Are all primary omental infarcts truly idiopathic? Five case reports.

Background: Idiopathic omental infarction (IOI) is challenging to diagnose due to its low incidence and vague symptoms. Its differential diagnosis also poses difficulties because it can mimic many intra-abdominal organ pathologies. Although hypercoagulability and thrombosis are among the causes of omental infarction, venous thromboembolism scanning is rarely performed as an etiological investigation.

Peripheral blood platelet counts identify prognostically diverse clinical phenotypes in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: The factors responsible for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) growth are not precisely known.

Aims: To study the clinical parameters associated with increases in maximum tumor diameter (MTD).

Methods: A new cohort of 944 prospectively accrued HCC patients was analyzed for large size associations.

Fournier's gangrene originating from the perianal region or the urogenital area: does it make a difference?

Objective: Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a rare and serious disorder which is associated with high mortality. In the literature, there is no study evaluating clinician-, patient- and disease-related factors affecting disease outcomes according to aetiological variation in FG. In our study, laboratory results and Uludag Fournier's Gangrene Severity Index (UFGSI) score, clinical characteristics and mortality rates were compared between FG originating from perianal or from urogenital regions.

Extremely Rare Synchronous Primary Neoplasms of Meckel's Diverticulum and Colon: a Report of Three Cases.

Synchronous primary neoplasms of Meckel's diverticulum and colon malignancies are rarely reported in the literature. We present three patients with synchronous primary neoplasms of Meckel's diverticulum and colon malignancies. All tumors located in Meckel's diverticulum were incidentally found at laparotomy and the definitive diagnosis was made with microscopic examination of surgical specimens.

Transplant and non-transplant HCC patients at a single institution.

Background And Aim: Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are managed in various hospital departments, which complicates the assessment of the overall picture. In our large liver transplant institute, we evaluate all HCC patients in a weekly multi-disciplinary liver tumor board, and their data are prospectively collected in an institutional HCC database to evaluate HCC causes, tumor features, treatments, and survival.

Materials And Methods: Baseline data for patients (n=1322) were prospectively recorded, including hepatitis status, routine clinical serum parameters, radiological assessment of maximum tumor diameter (MTD), tumor number, presence of macroscopic portal vein thrombosis (PVT), and serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels.