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Screening for cancer in case of venous thromboembolism: when and how ?

Cancer associated thrombosis (CAT) is an important challenge. When venous thromboembolism (VTE) occurs without any identified risk factors, the risk of CAT raises the question of a hidden cancer...
 Marie-Antoinette Sevestre. May 2022, page 14

Catheter thrombosis and upper extremity thrombosis in oncology

In an oncologic population with catheter, upper extremity vein thrombosis (UEVT) is a frequent complication, occurring in 2% to 6% of cancer patients with central venous catheters. UEVT is less...
 Olivier Espitia. May 2022, page 26

Venous thromboembolic disease and cancer: 10 key messages

 Karine Lacombe. May 2022, page 36

Aortic dissection at the acute phase

Acute aortic dissection is the most common and dramatic of aortic emergencies. The many complications that it generates, such as rupture or malperfusion, make it a complex pathology to be managed...
 Jean-Marc Alsac. November 2021, page 19

Aortic dissection after the acute phase

After the acute phase, it is imperative that patients who have presented with aortic dissection can be followed clinically and morphologically. The antihypertensive medical treatment must be...
 Jean-Marc Alsac. November 2021, page 24

Mesenteric arterial ischemia: from diagnosis to decision

Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is a severe vascular and intestinal emergency, most commonly related to the occlusion (mesenteric occlusive disease or emboli) of the superior mesenteric artery...
 Iannis Ben Abdallah, Yves Castier, Olivier Corcos. November 2021, page 26

Management of abdominal aortic aneurysms

The abdominal aortic aneurysm is a permanent dilation of the aorta with a diameter of more than 30 mm. It can be strictly infra-renal or be located opposite the origin of the digestive and renal...
 Salma El Batti, Iannis Ben Abdallah. November 2021, page 34

Primary biliary cholangitis

Primary biliary cholangitis (formally primary biliary cirrhosis, PBC) is the most common chronic cholestatic liver disease in humans. It is a presumed autoimmune liver disease, characterized by...
 Pierre-Antoine Soret, Olivier Chazouillères, Christophe Corpechot. November 2021, page 45

Main acute poisonings: general principles of care, illicit and psychotropic substances, cardiotropic and carbon monoxide

 Nicolas Franchitto. November 2021, page 54

Exanthema and erythroderma in adults

 Estelle Charvet, Martine Bagot. November 2021, page 65

Rash and erythroderma: identify and treat the cause

 Estelle Charvet, Martine Bagot. November 2021, page 74

Inadequate infant diets and false food allergies

The administration, by families, of more or less extensive avoidance diets of food to their infants has been a growing problem in recent years. Regardless of certain parental beliefs, these diets...
 Julie Lemale, Anaïs Lemoine. January 2022, page 32

Being or believing yourself to be allergic: phobic parents ?

 Emmanuelle Lefranc. January 2022, page 37

Gayet Wernicke encephalopathy

 Christine Kora, Obed Rockson, Soumia El Arabi, Imane Skiker. January 2022, page 43

Childhood poikilodermatous lupus

 Najla Daadaa, Asmahene Souissi, Olfa Midassi, Mourad Mokni. January 2022, page 44

Borreliosis and relapsing fever

Relapsing fevers borreliosis (RFB) are caused by bacteria of the genus Borrelia, within the spirochete’s family, transmitted to Humans by arthropods (lice Pediculus humanus, soft ticks of the genus...
 Alice Raffetin, Solène Patrat-Delon, Céline Cazorla, Pierre Tattevin, Carole Eldin. January 2022, page 51

Is de-normalizing tobacco and its industry a winning approach ?

The so-called "denormalization" approach has progressively imposed itself in the field of tobacco control. This strategy is no longer limited to the health and individual implications of smoking...
 Ellen de Guiran, Thomas Daniel, Marion Catellin, Loïc Josseran. September 2022, page 13

Virological aspects, diagnostic tools and variants of SARS-CoV-2

SARS-CoV-2 is an enveloped non-segmented linear single-stranded positive RNA virus. The envelope carries the protein spike (S) which recognizes the ACE2 receptor on the target cell and allows entry...
 Marion Helary, Maud Salmona, Éve-Marie Walle, Linda Feghoul, Nadia Mahjoub, Nathalie Schnepf, Sarah Maylin, Marie-Laure Chaix, Jérôme Le Goff, Constance Delaugerre. September 2022, page 30

Splenic tuberculosis

 Mehdi El Aissate, Yassine Ennaboulsi, Salah Eddine El Khade, Ali Zinebi, Mohammed Karim Moudden. September 2022, page 70

Adrenal incidentalomas, most often benign

Adrenal incidentalomas are benign in their great majority, do not evolve towards malignity and do not secrete excess hormones. A dedicated CT scan without injection of contrast medium is the...
 Antoine Tabarin. September 2022, page 81

Epidemiology, risk factors and current screening in rectal cancer

Incidence and survival data from the Francim Cancer Registry Network allowed an estimate of the national incidence of rectal cancer and its prognosis up to 20 years after diagnosis. In 2018, 13 744...
 Anne-Marie Bouvier, Sylvain Manfredi. March 2022, page 18

Initial staging of rectal cancer

Rectal cancers are one of the most frequent digestive cancers. Most of them are diagnosed during organized cancer screening or based on evocative symptoms. After a thorough clinical examination...
 Ingrid Faouzi, Olivier Lucidarme. March 2022, page 25

Rectal cancers resected for cure: monitoring, secondary prevention and late complications

