Risk factors of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT): Exposure to mobile phones during pregnancy.

Background/aim: Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract(CAKUT) are the leading causes of childhood chronic kidney disease (CKD). The etiology of most of the cases is thought to be multifactorial. In this study, risk factors for CAKUT and the effect of mobile phone-related electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure during pregnancy were investigated.

Rare metastasis in a patient with BRAF-mutated rectal cancer: choroidal metastasis - case report and literature review.

Purpose: Colorectal cancers are common and have high mortality, and metastasis is common in follow up. Choroidal metastasis is encountered rarely in rectum cancers, and there is no previous case reported from Turkey. We present our patient who developed choroidal metastasis in his cancer follow-up.

Effect of systemic isotretinoin therapy on semen parameters.

Purpose: Vitamin A has multiple functions in the human body, being involved in growth, epithelial differentiation, vision, immune function and reproduction. While normal spermatogenesis is influenced by several factors, it requires vitamin A. Systemic isotretinoin is a vitamin A derivative that is used in the treatment of many dermatological diseases, especially acne vulgaris (AV).

Clinical implication of preoperative psoas muscle area in endometrial cancer patients.

Objective: Obesity is a significant risk factor for endometrial cancer. In contrast, sarcopenia describes a loss of the body's muscle mass that is closely related to unfavorable clinical outcomes. Even endometrial cancer patients have high rates of obesity, and they should have a significantly higher risk for undiagnosed sarcopenia or fragile muscle quality.

Quantitative computed tomography analysis of emphysema severity and distribution in chronic obstructive lung disease, correlation with clinical findings.

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between different densitometric parameters on chest computed tomography (CT) and pulmonary function tests (PFT) of patients with emphysema-predominant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective evaluation was made of 56 patients with COPD. The lungs were segmented into nine sections.

Evaluating incidence and clinical importance of renal vein anomalies with routine abdominal multidetector computed tomography.

Purpose: Renal vein anomalies are usually asymptomatic embryological developmental disorders. If unidentified, they can lead to significant morbidity during surgical explorations. This study aims to evaluate the type, frequency, clinical importance of renal vein anomalies in patients scanned with Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT).

Cholecysto-Hydatid Cyst Fistula: A Rare Cause of Cholangitis.

BACKGROUND Cholecysto-hydatid fistula is a rare complication of liver echinococcosis; suppurative cholangitis due to cholecysto-hydatid fistula is even rarer. A multidisciplinary approach is required by radiology and surgery departments during the preoperative diagnosis and treatment processes of these cases. In this paper, a patient treated with suppurative cholangitis due to cholecysto-hydatid fistula is presented.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings of Bilateral Cystic Neuroblastoma: Case Report of a Very Rare Entity.

Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common solid tumor seen in children under two years old. It has both solid and cystic forms. It generally involves the adrenal gland unilaterally.

Multiple Pyogenic Liver Abscesses Mimicking Metastatic Disease on Computed Tomography.

Liver abscesses are divided into two main subgroups: pyogenic and nonpyogenic abscesses. Early diagnosis is important for appropriate treatment and to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates in liver abscesses. We report a case of multiple pyogenic liver abscesses mimicking liver metastases on multidetector computed tomography (MDCT).

Nanofiber network of electropolymerized 3,4-(2-benzylpropylenedioxy)thiophene on single carbon fiber microelectrode.

Electropolymerization of 3,4-(2-benzylpropylene)-dioxythiophene (ProDOT-Bz) on (approximately 7 microm diameter) single carbon fiber microelectrodes (SCFMEs) in different electrolytes resulted the network of nanofiber structure. Electropolymerization performed in different electrolytes by using cyclovoltammetric technique. Surface morphology of coatings was investigated by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), the attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) was used for the characterization.

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy secondary to diphtheria, tetanus toxoid and whole-cell pertussis vaccination: diffusion-weighted imaging and proton MR spectroscopy findings.

We present a previously healthy 6-month-old boy who was admitted to our hospital with lethargy, hypotonia and focal clonic seizures 6 days following diptheria, tetanus toxoid and whole-cell pertussis vaccination. A diagnosis of acute necrotising encephalopathy was made with the aid of MRI, including diffusion-weighted imaging and proton MR spectroscopy.

MRI of recurrent isolated cerebral Whipple's disease.

Whipple's disease is a rare systemic bacterial infection, characterized predominantly by gastrointestinal symptoms. Neurological symptoms are frequent in the course of the disease; however, a purely neurological presentation is uncommon. Diagnosis is confirmed with biopsy and polymerase chain reaction studies.

Tissue Doppler study of the right ventricle with a multisegmental approach: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

Objective: We investigated whether systolic right ventricular (RV) function and myocardial performance index (MPI) studied with a multisegmental approach improve the accuracy of RV function estimation based on tricuspid lateral annulus.

Methods: Systolic and isovolumic contraction velocities, isovolumic acceleration, regional MPI from the tricuspid lateral and septal annulus, and basal and apical RV free wall and blood pool MPI were obtained in 69 patients and compared with RV ejection fraction (EF) by cardiac magnetic resonance.

Results: Average systolic velocity from 2 annular sites had the highest correlation to the RVEF (r = 0.

Ultrasound and computed tomography findings of spontaneous intramural hemorrhage of renal pelvis and ureter in patient with hemophilia a.

Intramural renal pelvic and ureteral hemorrhage is seen most commonly in patients treated with anticoagulant therapy. However, spontaneous intramural hemorrhage of the ureter seen in patients with hemophilia is a rare entity and has been reported only in 2 cases. Computed tomography is a valuable imaging method in the diagnosis and follow-up.

Postpartum sacral stress fracture: an unusual case of low-back and buttock pain.

Low-back and buttock pain is a common complaint during pregnancy and the postpartum period and is usually attributable to mechanical lesions of the pelvis. Sacral stress fractures are unusual but important causes that should be considered in differential diagnosis. To date, only eight postpartum sacral stress fractures have been reported in the literature.

An uncommon cause of acute abdomen--epiploic appendagitis: CT findings.

Epiploic appendagitis, which is an uncommon cause of acute abdomen, is a benign self-limiting inflammatory process of epiploic appendices. It has primary and secondary types. Computed tomography findings of the primary type are specific but are demonstrated rarely.