A novel diagnostic scoring system for pediatric appendicitis based on age and sex-adjusted hematological parameters.

Background: Acute appendicitis diagnosis can sometimes be a real challenge in pediatric patients.

Objective: To establish the importance of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and other hematological parameters adjusted for age and sex in the prediction of acute appendicitis, as well as to describe a new scoring system.

Material And Methods: Medical records of 946 children hospitalized for acute appendicitis were retrospectively analyzed.

The effect of low-dose Cordyceps on ischemia-reperfusion injury of the kidney in rats.

Objective: None of studies have been conducted in terms of demonstrating the same effect with the low dose in cordycepin. In our study, we analyzed the histopathological and biochemical changes of low-dose Cordycepin(c) on a rat model in the kidney.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-four male Wistar Albino rats were randomly allocated to three groups (n = 8): the sham-control group (Group 1), the renal I/R-untreated (Group 2) group, and the I/R-C-treated (Group 3) group.

An infantile splenic hemangiopericytoma case treated with partial splenectomy.

Splenic hemangiopericytoma is a very rare tumor. So far only 10 patients (9 adults, 1 child) have been reported in the literature and all of them were treated with total splenectomy. Herein, we report the first infant case of the splenic hemangiopericytoma in a 10-month-old girl and the first case that was treated with partial splenectomy for splenic hemangiopericytoma.

Associated malformations in Morgagni hernia.

Morgagni hernia (MH) is a congenital herniation of the abdominal organs through the subcostosternal portion of the diaphragm. It is a rare type of diaphragmatic hernia that has been associated with other congenital anomalies. The purpose of this clinical review was to determine the incidence of associated anomalies in patients with MH at a major pediatric referral center.

Late presentation of bochdalek-type congenital diaphragmatic hernia in children: a 23-year experience at a single center.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to report on our 23-year experience of treating children with late-presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), focusing on diagnostic difficulties, associated anomalies, and morbidity.

Method: We reviewed 19 children in whom Bochdalek-type CDH was diagnosed after the neonatal period, between 1983 and 2005.

Results: There were 14 boys and 5 girls, with a mean age of 18.

PERSISTENT Müllerian duct syndrome associated with transverse testicular ectopia: report of two cases.

Persistent Mullerian duct syndrome (PMDS) with transverse testicular ectopia (TTS) is a very rare pathological association, often discovered during repair for inguinal hernia or cryptorchidism. We present 2 cases with PMDS associated with TTS and discuss the diagnosis and management. A hysterectomy was performed, with resection of the underdeveloped fallopian tubes.

Effects of gabexate mesilate on ischemia-reperfusion-induced testicular injury in rats.

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of a synthetic serine protease inhibitor, gabexate mesilate (GM), in rats with ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) damage due to unilateral testicular torsion. Thirty male Sprague-Dawley rats were separated into three groups, each containing ten rats. A sham operation was performed in group 1 (control).