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C Tavernier

Publications and source records attributed to C Tavernier.

At least 73 records · Page 4Linked to original sources
PubMed1977

[Painful and transient spasm of the cardioesophageal sphincter (author's transl)].

The writers describe a painful and transient spasm of the lower esophageal sphincter. Clinically, it is a matter of total aphagia, which is painful and prolonged, and occurs during eating; it always responds to medical treatment (rehydratation and antispasmodics), and it does not exceed 48 hours. An X-ray examination is both essential and characteristic: it visualizes the spasm of the lower esophageal sphincter in its full extent, the food gap, the sideration of the thoracic esophagus, and the disappearance of the air pocket. A perfect understanding of these clinical and and radiological signs enables a recognition of the functional nature of this medically curable condition, and thus aids patients of all ages to avoid an unecessary surgical operation.

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PubMed1975

[Intravenous duodenography: a routine investigation (author's transl)].

The authors present their experience of intravenous duodenography using tiemonium methyl sulphate which they described in 1963. This simple, regular and safe techniques enables one to obtain at the end of the investigations, a duodenography by first intention, by means of the intravenous injection of tiemonium. Parietal lesions, extrinsic compression of small or large dimension, within the duodenal outline are easily demonstrated. Gastroduodenal investigation must of course be comprised of pictures during collapse, semi-collapse and repletion of the entire duodenal outline; once out of every two times, one has to recourse to intravenous duodenography which has become a routine investigation.

Duodenal Diseases↗
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[Current aspects of paraneoplastic acute polyarthritis].

Paraneoplastic acute polyarthritis (PAP) is a recognized rheumatological entity with semeiological features that are based only on a few published cases. We thought that it would be of interest to review the literature and present the current characteristics of PAP, taking into account only those cases where the acute polyarthritis and a neoplastic disease followed parallel courses. The clinical manifestations of PAP are extremely varied, making it difficult to distinguish this disease from some forms of rheumatoid arthritis, the RS3 PE syndrome or polymyalgia rheumatica. Clinicians must be vigilant when they are faced with a particularly progressive acute polyarthritis in a patient aged over 60, and particularly when this patient's general condition is altered and when fever and a clear-cut inflammatory syndrome are present. In such circumstances, it is mandatory to investigate for an underlying neoplasia.

Acute Disease↗
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Arthritis following combined vaccine against diphtheria, polyomyelitis, and tetanus toxoid.

We describe 2 cases of arthritis following immunization against diphtheria, poliomyelitis and tetanus toxoid. One patient developed monoarthritis of the knee after immunization, that regressed following synovectomy. Five years later, the arthritis recurred after a booster vaccine injection. One day after immunization, another patient developed arthritis of the ankle that persisted for 3 days. It is difficult to know whether there is a coincidental or a causal relation between immunization and arthritis. Although our cases suggest that immunization against diphtheria, poliomyelitis and tetanus toxoid may cause arthritis, additional cases must be reported before studies aimed at confirming this possibility are considered.

Adolescent↗
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[Colon endometriosis: radiological diagnosis (author's transl)].

The radiological signs of the three anatomical types of colon endometriosis are described. The marginal type may occur as a simple isolated fixed lesion with well-defined curved edges and a normal mucosa, the mucosal forms being sometimes stretched in the shape of an arc. In some cases this type is associated with perilesional modifications in the folds, the bands of adhesions showing up as saw-tooth spicules or characteristic newly formed folds in the shape of "roman tiles". The circumferential type shows fixed narrowing without proximal dilatation, conservation of the mucosa, and sometimes a "wheel rim" appearance from retraction of the mesocolon. The third type are the diffuse pelvic forms, when there is a primary colon lesion and signs of pelvic spread have to be investigated by coelioscopy. Diffuse pelvic forms with secondary spread into the colon raise the diagnostic problem of the "extrinsic colon".

Colonic Neoplasms↗