Pott's disease in Abidjan: experience of the department of rheumatology of university teaching hospital of Cocody: about 420 cases.

INTRODUCTION: Pott's disease continues to be rife primarily in ivorian's setting. This large-scale study presents the Ivorian experience in the management of this disease. AIM: To determine the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical, therapeutic and evolutionary profile of Pott's disease in Abidjan and to identify the factors associated with neurological compressions. METHODS: Retrospective and analytical study of 420 files of patients suffering from presumptive or confirmed Pott's disease, hospitalized in the rheumatology department of Cocody University Hospital from January 2010 to December 2019. RESULTS: The hospital frequency of tuberculous spondylodiscitis was 10.2%. Our study population consisted of 223 men and 197 women with an average age of 43.8 ± 15.5 years. A tuberculosis history and a notion of tuberculosis contagion were noted in 4.3% and 13.8% of cases respectively. The mean diagnostic time was 9.67 ± 10.11 months. The main clinical data were spinal syndrome (98.80%) and also tuberculous impregnation signs (84.76%). Neurological complications were noted in 11.66% of cases. Bacilloscopy and PCR BK were positive in 33.71% and 57.14% of cases respectively. Computed tomography was the most requested and performed diagnostic imaging (92.86%). The associated tuberculous targets (11.2%) were visceral (78.70%), in particular pulmonary (75.67%). The mean duration of anti-tuberculosis treatment was 12.42 months with a cure of 97.14% of patients. Diagnostic delay (P = 0.01), gibbosity (P = 0.009), and presence of soft tissue abscesses (P = 0.004) were significantly associated with neurological compressions. CONCLUSION: Pott's disease is common in Abidjan and affects young adults. It manifests as a spinal syndrome with tuberculous impregnation signs. Computed tomography was the most performed diagnostic imaging. The factors associated with neurological compressions are: diagnostic delay, gibbosity and soft tissue abscesses.

Facteurs associés aux érosions osseuses dans la polyarthrite rhumatoïde à Abidjan

Objectif : Identifier les facteurs associés aux érosions osseuses dans la polyarthrite rhumatoïde observée à Abidjan. Matériels et méthode : Etude rétrospective et descriptive menée au service de rhumatologie du CHU de Cocody de Janvier 2005 à Avril 2017. Ont été inclus les patients souffrant d'une polyarthrite rhumatoïde répondant aux critères de l'ACR 1987 et de l'ACR-EULAR 2010, avec des érosions osseuses. Résultats : La fréquence des érosions osseuses étaient de 51,72% soit 58 sur 112 patients recrutés pendant la période d'étude. Notre effectif comportait 41 femmes et 17 hommes âgés de 46,62+/-13,02 ans. La majorité des patients étaient de niveau socioéconomique précaire (68,96%) et scolarisés (65,51%). Le délai diagnostique moyen était 28,9+/-9,7 mois. Tous les patients présentaient une polyarthrite proximale et distale. Une raideur matinale supérieure à 1 heure (44,8%), une atteinte cervicale (51,72%), des déformations (51,72%), une atteinte viscérale (48,27%), une fièvre (41,37%) et un amaigrissement (58,62%) ont été notés. On notait une vitesse de sédimentation moyenne à 22,9mm et une CRP moyenne à 47,7mg/l. Les facteurs rhumatoïdes et les anti-CCP étaient positifs respectivement chez 37,93% et 34,4% des patients. Les facteurs associés significativement aux érosions osseuses étaient la durée de la raideur matinale (P=0,04), l'atteinte des grosses articulations (P=0,025), l'atteinte du rachis cervical (0,038), la présence de déformations (0,025), l'élévation de la CRP (P=0,004) et la positivité des antiCCP (P=0,01). Conclusion : La durée de la raideur matinale, l'atteinte des grosses articulations, l'atteinte du rachis cervical (0,038), la présence de déformations, l'élévation de la CRP et la positivité des anti-CCP (P=0,01) sont associés aux érosions osseuses dans la polyarthrite rhumatoïde à Abidjan

[Profile of non-traumatic osteoarticular diseases in elderly black Africans: about 157 cases seen in Abidjan]. / Profil des affections ostéoarticulaires des sujets ages noirs africains : A propos de 157 cas vus à Abidjan.

