 62-year-old man with chronic lymphoid leukemia. The course was favorable up to one-year follow-up after general corticosteroid therapy. DISCUSSION: This case illustrates that paraneoplastic pemphigus can be controlled by general corticosteroids and would suggest the severe prognosis may be improved.

Sequential feeding of whole wheat to growing broiler chickens.

1. Four broiler feeding trials were performed to examine the suitability of a whole wheat sequential feeding regimen for commercial broiler production. The sequential feeding programme gave a continuous cycle of ad libitum access to only whole wheat followed by the same time of access to only a pelleted diet. The pelleted diet provided a concentration of nutrients to balance that provided by the whole wheat. This was called a balancer diet. 2. The first trial used 144 cage-reared broilers from 28 to 49 d of age. Four different times of access (4, 8, 12 and 24 h) to the two alternate foods were compared. A whole wheat choice-feeding treatment and a complete single diet treatment were also compared. Whole wheat accounted for over 40% of the broilers' total food intakes when they were given the sequential feeding treatments of 8 h or greater. The whole wheat intakes of the birds given the 4 h sequential feeding and the choice-feeding were only 20 and 5% respectively. There was a non linear relationship between the weight gains of the broilers and the length of the sequential feeding period (P < 0.01). The growth rates of the broilers given sequential feeding were lowest (P < 0.05) in the 4-h feeding periods but highest (P < 0.05) in the 8-h periods. Weight gains decreased (P < 0.01) linearly as the sequential feeding periods were increased above 8 h. 3. A second trial, using 144 cage-reared broilers, examined the effect of different balancer compositions or different wheat varieties in 8-h sequential feeding. The broilers selected more whole wheat in their diet when they were given balancers with increased cereal contents. However, these broilers did not eat enough whole wheat to compensate for the reduced cereal content of the balancers and their overall diets had lower energy:protein ratios. The two different wheat samples did not result in any differences (P > 0.05) in the proportion of whole wheat selected by the broilers. 4. A third trial compared the diet selections, weight gains, food intakes and water excretions of 72 cage-reared broilers given whole wheat feeding regimens. The growth rates of the broilers given a loose mix of whole wheat and a pelleted balancer diet were similar (P > 0.05) to broilers given a complete single diet. The growth rates of these two groups were 7% greater (P < 0.05) than broilers given choice-feeding or 8-h sequential feeding.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

[A new case of Caffey's disease]. / A propos d'un nouveau cas de maladie de Caffey

With reference to a new case of Caffey's disease, or infantile cortical hyperostosis, of maxillary origin, the authors stress in particular the necessity to eliminate the possibility of Silverman's syndrome and the diagnostic problem posed by chronic tumefactions of the angle in children.