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Anaesthesia for the separation of omphalopagus conjoined twins. The first experience in Libya

Case report English Muftah Shabani, Abubacker Esharaf, Ivan Panasevich Department of Anaesthesia, Tripoli Medical Centre JMJ Vol.5 No. 1 (Spring) 2006: 74-77 Abstract We report an experience of anaesthetic procedure for the successful separation of conjoined omphalopagus twins with a fusion of the livers. Various anaesthetic aspects of preoperative preparation, intraoperative and postoperative management were …

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Tuberculus Vulvitis presentations, diagnosis and management

Case report English Fawzia O EL-Arbi Department of Gynaecology & Obstetrics, AI-Jamahiriya Hospital, Benghazi- Libya JMJ Vol.4 No. 3 (Winter) 2005: 231-232 Abstract Scrofuloderma: is the active form of tuberculosis of the skin consisting of a diffuse infiltration with tubercle bacilli cells . It begins as a bluish-red swollen, painless area, usually situated over broken-down …

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Haily-Haily disease in a Libyan man

Case report English Hamida EL-Dwebi, Mohamed Shafi, A lhashmie Mashina. 1- Dermatology department, Tripoli Central Hospital, Tripoli- Libya. 2-Dermatology department, Bir EL-Aussta Milad, Tajura JMJ Vol.4 No. 3 (Winter) 2005: 229-230 Abstract Hailey-Hailey disease (familial benign chronic pemphigus) is a rare autosomal dominant inherited disease due a genetic defect in calcium ATP-ase. Hailey-Hailey disease (H.H …

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Candidosis endocrinopathy syndrome

Case report English Bashier Zendah, Medallala Rakah, Mohamed Benghazil, Ali El-zurghany, and Khairi Elgaed Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Elfateh University, Tripoli, Libya JMJ Vol.4 No. 2 (Autumn) 2005: 153-155 Abstract Candidosis Endocrinopathy Syndrome (CES) is the combination of candidiasis, juvenile idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and Addison’s disease. Other components such as keratoconjunctivitis, hypothyroidism or pernicious …

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Imaging features in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Case report English Prahant Bhat1, Hussein Belazi2, Majdi Kara2 and Hamida Elsahli3 1) Libyan Swiss Diagnostic Centre, Tripoli; 2) Children’s Hospital, Tripoli; 3) Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, AlKhadra Hospital, Tripoli JMJ Vol.4 No. 2 (Autumn) 2005: 146-150 Abstract The authors report 3 children with the diagnosis of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. (ADEM) Diagnosis was based on …

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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva Arare paediatric disorder

Case report English Nuri M Shembesh, Suliman Bargathy, Ali Shieba, Jamal Mansour and Asma Johary Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya JMJ Vol.4 No. 2 (Autumn) 2005: 142-145 Abstract Fibrodysplaia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare autosomal dominant form of connective tissue disorder, with complete penetrance and variable expression,most of …

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Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by fonsecaea pedrosoi in a Libyan child

Case report English El-dweb G, Benghazil M,Shafi M, El-Zurghany A Dermatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli-Libya JMJ Vol. 4, No. 1 (Summer 2005): 75-77 Abstract Phaeoid fungi are defined as those fungi that on cultures and in the invaded tissues bear melanin-like pigment on the wall of hyphae and/or spores. Subcutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis is …

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