Colorectal cancer incidence has increased by more than 50 % over the past 30 years. Over the same period, the number of deaths has remained stable, reflecting major therapeutic advances. The 5-year...
 Côme Lepage. March 2022, page 44

A rare cause of ischemic stroke: Lyme disease

 Chantal Antoine, Melody Amouyel. March 2022, page 55

Gluten intolerance in infants and children: diagnosis and what recommendations

Gluten intolerance or celiac disease is a relatively common pathology that is still underdiagnosed in pediatrics due to its heterogeneous presentation. Apart from the classic form of malabsorption...
 Julie Lemale. March 2022, page 60

Update on bowel endometriosis

Endometriosis is a relatively common female disease with increasing incidence, probably because of better diagnostic tools and a better understanding of the pathology. We will focus our subject on...
 Laetitia Mais. March 2022, page 65

Abnormal movements

 Matthieu Bereau, Christine Tranchant. March 2022, page 71

Eosinophilia

 Achille Aouba, Samuel Deshayes. March 2022, page 79

Impact of prevention and treatment strategies on the epidemiology of HIV infection in France and around the world

The UNAIDS goals will not be achieved in 2030 without a global effort specifically focused on HIV prevention. Many tools are available, named as diversified prevention, adapted to each individual,...
 Laurence Slama. December 2021, page 12

Primary HIV infection: a therapeutic emergency

 Romain Palich. December 2021, page 44

HIV infection: 10 key messages

 Jean-Paul Viard. December 2021, page 47

Cerebral cavernoma

 Christine Kora, Soumia El Arabi, Widad Abbou, Imane Skiker. December 2021, page 50

Hughes-Stovin syndrome and Behçet disease

 Sara Aouame, Mehdi Badidi. December 2021, page 51

Practice guide for the management of nightmare disorders

Nightmares are a common parasomnia that occurs mainly during REM sleep (paradoxical sleep) and at all ages. Recurrent nightmares, also known as nightmare disorder, are considered a clinical entity...
 Agnès Brion. December 2021, page 52

Clostridioides difficile: updated recommendations

Clostridioides difficile is a spore-forming anaerobic enteropathogen responsible for a wide spectrum of clinical features ranging from mild uncomplicated diarrhoea to severe debilitating disease,...
 Frédéric Barbut, Catherine Eckert, Valérie Lalande, Killian Le Neindre, Jeanne Couturier. December 2022, page 6

Diagnostic strategy for intrauterine lesions

The diagnostic strategy for intrauterine lesions is a question that arises very frequently in gynecological consultations. Endometrial cancer is more frequent in postmenopausal women and bleeding...
 Jérémie Belghiti, Sophie Egels, Geoffroy Canlorbe. December 2022, page 22

Microsatellite instability in endometrial cancer

The microsatellite instability reflects genetic instability that can be sought in tumors, using two methods, immunohistochemistry and molecular biology. Currently in France, a systematic evaluation...
 Justine Varinot. December 2022, page 30

News in endometrial cancers: 10 key messages

 Catherine Uzan. December 2022, page 49

Split hand sign in Charcot's disease

 Christian Brosset, Linh H Nguyen, François Pruvot, Anh Giang Thuc, Hien Q Nguyen. December 2022, page 52

Cranial involvement in Paget's disease

 Ahmed Mougui, Imane El Bouchti. December 2022, page 53

Vesiculo-pustular rash diffuse monomorphic

 Hanane Daflaoui, Hasna Saddouk, Youssef Joudeh, Siham Dikhaye, Nada Zizi. December 2022, page 59

Living with… a borderline personality disorder

 Mario Speranza. December 2022, page 60

Risk and protective factors for colorectal cancer

Behaviour and environment play a more important role than heredity in colorectal carcinogenesis. The proportion of colorectal cancers (CRCs) attributable to occupational exposure, pollution or poor...
 Bernard Denis. December 2022, page 63

Infant gastroesophageal reflux disease: physiological or pathological?

Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is defined by the rise of gastric contents into the esophagus, with or without externalization. GER is very common in young infants, with a peak around 4 months, and...
 Aurélie Bourchany, Emmanuel Mas. December 2022, page 74

Hemorrhoidal pathology

 Thierry Higuero. December 2022, page 93

Therapeutic revolutions against melanoma

Responsible for 90% of skin cancer deaths, melanoma is the most aggressive skin tumor. Although the main risk factor is known, its incidence doubles every 10 years. Actually, intense and repeated...
 Mathilde Amiot, Céleste Lebbé. March 2023, page 6

Imaging assessment and diagnostic guidance of upper aerodigestive tract cancers

The upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) has a complex anatomical architecture, which is only partially accessible by clinical examination and for which a detailed imaging analysis is necessary to...
 Anne-Laure Gaultier, Guillaume Reverdito, Aurélien Saltel-Fulero. March 2023, page 24

Therapeutic strategies for upper aerodigestive tract cancers

Upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinomas are the most frequent head and neck cancers. They are generally associated with alcohol and tobacco, but can also be HPV-induced for the...
 Julia Fanchette, Caroline Halimi. March 2023, page 31

Cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract: the particular case of nasopharyngeal cancer

Nasopharyngeal carcinomas belong –in France- to the spectrum of rare diseases with several specificities owing to their etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis and therapeutics compared with other head...
 François-Régis Ferrand, Pierre Busson. March 2023, page 45

Oral manifestations of secondary syphilis

 Claire Lutz, Anne-Laure Ejeil. March 2023, page 55