Introduction: Liver cirrhosis is a global public health issue. Our aim was to determine the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic aspects of liver in hepato-gastroenterology department hospital Aristide Le Dantec Dakar. Patients Methods: We conducted retrospective study with descriptive focus covering period from January 1st, 2010 December 31, 2020. included medical records pa...

Background: Venous thromboembolic disease (VTE) is a clinical entity whose two manifestations are deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). It frequent severe in Cameroon, thus constituting significant public health problem. We aimed to describe VTE management the Yaoundé Emergency Center, particular use of thrombolysis. Methods: This was retrospective study on patients hospitaliz...

omental torsion is caused by the rotation of the greater omentum on its axis which may lead to tissue infarction and necrosis. it is a rare cause of acute abdomen. signs, symptoms and paraclinical data are not specific. the patients usually undergo laparotomy for acute abdomen of poorly defined origin. high index of suspicious is required for the diagnosis of this entity. the diagnosis is usual...

introduction: the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of patients with congestive heart failure (chf) have been described by a number of previous studies, but very little information is available on this issue in iran. this study aimed to delineate the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of iranian patients hospitalized with chf. methods: during an observational, analytical, descrip...

A 10-year-old boy known case of Gaucher disease about 2 years ago was admitted with nausea, vomiting and epigastric pain from 3 days before hospitalization to Mofid Children’s hospital, Tehran, Iran. On the initial examination, no abnormalities were found except for splenomegaly brief tenderness on spleen. In secondary paraclinical evaluations (with Ultrasound Ct-scan), we noticed mesenteric ly...

The authors present the case of a 56 year-old patient diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei, 4 years after being subjected to a left adnexectomy for ovarian cystadenoma. The intra-parietal insemination of the mucinous cells enabled the development,at this level, of a gelatinous mass that raised problems of differential diagnosis with irreducible incisional hernia. In what regards the preoperati...

OBJECTIVE To present a case series of patients previously diagnosed as multiple sclerosis (MS) which were later confirmed as an alternative diagnosis, and describe the clinical and paraclinical signs that led to this change. METHOD Nine patients are described. We reviewed the patient's clinical chart, magnetic resonance images (MRI) and cerebrospinal fluid. RESULTS There was a mean of three...

Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system include a wide spectrum of different disorders that may resemble multiple sclerosis (MS). The diagnosis of MS is based on typical clinical and paraclinical criteria. The simplified McDonald's criteria, which combine clinical picture, NMR findings, CSF analysis and visual evoked potentials, are appropriate for daily neurologic routine. If some...

A 51-year-old man committed suicide by swallowing the contents of a fire extinguisher. A few hours after his suicide attempt, he was referred to the medical center for poisoning. At the time of admission, the patient was conscious with stable vital signs. The patient complained of burning lips and mouth, mentioning diarrhea. Initial treatments included gastric lavage with activated charcoal, wh...

Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor during childhood, originating from the chromafine tissue. According to literature its frequency is approximately 1/100 000. Its clinical manifestation is with signs of catecholamine excess: hypertension, heartbeat, headache, sweating, nausea, vomiting, trembling, weakness, irritation, abdominal and chest pain, dyspnea, red warm face, constipation, polyuria, poly...