Eating Difficulties and Relationship With Nutritional Status Among Patients With Dementia.

Background: One of the most common behavioral problems in patients with dementia is eating problems, which are known to increase the risk of malnutrition. However, few studies have been conducted in this patient group regarding the relationship between eating difficulties and nutritional status.

Purpose: This study was designed to determine the eating difficulties faced by patients with dementia and to evaluate the relationship in this population between eating difficulties and malnutrition.

Investigation of Selected Medicinal Plants for Their Anti-Obesity Properties.

Objectives: Obesity, which is a risk factor for diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer, is caused serious health problems and economic costs on a global scale. Nowadays, pancreatic lipase inhibitors that cause inhibition of lipid digestion and lipid absorption are one of the limited treatment approaches for obesity. Plant-derived secondary metabolites can be used for treating obesity.

Intravoxel incoherent motion parameters in the evaluation of chronic hepatitis B virus-induced hepatic injury: fibrosis and capillarity changes.

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) parameters in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-induced hepatic fibrosis using different calculation methods and to investigate histopathologic origins.

Materials And Methods: Liver biopsies from 37 prospectively recruited chronic hepatitis B patients were obtained. Twelve b-value (0-1000 s/mm) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) was performed with a 1.

Intraoperative rotation control in closed intramedullary nailing in tibia diaphyseal fractures: a prospective, randomised study.

The intraoperative determination of rotation in closed intramedullar nailing of tibial fractures is difficult. In this study, a more reliable method was used and it was a more practical means of checking rotation intra-operatively for tibia diaphysis fractures. 42 patients who presented with a unilateral tibia diaphyseal fracture.

Is It an Overlooked Injury? Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examination of Occult Talus Lesions Concomitant to Tibial Shaft Fracture.

Long-term studies have shown that 10% to 20% of patients continue to experience ankle pain years after tibial fracture, which causes poor functional results and dissatisfaction. The aim of this study was to show that there could be a talus injury in patients with a tibial shaft fracture and to reveal occult talus lesions with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination. Fifty-two patients with a tibial shaft fracture, with closed epiphyses, not extending to the joint and with no problems in the application of MRI examination were included.

Brain-Area Specific White Matter Hyperintensities: Associations to Falls in Parkinson's Disease.

Background: Falls are common among people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) and are suggested to be associated with white matter hyperintensities (WMH) of the brain.

Objective: To investigate the contribution of brain area-specific WMH to the risk of falls in IPD.

Methods: In fifty participants with IPD, occurrence and severity of WMH in specific brain areas were determined using Scheltens (without lateralization) and Age-related white matter changes (ARWMC) (with lateralization) scores.

Corrigendum: White Matter Changes-Related Gait and Executive Function Deficits: Associations with Age and Parkinson's Disease.

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White Matter Changes-Related Gait and Executive Function Deficits: Associations with Age and Parkinson's Disease.

White matter changes (WMC) are a common finding among older adults and patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), and have been associated with, e.g., gait deficits and executive dysfunction.

Environmental assessment of energy generation from agricultural and farm waste through anaerobic digestion.

While Turkey is one of the world's largest producers and exporters of agricultural goods, it is also, at the same time a net importer of energy carriers. This dichotomy offers a strong incentive to generate energy from agricultural and farming waste; something which could provide energy security for rural areas. Combined with the enhanced energy security for farming areas, the production of energy in this manner could conceivably contribute to the overall national effort to reduce the Turkey's carbon footprint.

Functional evaluation of secondary renal amyloidosis with diffusion-weighted MR imaging.

Objectives: This study evaluated whether diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) can be used to diagnose secondary renal amyloidosis looking specifically at the diagnostic efficacy of two apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement methods as they were used with DW-MRI.

Methods: The study included 24 amyloid nephropathy (AN) patients, 20 chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, and 20 healthy volunteers (HV). ADC values were measured using two different methods: 1) the method of the region of interest indicators (ROIs) and 2) the method of drawing whole renal parenchyma (WP).

Temporal bone MRI with 3D-FIESTA in the evaluation of facial and audiovestibular dysfunction.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the temporal bone using three-dimensional fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition (3D-FIESTA) sequences in patients with facial and audiovestibular dysfunction.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the MR images of 1263 patients who presented with hearing loss (n=429), peripheral facial palsy (n=96), tinnitus (n=341) or vertigo (n=397). There were 605 men and 658 women, with a mean age of 46.

Giant cemento-ossifying fibroma of the maxilla.

Introduction: Fibro-osseous lesions of the skull and facial bones are benign tumors, but they can be mistaken for malignant tumors due to their clinically aggressive behavior. Cemento-ossifying fibroma (COF) is a benign fibro-osseous lesion characterized by slow growth and fibrous and calcified tissue content. COFs are locally destructive lesions causing deformities in the bones.

