Assessing the prognostic role of panimmune inflammation in high-grade gliomas.

Objective: High-grade gliomas are aggressive brain tumors with poor prognoses. Understanding the factors that influence their progression is crucial for improving treatment outcomes. This study investigates the prognostic significance of panimmune inflammation in patients diagnosed with high-grade gliomas.

Ascites as an initial presentation of spontaneously ruptured hydatid cyst.

We describe the diagnosis of a 77-year-old woman admitted to our outpatient department with a 3-month history of abdominal bloating and distension. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a large cystic lesion in the posterior segment of the right hepatic lobe, with a separated germinal layer and widespread ascites with dense internal echoes and septal appearance. The result of a serum Echinococcus indirect haemagglutination test was positive and findings were indicative of the spontaneous rupture of a hydatid cyst into the peritoneal cavity without trauma.

Visfatin levels in Behcet's disease.

The aim of our study is to determine the serum visfatin levels of patients with Behcet's disease and to investigate the relationship between visfatin, an adipokine released from adipose tissue, levels and activity of Behcet's disease. Fifty-eight patients with Behcet's disease were enrolled to the study. Nineteen of the patients were inactive, and 39 of them were active.