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During a survey of benthic diatoms from the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean (Scattered Islands) and Pacific Ocean (Tuamotu Archipelago), an interesting monoraphid diatom was observed and examined by light microscopy and various electron microscopy methods including Focus Ion Beam milling. Our thorough analysis revealed the similarity of this diatom to Bennettella R.W.Holmes, which we reference in the name: Xenobennettella Witkowski & Riaux-Gobin gen. nov., with Xenobennettella coralliensis Witkowski & Riaux-Gobin sp. nov. as the generitype. The type habitat for this new species is the sublittoral coral reef of Juan de Nova in the Mozambique Channel. The sternum valve of the new genus is characterized by an alveolate ultrastructure with the rim of the alveola opening along the valve margin, resembling the sternum valve of Bennettella. Internally, Xenobennettella differs from the latter by possessing a cavum (horseshoe-shaped chamber) on one side of the valve, in a central axial position. The raphe valve of Xenobennettella has small, marginal, apically elongate chambers, which are internally delineated by transapical ribs that are very similar to Bennettella. However, the raphe in the new genus is different from the latter, resembling some Cocconeis and Planothidium with internal raphe endings bent in the opposite direction, while resembling some Planothidium taxa externally by ending on the apical part of the mantle. This contrasts to Bennettella, which has a unique raphe system, with external raphe endings below the apices, a prominent axial structure and a transapically expanded central area. Likewise, the external surface of Bennettella is different from that of the new genus with a complex mantle structure and biseriate striae. In Xenobennettella, the valve mantle of the raphe valve is simple and perforated by areola. The transapical striae occur in the valve margin and the axial area is ornamented along its course with a single row of densely packed areola on both sides. The characteristics of the raphe valve and alveolate sternum valve place the new genus among the Achnanthidiaceae.

Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become a widely used tool in clinical practice, providing increased accuracy in prenatal diagnoses of congenital abnormalities of the brain, allowing for more accurate prenatal counseling, optimization of perinatal management, and in some cases fetal intervention. In this article, a brief description of how fetal ultrasound (US) and fetal MRI are used in clinical practice will be followed by an overview of the most common reasons for referral for fetal MRI of the brain, including ventriculomegaly, absence of the cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) and posterior fossa anomalies.

Le rhinosclérome est une affection granulomateuse spécifique et chronique d'évolution insidieuse, dont l'agent pathogène est le Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis. Il touche avec prédilection les fosses nasales, et pose parfois un problème de diagnostic positif. Nous rapportons le cas d'une patiente de 19 ans, qui présente un rhinosclérome atypique par sa localisation nasopharyngée rare, et son association exceptionnelle à une adénopathie cervicale sous angulo-mandibulaire droite. La mise en évidence des cellules de MIKULICZ à l'examen anatomo-pathologique a permis de poser le diagnostic. La patiente a été mise sous traitement antibiotique à base de ciprofloxacine pendant 16 semaines, associée à un nettoyage des fosses nasales par sérum physiologique. L'évolution était favorable avec un recul de 14 mois.

Le lymphome malin non hodgkinien est une entité histologique rare parmi les cancers du cavum, la plupart des tumeurs du nasopharynx étant des carcinomes indifférenciés ou Undifferencied Carcinoma of Nasopharyngeal Type (UCNT); Il pose souvent un problème de diagnostic positif clinique et histologique. La symptomatologie est généralement peu spécifique et la démarche étiologique repose sur la biopsie du cavum faite à l'examen endoscopique avec examen immuno-histochimique. Nous rapportons le cas d'un lymphome non hodgkinien avec atteinte du nasopharynx, l'analyse anatomopathologique est en faveur d'un lymphome malin non hodgkinien de phénotype B. Les aspects cliniques, radiologiques, histologiques et thérapeutiques sont décrits.