High frequency of gastric cancer precursor lesions in patients with gastric xanthelasma: a prospective case-control study.

Objective: An association of gastric cancer and precursor lesions with gastric xanthelasma has frequently been reported. However, the incidence of both gastric xanthelasma and gastric cancer precursor lesions increases with age. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency and characteristics of atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia in patients with gastric xanthelasma compared to controls.

Conservative management of 154 patients with idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: Simple is better?

Purpose: Both the aetiology and treatment of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is controversial and unnecessary resections can lead to over-treatment in such a benign disease. Our aim was to report our experience in patients with IGM managed mainly with conservative methods, such as antibiotics, drainages and corticosteroids.

Material And Methods: Pathology database from 2008 to 2018 was reviewed retrospectively.

Synchronous pancreas and liver resection during CRS ± HIPEC. Results of 35 consecutive patients.

Aim: To evaluate the results of synchronous pancreas and liver resection in patients with metastatic carcinoma accompanied by peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) who underwent cytoreductive surgery (CRS)/hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).

Material And Methods: Overall, 35 patients with PC who underwent CRS/HIPEC at Umraniye Education and Research Hospital owing to different etiological causes were evaluated for operation procedure, age, sex, comorbid diseases, ASA score, systemic chemo/radiotherapy, duration of surgery, chemotherapy (CT) protocol applied in HIPEC, amount of bleeding, synchronous hepatobiliary resection interventions during operation and short/long-term mortality and morbidity.

Results: Fifteen patients were male and 20 were female.

Interdigital Pilonidal Sinus, Report of Two Cases.

Hairdresser's disease is an occupational acquired interdigital pilonidal sinus (IPS) of especially male barbers. Here, two cases of IPSs are reported. Both cases underwent surgical excision and primary closure.

HER-2 incidence in gastric cancer, its association with prognosis and clinicopathological parameters.

Objective: Human epidermal growth factor-2 (HER-2) overexpression has prognostic value in breast cancer. However, the significance of HER-2 positivity in gastric cancer is controversial. In this study, we investigated the frequency of overexpression of HER-2 and its relationship with clinicopathological findings and impact on survival in gastric cancer.

Successful treatment of an invasive fungal infection caused by Talaromyces sp. with voriconazole.

Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are on the rise due to increasing numbers of immunosuppressed and critically ill patients. A malignant-looking pulmonary nodule in an immunosuppressed patient may indeed be caused by a fungal organism. We report a patient, who was eventually diagnosed with an IFI caused by an agent of hyalohyphomycosis, Talaromyces sp.