La semaine des hopitaux : organe fonde par l'Association d'enseignement medical des hopitaux de Paris

Seven selected cases illustrate the problems which arise in the diagnosis and management of digestive endometriosis. The site is variable but the rectosigmoid region is most commonly involved. Digestive endometriosis, which is often mistake…

The circumstances leading to the diagnosis of pelvic endometriosis (adenomyosis excluded) were studied in 130 patients. From the epidemiological data yielded by these cases, the profile of women susceptible to this disease is delineated. Hy…

The effects of estradiol, which are requisite for the normal occurrence of events related to reproduction, are not restricted to that field. They play a part in the overall trophicity of the female organism. On the other hand, relative or a…

The authors studied, in one case, the signs of appendicular endometriosis. This endometriosis is discovered either through the symptoms occuring in the right iliac fossa, or during a surgical opération, usually gynecological. They emphasize…

Menopausal disorders coincide with the onset of luteal insufficiency and the resulting relative hyperestrogenism. At this stage the risks to be assessed are mainly related to a worsening of the menstrual syndrome (heaviness of the legs, abd…

A case of epithelia malignant changes in uterine adenomyosis is reported. The adenocarcinomatous transformation in uterine adenomyosis is rare. It is necessary to identify exactly the lesion to detect several histological tests specially th…

Among cases of spontaneous pneumothorax, female cases are extremely rare. They represent only about 10% of observed cases and form a special clinical type. The authors discuss 20 cases out of a total of 261 cases of pneumothorax observed ov…