Vascular changes in macula, optic disc, and choroid in Wilson's disease: A cross-sectional optical coherence tomography angiography study.

Purpose: To evaluate the changes in the retinal and optic disc (OD) microcirculation in patients with Wilson's disease (WD) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional comparative study included 35 eyes of 35 WD patients (study group) and 36 eyes of 36 healthy participants (control group). The patients with WD were divided into subgroups based on the presence of Kayser-Fleischer rings.

Effects of Long-Term Tenofovir and Entecavir Treatment on Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B.

Background: We aimed to investigate the long-term effects of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and entecavir treatment on bone mineral density and evaluated the fracture risk assessment tool score in patients with chronic hepatitis B.

Methods: A total of 58 chronic hepatitis B patients treated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (n = 40) and entecavir (n = 18) were included in this prospective study from 2012 to 2016. To evaluate bone mineral density, dual-X-ray absorptiometry, fracture risk assessment tool, and laboratory examinations were performed in all patients first at baseline and second at the end of the study.

Polypoid lesions detected in the upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: A retrospective analysis in 19560 patients, a single-center study of a 5-year experience in Turkey.

Objective: In our study, we aimed to evaluate the endoscopic features such as prevalence and localization of polypoid lesions determined by us using esophagogastroduodenoscopy and histopathological characteristics of biopsy specimens taken in detail.

Methods: The data of 19,560 patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for any reason between 2009 and 2015 in our endoscopy unit were screened retrospectively and endoscopic and histopathological findings were analyzed in detail.

Results: In our study, the polypoid lesion was detected in 1.

Evaluation of In-patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia in terms of Etiology.

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to evaluate in-patients with iron deficiency anemia concerning etiology.

Methods: In our study, we retrospectively evaluated 150 in-patients (60 male and 90 female) with iron deficiency anemia in Sisli Etfal Hospital, Department of Internal Diseases between 2005 and 2010. Anemia was defined as Hb <12 g/dl for women and <13 g/dl for men and transferrin saturation ≤15%.

Relationship between size of varices and platelet count/spleen size ratio in cirrhotic patients.

Objective: This study investigated the relationship between size of gastroesophageal varices and platelet count/spleen diameter ratio in cirrhotic patients.

Methods: The present study included 186 cirrhotic patients in whom gastroesophageal varices were seen during upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy. Clinical features, laboratory parameters, upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy, and abdominal ultrasonographic findings of patients were evaluated retrospectively.