Evaluation of liver and spleen stiffness measurement with shear wave elastography in brucellosis.

Background: Human brucellosis, which is endemic in the eastern region of Turkey, infects the reticulo-endothelial system. Acute brucellosis may cause hepatomegaly or splenomegaly.

Aims: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the point shear wave elastography (pSWE) method in identifying and detecting liver and spleen stiffness in acute brucellosis.

Does B12 deficiency lead to change in brain metabolites in pediatric population? A MR spectroscopy study.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine metabolite changes in different brain regions of the children with vitamin B12 deficiency disease using MR spectroscopy.

Methods: Eighteen children with serum vit. B12 deficiency and 12 healthy volunteer children were included in the study.

Brain metabolite alterations in Eisenmenger syndrome: Evaluation with MR proton spectroscopy.

Objective: Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is a life-threatening disease characterized by pulmonary hypertension and cyanosis in patients with congenital heart diseases. The aim of this study was to determine the brain metabolite changes in Eisenmenger syndrome compared with a control group using MR proton spectroscopy.

Methods And Materials: The study included 10 children (3 male, 7 female) with congenital heart diseases and a diagnosis of Eisenmenger syndrome.

Brain diffusion changes in Eisenmenger syndrome.

Objective: This preliminary study aimed to evaluate whether there are changes in the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of the brain in patients presenting with Eisenmenger syndrome (ES).

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 10 consecutively recruited patients with ES and 10 healthy control subjects. In the patients and controls, eight distinct neuroanatomical locations were selected for analysis.

Assessment of orbital blood flow velocities in retinopathy of prematurity.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the presence of any stage retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) alters central retinal artery (CRA) and ophthalmic artery (OA) blood flow parameters in premature infants. The patients were divided into two groups according to the development of ROP; those who have ROP were defined as group I, those without ROP were defined as group II. Ninety eyes of 45 patients in group I and 40 eyes of 20 patients in group II were investigated.

Diffusion-weighted MRI in the differential diagnosis of uterine endometrial cavity tumors.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of quantitative apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement in the differential diagnosis of the uterine endometrial cavity tumors (UECT).

Methods: This study included consecutive 36 female patients with UECT. The groups were formed as follows: group 1, patients with endometrial carcinoma; group 2, patients with endometrial polyp; group 3, patients with submucosal leiomyoma; and additionally group A, patients with malignant lesion; group B patients with benign lesion.

A rare case of petrous apex osteoma.

Osteomas are the most common tumours of the cranial vault and facial skeleton. Temporal bone osteoma is a rare entity. An osteoma arising from the petrous apex is extremely rare.