BACKGROUND: The aging of the world population is a phenomenon that is growing progressively. Specific knowledge of osteoarticular disorders in the elderly in black Africa seems limited. AIM: Describe the epidemiological, clinical and etiological characteristics of non-traumatic osteoarticular disorders in elderly black Africans. METHODS: Retrospective and descriptive study concerning black africans patients aged 60 years and over hospitalized in the department of Rheumatology of hospital center of Cocody (Abidjan) in a period of 7 years from January 2000 to December 2007. Were included, 157 records of black africans patients, suffering from a osteoarticular disorder non traumatic with an accurate diagnosis. A structured questionnaire was used to gather epidemiological, clinical and etiological characteristics. RESULTS: The prevalence of elders was 5% of all patients seen in the period of study. The average age was 67 years with the predominance of women (59,7%) and sex-ratio was 0,68. Housewives were predominant (40,6%). The reason for hospitalization was a pain from spine (85,8%) dominated by common low back pain (84,4%). Fever (51,9%) and impaired general health (53.4%) were dominant extraarticular signs. The main etiologies were degenerative (50.5%) with a predominance of common low back pain (38.2%), followed by bacterial osteitis and/or bacterial arthritis (20.5%) and malignancies (hematologic malignancies and metastasis of cancer) in 15.9% of cases. Degenerative pathology was significantly observed in females (p=0.004). CONCLUSION: Non-traumatic osteoarticular diseases in elderly black africans are little frequent in Abidjan and are dominated by degenerative diseases of spine.

Compressions médullaires lentes : prévalence et étiologies, expérience du service de rhumatologie du CHU de Cocody à Abidjan

Objectif : Déterminer la prévalence du syndrome de compression médullaire lente et en identifier les étiologies en pratique rhumatologique à Abidjan.Patients et méthodes : Notre étude rétrospective et descriptive, a été menée au sein du service de rhumatologie du CHU de Cocody à Abidjan de Janvier 2004 à Décembre 2013. Nous avons sélectionné 121 patients souffrant de syndrome de compression médullaire clinique. Nous nous sommes intéressés aux données sociodémographiques et étiologiques.Résultats : La prévalence hospitalière était de 2,6% soit 121 patients sur 4531 pathologies rhumatologiques. Les hommes prédominaient (56,1%) avec un sex-ratio de 1,3. L'âge moyen était de 48,8 ans. Les patients se plaignaient d'un déficit moteur isolé (42,2%) ou associé à une cervicalgie (16,5%), à une dorsalgie (23,1%) et à une dorsolombalgie (18,2%). La durée moyenne d'évolution du syndrome de compression médullaire était de 1,2 mois. Les principaux signes cliniques étaient une parésie ou paralysie (98,3%) et une radiculalgie (93,4%). La tomodensitométrie constituait l'imagerie majeure (80,1%). Les étiologies étaient les spondylodiscites bactériennes (55,3%) dominées par le mal de Pott (52% des cas), les affections rachidiennes dégénératives (23,3% des cas) et les causes tumorales malignes (21,4%).Conclusion : Le syndrome de compression médullaire lente est rare en pratique rhumatologique à Abidjan. Les étiologies sont dominées par les spondylodiscites bactériennes principalement le mal de Pott

[Uncomplicated herniated discs and sciatica: epidemiologic and semiotic aspects in 143 black African subjects]. / Les lombosciatiques discales non compliquées: aspects épidémiologiques et sémiologiques chez le sujet noir africain. A propos de 143 malades (Côte d'Ivoire).

OBJECTIVES: To study the epidemiologic and semiotic characteristics of uncomplicated sciatica in patients in a university hospital in Côte d'Ivoire. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This retrospective study included 143 patients with an uncomplicated herniated disc hospitalized in the Cocody University Hospital from 1998 through 2002; patients were excluded if they were excessively sensitive to pain, had related motor deficits, cauda equina syndrome, or were resistant to medical treatment. RESULTS: Patients' average age was 42.5 years (range: 15-81), 58% were women, and mean body mass index (BMI) was 26.16. Ninety-nine (69.2%) reported relatively sedentary work. The disorder was characterized by an antalgic position (in 46.9%), an abnormal Schöber index in 117 (81.8%), the "bell sign" (in 63.6%) and a cough impulse in 58.7%. Lasègue's sign was homolateral at 114 (79.7%), and the average amplitude 42.2 degrees (range: 10 to 80). Paresis of 3/5 or higher was observed in 32 patients (22.4%). Radiography showed a disc disorder in 63% of cases; posterior osteoarthritis in 39.2% and a narrowed lumbar channel in 14 %. Computed tomography was performed for 56 patients and confirmed the presence of a hernia (median: 42,8%; paramedian: 48,2%; foraminal: 8,0%) of L4-l5 in 43 patients (77%); a large hernia, defined by a size greater than half of the rachidian channel, was found in eight (14,3%). After medical treatment, the course was favourable during this hospitalisation. CONCLUSION: Contrary to preconceived ideas, uncomplicated sciatica of black subjects has the same characteristics as in the white population.