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N Akhdari

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PubMed2006

[Childhood cutaneous tuberculosis from Morocco: a study of 30 cases].

UNLABELLED: In Morocco, tuberculosis is still endemic. Cutaneous tuberculosis is ranged the fifth after the pleuro-pulmonary, lymphe node, urogenital and digestive tuberculosis. It mainly affects young people. Few studies of cutaneous tuberculosis are available in this age group. The aim of our study is to emphasize its epidemiological features. PATIENTS AND METHODS: It is a retrospective study including all cases of childhood cutaneous tuberculosis observed between January 1981 and December 2004. The diagnosis was based on the confrontation of clinical, immunological, bacteriological and histological data. RESULTS: Thirty cases were collected. The mean age was 11 years. The clinical features are as follows: gumma 46.6%, scrofuloderma 36.6%, lupus vulgaris 13.3% and skin tuberculosis chancre 3.3%. The Mantoux test was positive in 67%, tuberculoid granuloma was observed in 78% and the search of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was positive in 13%. DISCUSSION: Gumma and scrofuloderma were the most frequent forms as in other Moroccan series. These results attest the endemicity of this affection in our country. The diagnosis relies on the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; as this situation is rare for the cutaneous location, the diagnosis relies then on the association of clinical and paraclinical criteria.

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PubMed2006

[Urachus sinus].

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[Tabetic arthropathy: "a forgotten disease"].

INTRODUCTION: With the current sparcity of syphilitic manifestations, the once obvious aspects of the affection have been forgotten or are little known. We report 4 cases of tabetic arthropathy admitted to the Dermatology Department Ibn Rochd University Hospital of Casablanca. OBSERVATIONS: The mean age of the patients was 50 years, all were males. The diagnosis was based on clinical, radiological, and biological criteria. There was a large contrast between the extent of the articular malformation and the indolence. The radiological aspect associated destructive and constructive lesions. The syphilis serology was positive in the articular liquid, the blood and/or the cerebro-spinal fluid. Treatment was essentially medical. DISCUSSION: Tabetic arthropathy, an exceptional affection, is one of the complications of the tabes dorsalis. Its prevention relies on the treatment of the syphilis at an early stage, before the onset of the articular and neurologic forms, the management of which remains very difficult.

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