An Autopsy Case Report: Prune Belly Syndrome with Overlapping Presentation of Partial Urorectal Septum Malformation Sequence.

Prune belly syndrome (PBS) is characterized by a classical triad of congenitally absent abdominal muscles, bilateral cryptorchidism, and a malformed urinary tract. Urorectal septum malformation sequence (URSM) is identified with the absence of urogenital and anal openings. This case report describes a 15-week-old female fetus with megacystis, ascites and oligohydramnios in a 19-year-old nulliparous woman.

What does the Data of 354,725 Patients from Turkey Tell Us About Cervical Smear Epithelial Cell Abnormalities? - The Epithelial Cell Abnormality Rate is Increasing - Quality Control Studies and Corrective Activity are Musts.

Objective: There is no other screening program close to the success rate of PAP test. Cervical cytology constitutes a large workload so that quality control in cervical cytology is important for the quality assurance of pathology laboratories.

Material And Method: In this study, we collected the cervical cytology results from all over Turkey and discussed the parameters influencing the quality of the PAP test.

Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica of the lower limb.

Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica (DEH) is a rare developmental disorder characterized by osteocartilaginous overgrowth in one or more epiphyses. The disease usually involves a single limb or is hemimelic (lateral or medial compartment), and lower extremities are more frequently affected than upper extremities. Here we present clinical and radiological findings for a male DEH patient at 1.

The protective effect of single dose tadalafil in contrast-induced nephropathy: an experimental study.

Objective: Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is one of the most common causes of acute renal failure in hospitalized patients. The direct toxic effect of contrast media; ischemic damage caused by reactive oxygen species; increased perivascular hydrostatic pressure; high viscosity and changes in the activity of vasoactive substances play important roles in the pathogenesis. Tadalafil inhibits the phosphodiesterase enzyme which destroys nitric oxide.

Neutrophil-lymphocyte and platelet-lymphocyte ratios in endometrial hyperplasia.

Objective: The purpose of present study was to evaluate association between neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and endometrial hyperplasia (EH).

Methods: One hundred and ten women with abnormal uterine bleeding were included into the study. Blood samples were drawn from all patients to obtain complete blood cell counts, neutrophil-leukocyte ratio and platelet-leukocyte ratio before endometrial curettage procedure initiated.

Comparison of cervical cytological screening results between postmenopausal and elderly women.

Objective: There is insufficient data on geriatric period cervical cytology screening in our country. The aim of this study was to compare the cervical cytological results among elderly women and women aged between 45-64 years.

Material And Method: A comparison of cervical cytological results of 273 women aged over 65 years and 388 women aged between 45-64 years from January 2010 to June 2013 was performed for presence of cytological abnormalities.

Morbilliform drug eruption due to pegylated α-interferon can show complete regression after switching to non-pegylated interferon.

Pegylated or non-pegylated α-interferon are frequently used medications for the treatment of both chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis C. Skin disorders, which are mainly comprised of eczematous dermatitis, are frequently seen during treatment with this drug. However, drug eruption or morbilliform eruptions due to interferons have been rarely reported so far.

Scleredema treated with broad-band ultraviolet A phototherapy plus colchicine.

Scleredema is an uncommon condition characterized by induration of skin. The pathogenesis is not known, although the increased expression of collagen-producing fibroblasts in the skin has been demonstrated. Scleredema has been difficult to treat with scattered reports of success with bath psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA), cream PUVA, UVA1 and others.

An unusual giant subacute necrotizing sialadenitis as an emergency case of otolaryngology.

Subacute necrotizing sialadenitis is an inflammatory necrotizing lesion occurring in minor salivary glands. Most cases occur in the palatal region. In this article, we reported a 36-year-old man referred to our clinic as an emergency with the complaints of excessive bleeding, airway obstruction and hipovolemia.

[Obturatory abscess and pelvic pain caused by Brucella melitensis].

Brucellosis which is a systemic infection, is seen endemically in Turkey. Although there a lot of complications related to brucellosis, soft tissue involvement is rare. In this case report a patient with mature cystic teratoma and a Brucella related obturatory abscess, was presented.

Intranodal palisaded myofibroblastoma; a case report and review of the literature.

Intranodal palisaded myofibroblastoma (IPM) also called as intranodal hemorrhagic spindle cell tumor with amianthoid fibers is a distinctive and rare mesenchymal neoplasm of lymph nodes. This entity generally misdiagnosed as intranodal Kaposi's sarcoma or schwannoma in past. In contrast to Kaposi's sarcoma, it behaves in a benign fashion and does not need any further therapy except total surgical resection of the mass.

Cervical partial hydatidiform molar pregnancy.

Background: Cervical hydatidiform molar pregnancy is an exceedingly rare occurrence that has been reported only twice before.

Case: We report a 25-year-old, G4P1D&C2 woman with a positive pregnancy test and vaginal bleeding. A cervical pregnancy with hydatidiform mole was detected on transvaginal ultrasound and color Doppler examinations.

Can spinal bupivacaine analgesia treatment make a difference on urinary bladder healing according to the intramuscular pethidine analgesia treatment in rats?

We designed a study to compare the healing levels found with intramuscular pethidine with those found with intrathecal local anesthetic treatments. The urinary bladder is suggested to be the most useful tissue in the evaluation of the effects of the drugs. Nineteen male, Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 200 C300 g were used in this study.

Osseous presentation of Hodgkin's disease: a case report and review of the literature.

The bone involvement in the later stages of Hodgkin's disease is an expected phenomenon, but it is very rare in early stages of the disease. About 49 cases of Hodgkin's disease presenting with bone involvement have been reported in the literature. We reported a 14-year-old boy initially evaluated with pain localized at the left ilium.

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonist rosiglitazone reduces the size of experimental endometriosis in the rat model.

Background: The effect of rosiglitazone, an activator of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma, on the growth of ectopic uterine tissue was assessed.

Methods: Endometriosis was surgically induced in 28 rats by transplanting an autologous fragment of endometrial tissue onto the inner surface of the abdominal wall. Four weeks later, rats were randomly grouped and a second laparatomy was performed.

Efficacy of vitamin A in experimentally induced acute otitis media.

Objective: Vitamin A plays a role in the prevention of oxidative tissue damage. In the present study we investigated therapeutic role of this substance on healing of middle ear mucosa in experimental acute otitis media (AOM).

Materials And Methods: Otitis media was induced by inoculating Streptococcus pneumoniae via transtympanic injection.

Effects of diclofenac and tenoxicam on distraction osteogenesis.

Introduction: In the management of bone defects, pseudoarthrosis, deformities, chronic osteomyelitis and in extremity lengthening procedures, the technique of distraction osteogenesis (DO) has been frequently used. In this experimental animal study, the effects of two non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, i.e.

Effect of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonist rosiglitazone on the induction of endometriosis in an experimental rat model.

Objective: To assess the effect of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma agonist rosiglitazone on the induction of endometriosis in a rat model.

Methods: Endometriosis was surgically induced in 28 rats by transplanting an autologous fragment of endometrial tissue onto the inner surface of the abdominal wall. Group I was assigned as control and no medication was administered.

A case of bladder exstrophy and thoracal intramedullary teratoma.

Exstrophic bladder and intramedullary teratomas are rare congenital anomalies. To the authors' knowledge, the coexistence of these 2 anomalies has not been reported previously. The authors report on a newborn with thoracal intramedullary teratoma and exstrophic bladder.