[Successive bilateral adrenal phaeochromocytoma. One case (author's transl)]. / Phéochromocytomes surrénaliens bilatéraux successifs. Une observation.

A patient underwent surgery for the first time at the age of ten years for a right-sided adrenal phaeochromocytoma. She underwent a second operation at the age of 27 years, for a contro-lateral localisation. Phaeochromocytomas are rare in the child. They are frequently bilateral, multiple and situated extra-adrenally. They fall within the context of Sipple's syndrome more rarely than in the adult. Treatment of these bilateral forms requires bilateral adrenalectomy in one or two stages, followed by substitute hormone therapy.

[Unilateral auricular paralysis and dissociated ectopic auricular rhythm. Apropos of 4 cases]. / Paralysies auriculaires unilatérales et rythmes auriculaires actopiques dissociés. A propos de 4 cas

The authors report four cases of right atrial palsy associated with tachycardia and/or slow atrial rhythm from the left auricle in elderly subjects with a past history of cardiac failure with atrial fibrillation for about ten years; they were digitalised and had cardiac failure, and in addition there was one perisinus block and one paroxysmal or persistant complete block situated above the bundle of His and probably above the AV node itself, secondary to the condition of atrial palsy. This probably represents an intermediate stage between chronic atrial fibrillation and atrial palsy in an elderly subject. These cases require careful intracavitary investigation, and often treatment by pacemaker and digitalis.