Case Report

A rare cause of neonatal diarrhoea: Microvillositary inclusion disease: about a case report

Abstract

Microvillositary inclusion disease also known as microvillositary atrophy is a rare congenital enteropathy containing a border abnormality in the brushes of enterocytes, manifesting as severe rebellious diarrhea in newborns and infants. It was first describe...

Letter to the Editor

Follicular psoriasis: a poorly known presentation

Abstract

Follicular psoriasis is an uncommon diagnosis and probably the least well-known subtype of psoriasis. Hence, we report the clinical and histological findings of follicular psoriasis in one patient to raise awareness of this rare entity.

Case Report

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage: Unusual presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a rare complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and carries a high mortality.

It was first described by Osler in 1904 as the most devastating pulmonary complication of SLE.

We describe a case of a 23-...

Case Report

Bee venom: a case of effectiveness on skin varicosities veins with review of its dermatological benefits

Abstract

Bee venom is a very rich and varied biochemical complex, which explains the multitude of its physiological effects as well as its medical indications. In dermatology, apart from psoriasis, few studies have been conducted concerning its interest and effective...

Case Report

Psychological distress in a social media content moderator: A case report

Abstract

The expansion of social media platforms has given birth to a specific professional category in charge of « sanitizing » social media and keeping it free of “inappropriate” content. These content moderators, as a result...

Research Article

Health professional stress during COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

WHO declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by SARS-CoV-2, to be a pandemic on March 12, 2020. In Morocco, the first case was reported in March 2nd 2020. The mental health of general population, medical and nursing staff especially ...

Case Report

Unusual cause of parietal thoracic pain: A case report

Abstract

We report the radio-clinical observation of a 21-year-old patient, referred for anterior chest parietal discomfort evolving for 3 months ago, with the notion of trauma.

The chest CT (computed tomography) scan detected a costal cartilage...

Case Report

Vaginal embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in young woman: A case report and literature review

Abstract

Rhabdomyosarcomas are the most common soft tissue tumors of childhood. They are characterized by their poor prognosis. Vaginal location is very rare after puberty and exceptional in the post menopause. Treatment is based on several therapeutic measures combi...

Research Article

Pharmaco-economic study and cost of care for chronic diseases: Case of Haemophilia in Morocco

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to enrich the literature about the role that can play some economic approaches, such as cost-effectiveness analysis, in order to help medical stuffs to decide about the treatment to adopt in case of a chronic disease such as Haemophi...

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An unusual case of a maxillary sinonasal neuroendocrine carcinoma

Abstract

It’s a 24 years old female patient who presented with rhinological burning pain evolving since 1 year. She didn’t consult until a blistering lesion filled half of the oral cavity. The initial biopsy of the tumor was interpreted as a round...

Case Report

Delayed penile prosthesis implantation in the delayed presentation of ischemic priapism

Abstract

Priapism is currently defined as a prolonged painful erection without sexual stimuli, if priapism persists > 36 hours, conservative treatment does not lead to detumescence.
The most common etiologies are: medications into corpora cavernos...

Research Article

Heterotopic Gastric Mucosa of the Proximal Esophagus: An Under recognized Entity

Abstract

Heterotopic gastric mucosa (HGM) is an islet of gastric mucosa within the esophageal mucosa. These lesions can sit throughout the digestive tract and rarely in the upper third of the esophagus. The pathophysiology of HGM remains poorly understood.

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Branchio Oculo Facial Syndrome

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A 3-month-old girl presented to the surgical consultation room with bilateral cleft lip incomplete. A girl weighing 4205 g, was born at term  after an uneventful pregnancy with a birth weight of 2500 g. There was no family history. On examinat...

Case Report

Occipital lobe ependymal cyst with unusual presentation

Abstract

Intraparenchymal cysts without communication to the ventricles or the subarachnoid space are named ependymal or epithelial cysts. The estimated ratio of their incidence compared with arachnoid cysts is 1:10. Neurologic deficit can occur when the cyst exerts ...

Review Article

Management of Ischemic Stroke during cardiac catheterization: A case report and review of literature

Introduction

Stroke following coronary interventions is a devastating and most dreaded complication with signiβicant morbidity and mortality. Various factors have been ascribed for this complication including the technical errors [1]. A small percentage of s...

Case Report

Late discover of a traumatic cardiac injury: Case report

Abstract

Blunt chest trauma leads to a wide range of lesions, relatively minor parietal injuries to potentially fatal cardiac lesions, making diagnosis and management difficult. The diagnosis is currently facilitated by imaging, however, these lesions may go unnotice...

Review Article

Subungual exostosis: Pediatric aspects

Introduction

Subungual exostosis (SUE) is a benign phalangeal tumor of an osteocartilaginous nature [1]. SUE is most commonly diagnosed in children and young adults; most of these lesions are located in the big toe, although they can occur (albeit infrequently) in ot...

Research Article

Rehabilitation of hearing by cochlear implantation

Abstract

Background: Cochlear implants (CI) are nowadays a widely accepted treatment for sensorineural hearing loss SNHL.

Aim: This study aimed to describe the epidemiological characteris...

Case Report

An uncommon cause of isolated ascites: Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Summary

Pseudomyxoma peritonei or Gelatinous Peritoneal Disease is a rare disease. We report a case treated in the department of Hepato-Gastroenterology at Ibn Sina Hospital in Rabat, of a 64-year-old male who presented with an abdominal pain and an increased volume ...

Case Report

Local recurrence after enlarged total nephrectomy

Local isolated recurrence of kidney cancer in the renal lodge after radical nephrectomy is rare and has a poor prognosis. Surgical excision, sometimes even extended to neighboring organs, is currently the only effective treatment for local recurrence of kidney cancer. The interest of new medic...

Case Report

Linear IgA bullous dermatosis in a child successfully responding to oral antibiotics

Abstract

Linear IgA bullous dermatosis (LABD) is a rare, chronic, autoimmune bullous dermatosis affecting young children and adults. The exact pathogenesis of this disease is still unknown, although both humoral and cellular immune response are involved. Clinically, ...

Case Report

Unusual presentation of a bilateral basilar stroke: Bradycardia

Abstract

We report a case of 79-year-old man who presented to our emergency department (ED) for lipothymia. The patient developed significant bradycardia with hypotension. His EKG objectified a slow atrial fibrillation .the patient rapidly installed a coma. A non-con...

Case Report

Orthodontics Miniscrews to Correct an Anchorage Loss: Case Report

ABSTRACT

The recent introduction of the miniscrew in orthodontics revolutionized the clinical and biomechanical approach of anchoring. Used as direct or indirect anchoring, the orthodontic micro screws indications field is expanding due to their easy insertion, and t...