December 2011

An unusual case of inguinal hernia: Persistent mullerian duct syndrome with transverse testicular ectopia

  Persistent Müllerian Duct syndrome (PMDS) is a rare variety of male pseudo-hermaphroditism. It is characterized by the persistence of the uterus, fallopian tubes and upper vagina in otherwise normally virilized boys. The association of the syndrome called transverse testicular ectopia (TTE), a condition in which both testes are located in one inguinal canal is rare. Here, we report a young male...

Author(s):   Suvro Ganguly, Rabi Sankar Biswas, Makhan Lal saha, Siddhartha Bhattacharya and Soumen Das

December 2011

Tacrolimus adverse events in transplant recipients with diarrhoea or calcium channel blockers: Systematic review

Tacrolimus is widely used for solid-organ transplant immunosuppression. Adverse events can happen in recipients with diarrhoea or calcium channel blockers (CCBs) co-administration. We undertook a systematic review on adverse events in recipients treated with Tacrolimus for whom a raised tacrolimus trough level (≥10 ng/ml) was reported, in a situation of diarrhoea or CCB...

Author(s):   Sandrine Leroy, Sonia Fargue, Albert Bensman Georges Deschênes Evelyne Jacqz-Aigrain and Tim Ulinski