The authors report of a case of caecal perforation in a patient with Sezary syndrome who was submitted to systemic corticosteroids a few days before that complication. Caecal perforations during corticosteroid treatment appear to be rare, the known causes being essentially carcinoma, ischaemia and colectasia in inflammatory colitis. In the case reported, there was no associated intestinal lesion. The prognosis is usually severe, mainly on account of the lack of explicit symptoms.

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[Angio-follicular lymph node hyperplasia or Castleman tumour in contact with a mesenteric tuberculosis lymphadenopathy (author's transl)].

The authors report a case of angio-follicular lymph node hyperplasia in contact with a mesenteric tuberculous lymphadenopathy. Three laparotomies performed close together, lead them to confirm that a localized antigenic stimulation associated with considerable hemodynamic disturbances in the venous and lymphatic systems may be the cause of an angio-follicular lymph node hyperplasia in a non-lymphoid organ.

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