Relationship between SLAP Lesions and Shoulder Joint Capsule Thickness: An MR Arthrographic Study.

This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between SLAP lesions and the shoulder joint capsule thickness via MR arthrography. Understanding the relationship between SLAP lesions and the joint capsule thickness is important because an increased capsule thickness may indicate chronic inflammation and contribute to persistent pain and dysfunction. These findings have significant clinical implications for the diagnosis, management, and treatment strategies of shoulder joint pathologies.

Comparison of conventional MR arthrography and 3D volumetric MR arthrography in detection of cartilage defects accompanying glenoid labrum pathologies.

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to compare conventional and T1-weighted volumetric magnetic resonance arthrography (MRA) in the diagnosis and grading of glenoid cartilage defects that accompany labral pathologies.

Materials And Methods: A total of 79 patients who were prediagnosed with labrum pathologies based on shoulder magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) had MRA and CTA between December 2021 and May 2022. CTA was regarded as reference standard.

The 2D and 3D MR arthrographic description of aponeurotic expansion of supraspinatus tendon and biceps tendon anomaly in a large patient cohort.

Objective: To describe the aponeurotic expansion of supraspinatus tendon (AEST) and biceps tendon abnormalities with magnetic resonance (MR) arthrographic examinations and determine their prevalence in patients, we performed a high-resolution 3D direct MR arthrography.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective study of 700 shoulder MR arthrograms performed between May 2010 and January 2022. Extension in the coronal plane of an AEST on 3D fat-suppressed T1-weighted volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) MR arthrography was identified.

Shear wave elastography and T2* mapping in the detection of early-stage trochlear cartilage damage.

Background: The presence of degenerative changes in joint cartilage is one of the major features in osteoarthritis.

Purpose: To investigate the contribution of shear wave elastography and T2* mapping to the early diagnosis of femoral trochlear cartilage damage.

Material And Methods: A total of 30 individuals whose trochlear cartilage structure was evaluated as normal in conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences (control group) were prospectively compared with 30 patients who had early-stage cartilage damage findings on conventional MRI (study group), by performing B-mode ultrasonography, shear wave elastography, and T2* mapping.

Cemento-Ossifying Fibroma With Cerebral Involvement.

Cemento-ossifying fibroma (COF) is a rare fibro-osseous tumor. The lesion is most commonly seen in people in the third and fourth decade. There are three variants of ossifying fibroma; juvenile trabecular ossifying fibroma, juvenile psammomatoid ossifying fibroma, and COF.

Bilateral Conjugating Carotid Body Tumor and Associated Jugular Vein Aneurysm.

Carotid body tumors (CBTs) originate from the paraganglionic tissue in the bifurcation of the common carotid artery. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is a commonly used diagnostic method in the preoperative diagnosis of these tumors. In this study, we demonstrated an isthmus between the right and left carotid body tumors in a patient with bilateral CBT.

Membranous Nasopharyngeal Stenosis: Case Report.

Nasopharyngeal stenosis is a rare condition and occurs usually secondary to nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal surgery and radiotherapy. It may cause obstructive symptoms in patients and is diagnosed usually with nasopharyngoscopy. Treatment is difficult and requires different surgical techniques including balloon dilatation.

A Giant Fronto-Ethmoidal Osteoma Presenting With Proptosis and Diplopia.

Osteomas are benign bone tumors commonly involving paranasal sinus walls. They are divided into three groups as ivory, mature, and mixed form. We reported demonstrative radiological features of an unusual case of giant osteoma presenting with proptosis and diplopia.

The Use of Predictive Laboratory Tests in Rapid Triage of COVID-19 Pandemic Outpatient Clinic Patients.

Background: Patients who come to the emergency pandemic outpatient clinic with a pre-diagnosis of COVID-19 are still a burden on the health system. Rapid triage of patients is important to reduce transmission. The aim of this study is to evaluate the biochemistry and hemogram results of real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) positive and negative patients in the emergency pandemic outpatient clinic and to investigate predictive values of the initial tests that will help to make rapid diagnosis.

Comparison of Clinical, Laboratory and Demographic Characteristics of Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19 as Symptomatic and Atypical Symptoms.

Background: Clinical findings of COVID-19 have been observed with a wide spectrum ranging from asymptomatic disease and mild upper respiratory tract infection to severe viral pneumonia resulting in mortality. While clinical symptoms present in some COVID-19 patients, others have been incidentally identified. The objective of this study was to examine the clinical and laboratory features of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who were symptomatic or had atypical symptoms and to make a contribution to the literature.

Tortuous vertebral artery triggering vertebral foramen expansion and radiculopathy in a 19-year-old patient: a case report.

Background: Arterial tortuosity is a widespread condition commonly occurring in cerebral arteries and often associated with the elderly. Moderate arterial tortuosity is often not symptomatic, but if there is severe tortuosity, various symptoms may occur, depending on the localization. In the literature, many factors have been reported as causing tortuosity in the vertebral arteries.

An Unusual Cause of Asystole: Insertion of a Central Venous Catheter.

Central venous catheters are a commonly used medical device which may sometimes cause complications. We present first case who had an asystolic cardiac arrest during insertion of a central venous catheter, needed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and was resuscitated successfully. A46-year lady presented to the emergency department due to mushroom poisoning.

Prevalence of the Accessory Cardiac Bronchus on Multidetector Computed Tomography: Evaluation and Proposed Classification.

Purpose: Accessory cardiac bronchus (ACB) is a very rare congenital anomaly and may cause some clinical complications, such as recurrent episodes of both infection and hemoptysis. The purpose of this study was to assess the multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) characteristics of ACB and to classify this anomaly according to the MDCT aspects.

Materials And Methods: The routine thoracic CT scans from 5790 patients were evaluated retrospectively.

Is There a Relationship Between Paratracheal Air Cysts and Upper Lobe Fibrosis?

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of paratracheal air cysts (PACs) and their relationship with upper lobe pulmonary fibrosis.

Materials And Methods: The routine thoracic computed tomography scans of 3549 patients carried out between January 2014 and April 2015 were retrospectively evaluated. The presence, location, structural characteristics (uniloculated or multiloculated), number of cysts, and anterior-posterior and transverse dimensions of the PAC and its communication with the tracheal lumen were evaluated.

A rare case describing catastrophic destruction of the whole skeleton caused by severe hyperparathyroidism.

Osteitis fibrosa cystica is a skeletal disorder seen in advanced stages of persistent hyperparathyroidism. Although the measurement of serum Ca and intact-parathormone levels provides early diagnosis and decreases the incidence of radiographic bone involvement, progressive major bone lesions may still be seen in developing countries even in the modern era. We aimed to share, by writing up this report, our astonishment after observing how the skeletal system can be ruined by persistent hyperparathyroidism.

Pediatric Tracheotomy: A 5-Year Experience in Düzce University Medical Faculty.

Objective: Tracheotomy is one of the oldest surgical procedures. Pediatric tracheotomy indications have changed in recent decades. Currently, tracheotomy is performed because of prolonged intubation, upper airway obstruction, neuromuscular, and craniofacial anomalies instead of acute airway infections.