Fetal Biometric Parameter Reference Charts of a Central Anatolian Turkish Population.

Purpose: The assessment of fetal biometry using ultrasound provides accurate pregnancy dating and also screening of fetal growth. Fetal biometry, which is common practice in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, is fetal morphometry, which involves taking measurements of the different anatomical body parts. These fetal dimensions vary on ethnicity.

Comparative Histopathological Evaluation of Patients with Diabetes, Hypothyroidism and Idiopathic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Aim: To investigate and compare the histological findings of patients with diabetes, hypothyroidism and idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).

Material And Methods: Subsynovial connective tissue samples of 51 idiopathic CTS patients (Group 1), 58 diabetic CTS patients (Group 2) and 16 hypothyroid CTS patients (Group 3) were evaluated in this study. The histopathological examination parameters were; number of fibroblasts, size of collagen fibers, vascular changes (vascular proliferation, intimal thickening and changes of vessel structures), edema and inflammatory infiltration.

Molecular and biochemical evidence on the protective effects of embelin and carnosic acid in isoproterenol-induced acute myocardial injury in rats.

Aims: Acute myocardial infarction is a serious acute cardiac disorder and heart disease is still a major public health problem in adults. We investigated the effects of embelin (EMB) and carnosic acid (CA) in animals with isoproterenol (ISO)-induced myocardial injury.

Main Methods: Adult male Wistar-Albino rats were divided into four groups: control, ISO, ISO with EMB, and ISO with CA.

Diagnostic efficiency of multidetector computed tomography with multiplanar reformatted imaging and virtual cystoscopy in the assessment of bladder tumors after transurethral resection.

Purpose: In the assessment of recurrent bladder tumors, diagnostic efficiency of virtual cystoscopy carried out by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) was investigated and compared with the criterion standard of conventional cystoscopy.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-seven patients between 39 and 83 years who had undergone transurethral resection because of bladder tumors were assessed using virtual and conventional cystoscopy. Virtual cystoscopy was performed using a 16-MDCT (Aquilion, Toshiba Medical Systems, Tokyo, Japan) in the supine and prone positions.

Coexistence of anomalous m. peroneus tertius and longitudinal tear in the m. peroneus brevis tendon.

The longitudinal tear in the m. peroneus brevis tendon is frequently observed as a less common cause of chronic ankle pain and disability. In this case the rare association of a longitudinal tear in the m.

Increased frequency of prediabetes in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.

The aim of this study was to compare the occurrence of prediabetes [impaired fasting glucose and/or impaired glucose tolerance are considered to be precursors to type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM)] in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) cases and matched controls. Ninety-two patients with IBS and 104 healthy matched controls were included in this study. Type 2 DM was considered an exclusion criterion in both groups.

Evaluation of morphometric characteristics of the fibular incisura on dry bones.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the anatomical characteristics of the fibular incisura of the tibia and the distal end of the fibula that form together the tibiofibular syndesmosis joint and to obtain the morphometric data in both genders.

Materials And Methods: Current study has been performed on 35 dry adult tibia-fibula sets (22 males and 13 females).

Results: 35% of cases presented a significantly concave shape (> or = 4 mm) and 65% had shallow concave fibular incisura (< 4 mm) in both genders.

Klippel-Feil syndrome with osteopoikilosis in a young lady and her four female relatives with osteopoikilosis.

Osteopoikilosis is a rare, usually asymptomatic, autosomal dominant bone disorder, which is usually found incidentally on X-ray. Klippel-Feil syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by the congenital fusion of any two of the seven cervical (neck) vertebrae. It is caused by a failure in the normal segmentation or division of the cervical vertebrae during the early weeks of fetal development.

Acute coronary stenosis in a young man with Behçet's syndrome.

Objective: To present a case of myocardial infarction due to Behçet's syndrome.

Clinical Presentation And Intervention: A 27-year-old man who was known to have Behçet's syndrome for 1 year presented with retrosternal fluctuating chest pain, which radiated to the epigastrium 5 h prior to admission. Coronary angiography showed total occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery, which was successfully treated with coronary stent implantation.

The predictive value of CRP levels on future severe renal disease in overweight and obese subjects without diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

Background: Obesity and related disorders have a high prevalence all over the world. Increased C-reactive protein (CRP) value in obese individuals and its potential adverse effects have been reported. Here we have investigated the relationship between CRP levels and renal functions in nondiabetic, nonhypertensive, overweight, and obese individuals.

May primary empty sella turcica be a cause of isolated ACTH deficiency? A case report and the review of related literature.

Isolated ACTH deficiency is an uncommon cause of secondary adrenocortical insufficiency and accompaniment with primary empty sella has been reported in several cases. We present a case of isolated ACTH deficiency associated with empty sella. A sixty-two year old woman was admitted to our endocrine clinic with complaints of weakness, fatigue, weight loss, nausea, vomiting, and lack of appetite for about one month.

Anatomy of lateral ankle ligaments and their relationship to bony landmarks.

This study was designed to determine and describe precise anatomy of the lateral ankle ligaments and their relationship to adjacent osseous structures. This study was performed on 42 legs of 22 adult human embalmed cadavers. The lateral ankle ligaments were carefully dissected using a 2.

Anatomical evaluation and clinical importance of the tibiofibular syndesmosis ligaments.

The aim of this study was to describe the detailed anatomical arrangement of ligaments of the tibiofibular syndesmosis and to highlight the clinical aspects of fracture dislocations. This study was performed on 42 legs of adult human embalmed cadavers. Tibiofibular syndesmosis ligaments attachments and their mutual relationships were described and their dimensions were measured.

Enlarged perforating branch of peroneal artery and extra crural fascia in close relationship with the tibiofibular syndesmosis.

We found an extremely large perforating branch of peroneal artery in an 89-year-old female cadaver's left ankle. The anterior tibial artery could not reach to supply the ankle and dorsum of the foot. The perforating branch of peroneal artery continued as the dorsalis pedis after giving off an anterior lateral malleolar artery branch.