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M Chovet

Publications and source records attributed to M Chovet.

At least 55 records · Page 3Linked to original sources

[Orbital and ocular tumors in the Republic of Mali].

Analysing 82 cases of oculo-orbital tumours in Malian patients, the authors find the classical features characterizing ocular carcinoma in Africa, i.e. early arising, development, late request for treatment. They stress on the age of the patients at the occasion of the first request for treatment in case of retinoblastoma, and notice the special frequency of squamous cell carcinoma with conjunctival or limbic localization.

Adolescent↗

[Late aspects of palpebral anthrax (author's transl)].

Report of 5 cases of palpebral anthrax treated after the acute phase, in a cicatricial or precicatricial stade. The authors recommend to delay plastic surgery up to three months and to select total skin graft for upper eye-lid and pediculed skin flap for lower eye-lid.

Adolescent↗

[Trachoma prevalence in the Sahel: report of a 1978 survey in Gourma area (Mali) (author's transl)].

Report of a survey conducted in 1978 in the Niger sweep on a population consisting for one third of adults and for two thirds of children and adolescents. 2.571 persons have been controlled, giving evidence of 441 cases of trachoma (17,15 p. 100), 327 of which were evolutive and 114 cicatricial; 30,4 p. 100 of the cases were severe and 10 p. 100 suffered of a loss of visual acuity.

Adolescent↗

[An Ota's naevus in a West African child (author's transl)].

Report of a case of Ota's naevus fuscocaeruleus ophtalmomaxillaris in an african child. The authors are not aware of a previous report of this deformity in Africa (South of the Sahara). They review the clinical and histological features of this naevus and describe in this case a pigmentary infiltration of corneal stroma.

Child, Preschool↗