Comparison of the efficacy of low doses of methylprednisolone, acetaminophen, and dexketoprofen trometamol on the swelling developed after the removal of impacted third molar.

Background: The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of low doses of methylprednisolone, acetaminophen and dexketoprofen trometamol, which are among the drug groups used in our clinic, on postoperative swelling developing after removal of impacted third molar.

Material And Methods: The three group of patients received either 40 mg methylprednisolone or 300 mg acetaminophen or 12.5 mg dexketoprofen trometamol one hour before the procedure, according to the patient groups.

Effect of low-dose dexketoprofen trometamol and paracetamol on postoperative complications after impacted third molar surgery on healthy volunteers: A pilot study.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of dexketoprofen trometamol (DT) and paracetamol on deep acute somatic pain and inflammation in patients undergoing impacted third molar surgery. This study was planned to present benefits that we could obtain with low burden of drug.

Study Design: Effects of drugs, which were administered preemptively before the procedure, on pain, mouth-opening limitation, and swelling were assessed by visual analogue scale (VAS), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and mouth-opening measurement.

[Evaluation of efficacy of radiofrequency thermal ablation technique by computed tomography and visual analog scale in treatment of isolated inferior turbinate hypertrophy].

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFTA) technique by computed tomography (CT) and visual analog scale (VAS) in patients with isolated inferior turbinate hypertrophy.

Patients And Methods: Between May 2009 and December 2009, 30 patients (10 females, 20 males; mean age 31.0±12.

Unusual manifestations of pediatric neuromyelitis optica.

Neuromyelitis optica is a rare, severe idiopathic disease that predominantly involves optic nerves and spinal cord. Main clinical features of neuromyelitis optica are visual loss, paraparesis or tetraparesis, sensory loss, and sphincter dysfunction. A 13-year-old girl with vision loss and behavioral change was admitted.

Evaluation of endometrial thickness with transvaginal ultrasonography and histopathology in premenopausal women with abnormal vaginal bleeding.

Objective: This study was undertaken to investigate cut-off value of the endometrial thickness by transvaginal ultrasonography (TvUSG), and to detect the accuracy of preoperative Pipelle biopsy in premenopausal women with abnormal vaginal bleeding.

Study Design: This study was included 144 premenopausal women with abnormal bleeding. Their endometrial thickness was measured by TvUSG and then Pipelle endometrial biopsy was performed.

[An analysis of meniscal extrusion and associated knee joint lesions by magnetic resonance imaging].

Objectives: We investigated the frequency of meniscal extrusion and associated knee joint lesions by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with meniscal tears.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated MRI findings of 100 patients (41 males, 59 females; mean age 54 + or - 10 years; range 27 to 76 years) with meniscal tears in 126 knee joints. Using coronal images, extrusion was defined as a distance of = or > 3 mm between the peripheral border of the meniscus and the edge of the tibial plateau.

Assessment of myometrial invasion in endometrial cancer by transvaginal sonography, Doppler ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging and frozen section.

Objective: We aimed to compare the diagnostic performance of transvaginal sonography (TVS), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and intraoperative frozen section in the assessment of myometrial invasion and to evaluate intratumoral blood flow in any myometrial invasion with transvaginal Color Doppler ultrasonography (TV-CDU).

Methods: This prospective study included 64 women consecutively diagnosed with endometrial carcinoma. The subjects were evaluated by TVS, MRI, and TV-CDU by 2 radiologists with a special training in gynecology.

The morphometric analysis of the V2 and V3 segments of the vertebral artery: normal values on MDCT.

A potential hazard in midline posterior fossa craniectomy may be the injury of vertebral artery. That's why vertebral artery evaluation prior to surgery may prevent dangerous complications. Advancements in multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) have provided detailed demonstration of the vertebral artery at the craniocervical junction and its relationships with atlas and axis.

Anatomic and radiologic analysis of the atlantal part of the vertebral artery.

The horizontal third segment (V3h) of the vertebral artery (VA) in 7 cadavers (14 sides) was dissected and the anatomical measurements recorded. Measurements from 24 healthy individuals (48 sides) were taken for comparison using multislice CT scanning. The distance between the medial tip of the VA V3h and the line passing through the mid point of the posterior tuberculum of the atlas was marked as length A.

The effects of mannitol and melatonin on MRI findings in an animal model of traumatic brain edema.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of mannitol and melatonin on brain edema secondary to trauma using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Methods: A mild traumatic brain injury with the Feeney method was performed upon twelve New Zealand rabbits. Three hours after the trauma was inflicted, MRI images were obtained, then the subjects were divided into two groups: a mannitol group and a melatonin group.

A new reversible ischemic neurologic deficit model in dogs.

Background: The aim of this study was to produce an internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion model in dogs that can be used for studying the effects of surgical revascularization procedures.

Material/methods: After left frontoparietal craniectomy, the ICA and arterial circle of the brain were coagulated and transected, letting the middle cerebral artery be perfused by the contralateral ICA by way of the rostral cerebral artery in five mongrel dogs. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and brain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) were performed during the first 24 to 48 hours and 7 to 10 days after the operation.

A case of Burkitt lymphoma re-presenting as periportal hepatic and multiple organ infiltration.

Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a high-grade, B-cell-originated pediatric malignancy that is a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma involving different organs. Mediastinal mass, ascites, peritoneal thickening, and infiltration of the small intestine, kidney, and liver were found in our patient. In this case, we describe the radiologic appearances and possible infiltration patterns of multi-organ BL.

Differential diagnosis of dumbbell lesions associated with spinal neural foraminal widening: imaging features.

Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reliably demonstrate typical features of schwannomas or neurofibromas in the vast majority of dumbbell lesions responsible for neural foraminal widening. However, a large variety of unusual lesions which are causes of neural foraminal widening can also be encountered in the spinal neural foramen. Radiologic findings can be helpful in differential diagnosis of lesions of spinal neural foramen including neoplastic lesions such as benign/malign peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNSTs), solitary bone plasmacytoma (SBP), chondroid chordoma, superior sulcus tumor, metastasis and non-neoplastic lesions such as infectious process (tuberculosis, hydatid cyst), aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC), synovial cyst, traumatic pseudomeningocele, arachnoid cyst, vertebral artery tortuosity.

CT measurement of trunk muscle areas in patients with chronic low back pain.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to determine the cross-sectional area changes of the paraspinal, isolated multifidus, quadratus lumborum, psoas, and the gluteus maximus muscles with CT in patients with chronic low back pain.

Materials And Methods: In this study, we evaluated 36 patients with chronic low back pain and 34 healthy volunteers. The mean age of the patients was 43.

Acute childhood hemiplegia associated with chickenpox and elevated anticardiolipin antibody.

Chickenpox is a common infection of childhood. Central nervous system complications, such as cerebellar ataxia and meningoencephalitis, are estimated to occur in less than 1% of cases of chickenpox. Although transverse myelitis and hemiplegia have also, although rarely, been reported, hemiplegia associated with chickenpox and elevated anticardiolipin antibody has not been reported in the literature.

Secondary breast, pancreatic, and renal involvement with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: Imaging findings.

The radiologic features in a patient with breast, pancreatic, and renal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are presented in this paper. Although diagnosis of lymphoma is based on histologic criteria, radiologic techniques may be helpful in the evaluation and follow-up of masses in patients with lymphoma.

Spontaneous rupture of choledochal cyst presenting in childhood.

Spontaneous rupture of choledochal cysts is one of the rare complications, and can sometimes be the initial manifestation. It should be considered in the presence of bile-like fluid. A 10-year-old girl had acute onset of abdominal pain, vomiting, and elevated bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase levels.