Intramedullary lipoma of the cervico-thoracic spinal cord.

Most of the spinal cord lipomas reported in the literature are intradural extramedullary, and true intramedullary lipomas are very rare. We present a case of intramedullary spinal cord lipoma of the cervico-thoracic region with extensions over many spinal segments. Magnetic resonance (MR) examination showed an intramedullary lipoma of the cervico-thoracic spinal cord of both high T1 and T2-weighted signal intensity and suppression on fat saturation sequence.

Petrous apex cephalocoele: contribution of coexisting intracranial pathologies to the aetiopathogenesis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to show the MRI findings of petrous apex cephalocoele (PAC) and the other intracranial pathologies that coexist with PAC, and to discuss the contribution of the co-existing pathologies to aetiopathogenesis.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of our imaging archive for the period from January 2012 to October 2013 revealed 13 patients with PAC (12 females and 1 male; age range, 26-69 years). 11 patients underwent MRI examination of the cranium, and 2 patients underwent MRI examination of the sellar region.

Aneurysmal bone cyst of the calcaneus.

Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are benign, non-neoplastic, expansile, vascular, locally destructive lesions. The lesion may arise de novo (65%) or secondarily (35%) in pre-existing benign or malignant lesions (giant cell tumor, osteoblastoma, chondroblastoma, angioma, and others). The calcaneus is a rare localization for ABC, comprising only 1.

Elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in Bell's palsy and its correlation with facial nerve enhancement on MRI.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of inflammation and atherothrombosis in Bell's palsy (BP) by using neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and mean platelet volume (MPV), respectively, and to study their relations with the facial nerve enhancement on temporal gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (TGd-MRI).

Study Design: Case control study.

Setting: Tertiary health institution.

A rare cystic lesion of the neck: parathyroid cyst.

Parathyroid cysts are rarely observed neck masses. Their physical examination is not specific and preoperative diagnosis is usually difficult. Imaging findings and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration with hormone analysis evaluation are important diagnostic criteria.

Determination of copper pollution and associated ecological risk in coastal sediments of southeastern Black Sea region, Turkey.

In this study, the natural and anthropogenic copper (Cu) pollution in coastal sediments near the city Trabzon which exhibits an increasing population and industrial activity in the Southeastern Black Sea Region, were investigated spatially and temporally. The sediment along the coast of Trabzon is influenced by three rivers called Degirmendere, Yanbolu and Solakli resulting in a spatial separation. The highest Cu sediment concentration was measured in the section influenced by Solakli (88.

Clinical presentation of Von Hippel Lindau syndrome type 2B associated with VHL p.A149S mutation in a large Turkish family.

Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by benign and malignant tumors. This study presents the clinical and genetic features of VHL syndrome in a Turkish family. For the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma-related diseases, 49 family members from three generations were evaluated between March 2008 and January 2013.

The Correlation between Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and Histopathological Evaluation of 356 Prostate Biopsy Sites in Patients with Prostatic Diseases.

Purpose. The aim of this study is to investigate the reliability of diffusion MRI for detection of cancer foci by comparing diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) results and pathology results of prostate biopsy sites. Methods.

Spinal inflammation by magnetic resonance imaging in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: association with disease activity and outcome parameters.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has major contribution in early diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). As it is difficult to determine disease activity owing to the lack of close relation between laboratory tests, clinical findings and imaging, MRI has been used as an objective outcome measure. The aim of this study is to investigate the relation between spinal MRI findings with disease activity and other outcome measures.

A comparative study of pre-operative imaging methods in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: ultrasonography, 99mTc sestamibi, single photon emission computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging.

Aim: This study compares the accuracy rates achieved in ultrasonography (US), 99mTc-sestamibi (MIBI), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as imaging methods used in the pre-operative localization of the enlarged parathyroid glands.

Subjects And Methods: For the purposes of this study, US, MIBI, SPECT, and MRI were performed on 98 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). All patients underwent parathyroidectomy.

[Miliary tuberculosis presented as a sacroiliitis: a case report].

Miliary tuberculosis is a clinical picture due to hematogenous dissemination of a very large amount of bacilli. We present a case with miliary tuberculosis in which the diagnosis and treatment was delayed due to focusing on complaints about the sacroiliac joint. The 28-year-old male patient was admitted with a five-month history of pain in his left sacroiliac joint which was not traumatic.

Evaluation of postoperative menisci with MR arthrography and routine conventional MRI.

Objective: The diagnosis of a recurrent tear can be more difficult in the postoperative meniscus. The purpose of our study was to determine the accuracy of conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and MRI with intraarticular contrast material [magnetic resonance (MR) arthrography] for detecting recurrent meniscal tears after surgery.

Materials And Methods: Seventy-two patients who had arthroscopic surgery for meniscal tear and still got complaints were selected prospectively for MR arthrography and conventional MRI.