Assessment of the antiprotozoal activity of Pulicaria inuloides extracts,an Algerian medicinal plant: leishmanicidal bioguided fractionation

Parasitology Research - The lack of an effective chemotherapy for treatment of protozoan disease urges a wide investigation for active compounds, and plant-derived compounds continue to provide key...     

L’ostéome ostéoïde du pied (à propos de 10 cas)

Médecine et Chirurgie du Pied - Les ostéomes ostéoïdes (OO) du pied sont rares. Les auteurs rapportent dix cas (sept hommes et trois femmes), l’âge moyen de nos...     

Bone tuberculosis of the thumb unmasked by injury

Tuberculous dactylis is uncommon, which makes it difficult to differentiate from tumorous and metabolic affections. Histological analysis constitutes a reliable and easy way to achieve a positive diagnosis, especially as the bacteriological findings can be negative. We report the case of a 43-year-old woman who consulted for a painful right thumb following an injury. Radiographs showed a fracture of the proximal phalanx through a lytic lesion. Pathology examination of a biopsy specimen revealed granulomata with caseous necrosis, specific to tuberculosis. The clinical signs and radiographs resolved after anti-tuberculosis treatment for 12 months.     

Isolation and molecular identification of free-living amoebae from dishcloths in Tenerife,Canary Islands,Spain

Parasitology Research - In this work, the presence of free-living amoebae (FLA) in dishcloths collected from human activity related places was evaluated. Once in the laboratory, 6 cm2...     

Divergent dislocation of the elbow in an adolescent. A case report

A case of simultaneous proximal radio ulnar joint divergent dislocation combined with a bone avulsion of the coronoid apophysis of the same elbow in a 16 years-old girl is presented. After a closed reduction and two weeks of plaster immobilization, normal function of the elbow was recovered within three months. There are only ten cases reported of such a divergent elbow dislocation in modern literature.     

Incidental discovery of a Hodgkin lymphoma synchronous to a papillary thyroid carcinoma

Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common type of thyroid cancer and accounts for almost 89.4% of all thyroid carcinomas. Hodgkin lymphoma is a heterogeneous group of neoplasms and represents 10% of lymphomas. These two cancers do not share the same risk factors. Some studies have reported the association of thyroid papillary carcinoma with lymphomas, mainly Hodgkin''s lymphoma, treated with radiotherapy. However, to our knowledge less than 10 cases have illustrated synchronous papillary thyroid carcinoma and Hodgkin lymphoma with no history of radiotherapy. We present the case of a 49‐year‐old female patient, with no history of past exposure to radiation, who was incidentally diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma during the work up for papillary thyroid carcinoma. Our patient had total thyroïdectomy with cervical lymphadenectomy. The histopathologic examination concluded to a papillary thyroid carcinoma of classical variant. And the lymph node dissection enabled us to diagnose not only papillary thyroid carcinoma''s lymph node metastasis, but also Hodgkin Lymphoma. This discovery of the Hodgkin lymphoma was totally incidental. The discovery of synchronous tumors in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma has been reported in the literature. However, the diagnosis of Hodgkin through lymph node dissection for papillary thyroid carcinoma is extremely rare. This underlines the singularity and the importance of our case. The synchronous papillary thyroid carcinoma and Hodgkin lymphoma is a rare condition, which may pose significant diagnostic and treatment dilemmas. To date, there is no standardized approach due to lack of experience. The molecular mechanisms of this link are poorly understood and yet remain to be elucidated.