Biomedical subjects

N Raissouni

Publications and source records attributed to N Raissouni.

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PubMed2006

[Pachydermoperiostosis. A case report].

INTRODUCTION: The pachydermoperiostosis (PDP) or primitive hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) is a rare hereditary disease. CASE RECORD: We report a 22-year-old man born to consanguineous marriage who presented presented with PDP. This patient disclosed an arthropathy, a clubbing, a diffuse periostosis, and a pachyderma of the hands, the feet and the forehead. All the examinations that were performed to look for an etiology remained negative. Diagnosis of PDP was considered and the patient treated with colchicine. DISCUSSION: We discuss the diagnostic issues raised by PDP, especially with the secondary HOA and chronic inflammatory rheumatisms.

Adult↗

PubMed2004

[Psoriasis and osteomalacia. Report of a new case].

INTRODUCTION: The association psoriasis and osteomalacia is very rare. EXEGESIS: We report the case of a young girl, aged 17, who was consulting for ostealgia and erythematic and squamous cutaneous lesions. She had a staturo-ponderal delay, ostealgia and a bending of the general state. The osteo-articular examination showed a sternal protrusion with painful limitation of the movements of all joints. The dermatologic examination noted a dry erythrodermis to hick squamous with scalp's crush. The biological (hypocalcaemia, diminished urinary calcium) and radiological (demineralized bone with Looser-Milkmann fractures) results suggest an osteomalacia, diagnostic confirmed by the bone histological study that found out osteoid lines. The cutaneous biopsy was compatible with psoriasis diagnosis. A vitamino-calcic treatment associated to local nursing was undertaken. The evolution was favorable, noted by a cutaneous bleaching with a return back of the articular function. The present receding is of nine years. CONCLUSION: Different studies underlined that outside of its action on the phosphocalcic metabolism, the vitamin D acts on the skin, especially on the proliferation of the keratinocytes that allowed its indication in the treatment of the psoriasis.

Adolescent↗

PubMed2003

[Cystic lymphangiomas of the mesentery and the epiploon. About two cases].

Two cases of cystic lymphangiomas of the mesentery and the epiploon are hereby related. The authors underline the following points: first, the rarity of these tumors along with the absence of significant clinical features makes the differential diagnosis with ovary tumors a difficult task. Second, although abdominal ultra sonography, completed by CT scan, allows the hypothesis of lymphangioma, only histological examination will confirm the diagnosis. There is no other treatment but complete exeresis, with a good prognosis and exceptional recurrences.

Diagnosis, Differential↗