An eight-year-old girl with tracheal mass treated as a difficult asthma case.

Introduction: Endobronchial masses such as mucoepidermoid carcinomas or carcinoid tumors are extremely rare in children and they usually originate from large bronchi. These lesions may cause wheezing and dyspnea with poor response to bronchodilators and mimic the airway obstruction caused by asthma.

Case Study: We present the case of an 8-year-old girl with tracheal mucoepidermoid carcinoma who was treated as a difficult asthma case with high dose of inhaled corticosteroids.

Autotaxin Expression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors. Despite the important progress observed in liver surgery, the survival rates are discouraging. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of autotaxin in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Intraperitoneal administration of apigenin in liver ischemia/reperfusion injury protective effects.

Background/aims: Hepatic injury caused by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) is a clinical problem associated with major liver surgery. Among other flavonoids, apigenin has shown a promising effect on I/R cases. In this study, we have investigated the effects of apigenin after liver I/R injury in rats.

The effects of apigenin on the expression of Fas/FasL apoptotic pathway in warm liver ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.

Background: The aim of this experimental study was to investigate the role of apigenin in liver apoptosis, in an experimental model of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion in rats.

Materials And Methods: Forty-eight Wistar rats (apigenin and control groups), 14 to 16 weeks old and weighing 220 to 350 g, were used. They were all subjected to hepatic ischemia by occlusion of the hepatic artery and portal vein for 45 minutes and reperfusion was followed for 60, 120, and 240 minutes.

Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein: a potential marker of febrile urinary tract infection in childhood.

Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are encountered frequently in children, and their early diagnosis and treatment are important. This study evaluates the diagnostic value of serum concentrations of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP), an acute-phase protein, in children with febrile UTI and compares it to those of the total white blood cell count (WBC), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), and interleukin-6 (IL-6).

Methods: The study population comprised 77 consecutive patients with a first-episode febrile UTI (33 boys) with a median age of 11 months [interquartile range (IQR), 5.