Chirurgie des accidents vasculaires cérébraux hémorragiques au Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona, Antananarivo, Madagascar / Surgery of intracerebral haemorrhage at the Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona teaching hospital, Antananarivo, Madagascar

L'accident vasculaire cérébral hémorragique (AVCH) est une interruption de la circulation sanguine par la rupture d'une artère cérébrale qui va provoquer une perte soudaine d'une ou plusieurs fonctions cérébrales. L'objectif de notre étude était de déterminer l'aspect épidemio-clinique et radiologique et de décrire la prise en charge chirurgicale d'un AVCH au Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona (CHU JRA), Antananarivo Madagascar. Méthodes : Il s'agit d'une étude rétrospective et descriptive de 125 cas d'AVCH opérés sur des patients hospitalisés du Janvier 2017 au 31 Décembre 2019. Résultats : Nous avons noté une prédominance masculine de 55% avec un Sex ratio de 0,82 ; dont l'âge moyen était de 52,8 ans. Le facteur de risque le plus rencontré était l'hypertension artérielle (HTA) avec 58,4% des cas. Les motifs d'admission étaient les troubles de la conscience (63,2%) et les déficits moteurs (44,8%). Les signes à l'examen étaient surtout l'hémiplégie (55,2%), la dysarthrie (22,4%). Les hématomes étaient lobaires dans 80,8% des cas et 19,2% au niveau de la fosse postérieure. La technique chirurgicale la plus utilisée était l'évacuation de l'hématome par craniotomie. Les séquelles étaient dominées par l'hémiparésie et l'aphasie respectivement 53.6% et 10.4%. Le taux de mortalité a été de 8%. Conclusion : La chirurgie tient une place primordiale dans la prise en charge des AVCH au CHU JRA.

[Tuberculosis of the female genital tract discovered during work-ups for infertility: the first two cases at the Fianarantsoa Teaching Hospital in Madagascar]. / La tuberculose génitale découverte devant une stérilité: deux premiers cas observés au CHU Fianarantsoa Madagascar.

The rarity of genital tuberculosis and the non-specificity of its manifestations lead to delayed diagnosis and the need to treat this disease at an advanced stage. We report two cases observed and treated at the Fianarantsoa Teaching Hospital: two young women (aged 22 and 33 years) discovered during work-ups for primary infertility and secondary amenorrhea. The diagnosis was established by histological examination of granulomatous tissue with caseous necrosis, pathognomonic for tuberculous. Isolation of mycobacterium by inoculation on Lowenstein-Jensen medium and culture are not available in Fianarantsoa. Chemotherapy against tuberculosis is most often effective for the disease, but fertility is definitely compromised, even though in vitro fertilization is possible in some cases.

Facteurs de mortalite par les urgences digestives dans le service de reanimation du CHU de Fianarantsoa Madagascar

Objectif: Determiner les facteurs de mortalite par les urgences digestives dans un Service de Reanimation. Methodes: Les auteurs ont retrospectivement etudie les cas des 27 deces suite a une urgence digestive entre 1er Janvier 2006 et 31 Decembre 2009; operees ou non; mais passant dans le service de reanimation chirurgicale du CHU de Fianarantsoa. Resultats: La mortalite des urgences digestives etait de 37;5. Les facteurs incrimines sont : le retard de prise en charge chirurgicale; le probleme pecuniaire des patients; la mauvaise pratique du remplissage vasculaire et l'usage de l'antibiotique non adaptee. Conclusion: Les resultats de cette etude nous suggerent une prise en charge rapide et efficace des urgences digestives

[Spinal meningioma surgery after 75 years of age]. / La chirurgie des méningiomes rachidiens après 75 ans.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Spinal meningioma surgery is usually not difficult and is commonly associated with good outcome. However, advanced age and severe neurological deficit have been considered to be predictors of poor surgical outcome. Therefore, we attempted to assess the surgical outcome of spinal meningiomas in the elderly and to analyze the role of outcome predictors. METHODS: From 1990 to 2006, 32 patients 76 years or older with spinal meningiomas were operated on in our Neurosurgery Departments. All patients had MRI. Neurological status was assessed using the Solero score. Neurological evaluations were conducted three months and one year after surgery. The mean follow-up was 36 months. A multiple logistic regression was applied to establish the relationship between the risk factors and outcome. RESULTS: The median age was 79.3 years. The mean duration of symptoms until surgery was 12.7 months. One patient was rated Solero grade I, 11 grade II, 17 grade III and three patients were rated grade IV. Radical tumor removal was performed in 30 patients (94%). All meningiomas were benign. There was no recurrence, morbidity was 9%, and 1-year mortality was 0%. One year after surgery, all patients had improved, 56 % had recovered completely. Among 20 patients with severe paraparesis or paraplegia, 30 % had recovered completely. There was no statistical correlation between outcome and various risk factors: age, gender, ASA, tumor size, quality of tumor removal, and location. Only preoperative Solero score and duration of symptoms before surgery were statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Surgery is the only treatment of symptomatic spinal meningioma. Advanced age did not seem to contraindicate surgery, even in those with severe preoperative neurological deficits, because quality of life can be improved in the vast majority of cases. There was a correlation between duration and severity of deficit and outcome.

Brain Metastasis of Cardiac Myxoma : Case Report

Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign heart tumor. Cardiac myxoma can be a sporadic lesion (93of cases) and usually occurs in women over 30 years. Complete surgical removal of the myxoma and its cardiac attachement is usually curative. The frequency of recurrences in cardiac myxomas was varies between 3for sporadic cases and 22for cases of Carney complex. Recurrence has been related to incomplete excision multifocality and embolism of tumor fragments. We report a case with multiple brain metastases revealed by mycotic aneurysm and seizure intractable

Results in the Operative Treatment of Elderly Patients with Spinal Meningiomas

Objective : With the life expectancy in the industrial nations increasing over the last two decades; the number of patients older than 70 years with spinal tumors and; especially; meningiomas is rising. Our objective is to assess the outcome of surgically treated spinal meningiomas in patients in their eighth or ninth decade of life and to analyze the possible role of some prognostic factors. Patients and methods : Twenty seven consecutive patients over 70 years of age (mean age; 78.3 years) were operated on for spinal meningiomas between 1995 and 2005 in Bordeaux's Neurosurgery Departement. The preoperative neurologic status of the patients was graded with the Solero score; and the general health conditions were staged according to the American Society of Anesthesiology classification. Tumor were removed totally in 26 cases and subtotally removed in one. The follow-up period ranged from 12 to 81 months (mean; 27.1 months). Results: There was no operative mortality; and morbidity was not significant. Although not significant; neurologic outcome was better in patients with a low preoperative Solero score than those with a high one (P 0.01). Clinical outcome was not influenced by the preoperative general health conditions according to American Society of Anesthesiology classification (p0.07). Clinical outcome was influenced by the duration of symptoms before surgery (p0.05). No recurrence was observed during the follow-up period. Conclusion: Neurologic outcome following surgery was favorable in the vast majority of patients; with no mortality or significant morbidity. Surgery is the only treatment in elderly patients with symptomatic spinal meningiomas; even for those with a poor preoperative neurologic condition. Whenever there is an acceptable risk from an anesthesiological point of view