Dakar médical
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The authors report the results of a chronological study of anatomo-pathological aspects observed in the autopsy of subjects who died after a heavy ammonia poisoning. It is about a retrospective study based on the medico-legal autopsies of 91 cases of death an industrial ammonia tank explosion which occurred inside a factory in Dakar (SONACOS), on the 24th of March 1992. The census of the dead has been made during the three months following the explosion. ⋯ If the lesions described in our research have similarities with the published description, the latter mentions only a few cases of death. The originality of our series is particularly found in the intensity of the lesions and the number of deaths. This shows the insufficiency of both means of prevention and emergency assistance.
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Spinal tuberculosis is the first etiology of spinal cord compression in our areas. We are studying the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of Pott's disease. We have collected all children aged from 0 to 15 years admitted for Pott's disease in department of Neurology in CHU Fann SenegaIL from January 1st 1983 to December 31st 1997 spinal tuberculosis. ⋯ There was a favorable evolution in 92% of patients under antituberculous chemotherapy. Spinal tuberculosis is an affection cheating all ages and it remains the first etiology of spinal cord compression in our areas. Therefore there is a necessity of primary safety by fighting against tuberculosis what is still in our areas.