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Syndrome des antiphospholipides
La présence d’un syndrome des antiphospholipides (SAPL) peut amener un patient à être pris en charge aux urgences ou hospitalisé en unités de soins intensifs du fait des différentes atteintes thrombotiques, de...
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The association of systemic lupus erythematosus and myasthenia gravis: a series of 17 cases, with a special focus on hydroxychloroquine use and a review of the literature
The coexistence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and myasthenia gravis (MG) is rarely reported, and most of the published studies are case reports. Hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial agent, is an essenti...
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Genetic heterogeneity of the hypervariable region I of Hepatitis C virus and lymphoproliferative disorders
B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders (BCLD) have been associated with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The HCV glycoprotein E2 (gpE2) hypervariable region I (HVR-I) may be a potential antigenic candi...
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Prevalence and Clinical Correlations of Antibodies Against Six β2-Glycoprotein-I-Related Peptides in the Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Two-hundred ninety five patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) were studied for the presence of antibodies against six anti-β2GPI-related peptides Abs. The prevalence of a wide spectrum of clinical ...
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Paraneoplastic antineuronal antibodies in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases
Sera from 71 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS) and from 102 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were tested by immuno-dot blotting against HuD, Ri, Yo and amphiphysin recombinant prot...
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Principles and performance of virtual CT and MRI intraluminal endoscopy
Technical improvements in high resolution CT acquisition and fast imaging MR imaging, coupled with advanced 2D or 3D computer graphics, have permitted interactive 3D visualization in medical imaging.
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Neuro-Behçet’s Disease (Isolated Cerebral Thrombophlebitis Excluded)
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Hyperhomocysteinemia and Arterial Aneurysm
Hyperhomocysteinemia (HCY) is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis. Arterial aneurysm has rarely been described in association with heterozygous HCY. Here we report two cases of this association. Cas...
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Neurological complications of primary Sjögren's syndrome
Objective: To better delineate the spectrum of neurological complications of primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS). Methods: A detailed neurological investigation was prospectively performed in a group of 25 consecut...
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Pulmonary Hypertension and Antiphospholipid Antibodies
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined as a mean pulmonary artery pressure greater than 25 mmHg [1, 2]. After many years of debate, it is now agreed that PH can be classified according to three features: anato...
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Neovascular glaucoma after bypass surgery in Takayasu's disease
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Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas
The Hodgkin (HD) and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL) can involve any lymph node chain and any organ. The importance of staging is related to the fact that the prognosis and treatment strategy depend on the exten...
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Malignant tumors of the pleura
Imaging plays a major role in the diagnosis and management of pleural disease. Standard radiographs remain the initial examination of choice for making the diagnosis. Depending on the clinical context, these r...
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Pulmonary metastases
Any tumor, apart from cerebral tumors, can metastasize to the lung parenchyma which acts as a filter for tumor cells carried in the blood stream (and also in the lymphatic system). The radiological and CT appe...
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Tumors of the trachea
Tumors of the trachea are rare and may be detected on standard radiographs.
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Cancer of the pancreas
Over the last few years, the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic tumors have been revolutionized by the advent of ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (whose role is yet to be...
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Introduction: Cancer, internal medicine and new imaging
The true revolution in medical practice as a result of modern imaging over the last 20 years has primarily been concerned with the diagnosis and management of cancers, imaging playing a major role in the detec...
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Primary retroperitoneal tumors
The primary retroperitoneal tumors arise from the connective tissue, nervous and vestigial structures which are situated in the retroperitoneal space. They are separate from the retroperitoneal organs and majo...
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Malignant tumors of the adrenal glands
The contribution of CT and MRI is particularly important for adrenal tumors, notably CT (fig. 31.1) in the assessment of cancer spread, and MRI which is able to avoid more invasive techniques such as percutane...
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Malignant tumors of the chest wall
Classification of tumors of the chest wall is difficult due to their great diversity. CT [3] is more accurate than clinical or standard radiological assessment of tumor size which is often underestimated, and ...