[Pseudotumoral bronchopulmonary tuberculosis mimicking cancer in an immunocompetent patient]. / Forme pseudo-tumorale d'une tuberculose broncho-pulmonaire chez un immunocompétent mimant un cancer.

Tuberculosis is a disease caused by tubercle bacillus infection. It can affect all of the body's organs. Pulmonary tuberculosis accounts for a little more than 50% of its occurrences. It is a public health problem worldwide, and developing countries in particular. Pseudotumoral bronchopulmonary tuberculosis is a particular form of tuberculosis in immunocompetent subject. It can manifests as a bronchial or pulmonary lesion, suggesting a neoplasia visible on chest CT scan or bronchoscopy. This similarity can confuse clinicians, making diagnosis challenging and requiring the use of invasive diagnostic techniques, since traditional means are often lacking. This increases burden of care and causes delayed treatment. This study aims to educate clinicians about this particular and uncommon form of tuberculosis, which should be suspected in patient with radiological findings compatible with the disease, especially since they live in a highly endemic country. Therapy and treatment duration are the same as for common forms of tuberculosis.

[Pseudo-Meigs syndrome secondary to ovarian serous cystadenoma]. / Pseudo-syndrome de Demons Meigs secondaire à un cystadénome séreux de l'ovaire: cas clinique.

Pseudo-Meigs syndrome combines a benign (all histological types are included) or malignant (primitive ovarian tumor or ovarian metastasis from another primitive tumor) ovarian tumor or a pelvic tumor (not necessarily ovarian or uterine, for example) with ascites and pleurisy (non-metastatic in the case of malignant tumor). These effusions disappear after tumor resection. A 37-year old female patient was admitted to our Department with dyspnoea and left intercostal pain. Radiological examinations showed left pleurisy of average abundance, ascites of low abundance and a pelvic mass. Surgical exploration showed ovarian tumor. After ablation, pleurisy solved spontaneously. Of particular interest, with regard to pneumology, is that this syndrome has occurred in a woman with pleurisy whose etiological assessment was negative and that abdominopelvic ultrasound allows diagnostic orientation.