[Pulmonary involvement with a favorable course during Loa loa filariasis]. / Atteinte pulmonaire d'évolution favorable au cours d'une filariose de type Loa loa.

We report a case of pulmonary infiltrate in filariasis due to Loa loa in a 52 years old patient, living in Cameroon. Antifilarial treatment with ivermectin then diethylcarbamazine led to a rapid resoluting of the pulmonary abnormalities. It is the fifth case of lung disease during filariasis Loa loa.

[Pulmonary and cutaneous lesions and terminal ileitis in a 11-year-old child: an exceptional case (author's transl)]. / Association exceptionnelle de lésions pulmonaires, cutanées et d'une iléite terminale chez un enfant de 11 ans.

A 11-year-old child presented with terminal ileitis associated with pulmonary lesions showing periodic progression. The initial thoracic disorder developed two years before radiological evidence of the ileitis, the second episode coinciding with the diagnosis of the ileal lesion. Pulmonary lesions progressed simultaneously with the clinical signs of digestive tract disturbances, which are now stabilized. The exceptional cases of respiratory affections in Crohn's disease reported in the published literature are reviewed. The diagnosis of these little known associations is still further complicated by the fact that iatrogenic pulmonary affections can sometimes be induced by Salazopyrin, employed to treat this disease.