Publications by authors named "Avni Sarac"

Aim Of The Study: Although the survival for children with certain central nervous system (CNS) tumour types has improved through current surgical and adjuvant treatment modalities, the prognosis of many high-grade tumours remains poor despite aggressive treatment. The aim of this study is to analyse patients with high-grade brain tumours in our institution to determine the histopathology, clinical characteristics, treatment modalities, and survival.

Material And Methods: A total of 74 patients with a diagnosis of high-grade brain tumour were analysed.

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Inorganic mercury intoxication should be considered a potentially life-threatening condition that leads to widespread progressive gastrointestinal, renal, hepatic, hematologic, neuropsychiatric, and dermatologic system hazards. We report here a 10-year-old girl with severe inorganic mercury intoxication whose blood and urine mercury levels were 5,380 microg/L (normal, 0.6 to 59 microg/L) and 91 microg/L (normal, 0.

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