Acute Pancreatitis and Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis in Children: Imaging Findings and Outcomes.

Objective: The prevalence of acute pancreatitis and acute recurrent pancreatitis in children has increased over the years, and there are limited data about imaging findings. This study aimed to reveal the imaging findings of acute pancreatitis and acute recurrent pancreatitis in children at a tertiary care hospital.

Materials And Methods: The patients with acute pancreatitis and acute recurrent pancreatitis diagnosed between January 2007 and December 2018 were included.

Evaluation of the predictability of clinical and radiological findings in the diagnosis of malrotation.

Background: To evaluate the predictability of clinical and radiological findings in the diagnosis of malrotation.

Methods: Between 2010 and 2020, children with presumptive diagnosis of malrotation were included. The demographic features, clinical and radiological findings, operative findings and outcome were recorded.

Continuous Hepatogonodal and Splenogonogal Fusion: A Rare Cause of Bilateral Intra-Abdominal Testis in an 18-Month-Old Boy.

The fusion of gonadal structures with internal organs is very rare. The close proximity between the left gonad and spleen during embryogenesis may result in splenogonadal fusion (SGF). Moreover, the trapping of hepatocyte-destined mesenchyme cells in gonads is defined as hepatogonadal fusion (HGF).

Imaging findings of benign and malignant pediatric splenic lesions.

Splenic lesions in children have a wide histological spectrum. The majority of pediatric splenic lesions are benign and detected incidentally, and the most common benign lesions are cysts, followed by hemangiomas and lymphatic malformations. Most of the splenic malignancies in children are secondary to leukemia or lymphoma.

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in the management of a 14-year-old girl with chronic calcific pancreatitis.

Background: Chronic pancreatitis is very rare in childhood and causes chronic/relapsing abdominal pain, frequent hospitalizations, malnutrition, growth retardation, and stone formation in the main duct. Although pancreatic extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (P-ESWL) is commonly used in the treatment of pancreatic stones (PS) in adults, the use in children is still controversial. An adolescent girl with multiple PS is presented to discuss the use of ESWL as a treatment alternative in children with PS.

Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient after the surgery of hydatid cyst.

Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis (CNPA) is a condition caused by the ubiquitous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus in non-immunocompromised individuals. Numerous underlying conditions have been associated with CNPA. Tuberculosis, non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) remain the predominant risk factors for development of CNPA.

Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis.

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare genetic disease caused by mutations in sodium-phosphate co-transporter (SLC34A2), which encodes a type 2b sodium phosphate co-transporter. Disease is characterized by intra-alveolar microlith formation of phosphate. Turkey has a high prevalence of PAM.

Imaging of childhood inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor.

Background: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare benign neoplasm and most commonly involves the lung but occurs in extrapulmonary locations.

Objective: To present imaging findings in inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors in children based on a single-centre experience.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed CT and MRI findings of children diagnosed with inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in a single institution.

Imaging features of primary malignant pancreatic tumors in children.

Objective: The purpose of this article is to describe the sonographic, CT, and MRI features of primary malignant pancreatic tumors of childhood.

Conclusion: Most children with a pancreatic tumor present with a solid pseudopapillary tumor that is usually well marginated and has solid and cystic areas surrounded by a fibrous capsule. Pancreatoblastoma is more aggressive than solid pseudopapillary tumor.

Unusual splenic hemangioma of a pediatric patient: hypointense on T2-weighted image.

Splenic hemangioma is a very rare neoplasm in children. On magnetic resonance imaging, splenic hemangioma shows high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. In this report, we present the first pediatric case of a splenic hemangioma, which was significantly hypointense on T2-weighted images.

Doppler ultrasonographic evaluation of the radial and ulnar arteries in hemiparetic patients after stroke.

Background: To evaluate blood flow of hand arteries (using Doppler ultrasonography) and sympathetic skin response (SSR) in patients with hemiparesis.

Methods: Fifty-six stroke patients (30 M, 26 F) with unilateral hemiparesis (age 53.5 ± 10.

Relationship between thyroid nodules and non-functioning adrenal incidentalomas and their association with insulin resistance.

Objective: The relationship between insulin resistance and thyroid nodules in patients with non-functional adrenal incidentalomas (AI) is not clearly understood. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of thyroid nodules in AI patients, as well as to evaluate any possible associations with disorders of insulin resistance.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with a non-functional AI were approached for inclusion in the study.

Clinical and radiological findings in macroprolactinemia.

Hyperprolactinemia is the most common abnormality of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and radiological features of patients with macroprolactinemia. The study population consisted of patients with elevated serum prolactin (PRL) concentrations who presented to our Endocrinology outpatient clinic.

Evaluation of ovarian reserve based on hormonal parameters, ovarian volume, and antral follicle count in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate ovarian reserve of women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methodology: Eighty-nine women with T2DM and 73 healthy controls were enrolled and divided into three age groups [group 1 (20-29 yr), seven diabetics and 18 healthy controls; group 2 (30-39 yr): 35 diabetics and 35 healthy controls; and group 3 (40-49 yr): 47 diabetics and 20 healthy controls]. All participants were subjected to transvaginal ultrasonographic examination on the third day of their menstrual periods for the determination of ovarian volume and total antral follicle count (AFC).

Dynamic Doppler evaluation of the radial and ulnar arteries in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.

Objective: The objective of our study was to evaluate the blood flow characteristics of the radial and ulnar arteries of the hands of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) either in the neutral position or in provocative positions using color Doppler imaging.

Subjects And Methods: Subjects with relevant complaints of CTS and positive Tinel sign and/or Phalen maneuver were recruited. Nerve conduction studies were performed to confirm the diagnosis of CTS.

Impaired gallbladder motility and the effect of metformin therapy in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objective:   Impaired gallbladder (GB) emptying is a well-documented contributor to gallstone formation. The aim of this study was to evaluate GB motility in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Methods:   The study population consisted of 36 PCOS patients and 20 healthy controls.

Thyrotropin secreting pituitary adenoma accompanying a silent somatotropinoma.

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) secreting pituitary adenomas are rare tumors manifested as hyperthyroidism with goiter in the presence of elevated TSH. We present a case with pituitary adenoma secreting both TSH and growth hormone (GH) with the prominent clinical findings of hyperthyroidism but without clinical findings of acromegaly. Pituitary magnetic resonance imaging revealed a macroadenoma.

Thoracic outlet syndrome with involvement of the cervical sympathetics because of idiopathic tumoral calcinosis.

A 38-yr-old woman reported intermittent pain, paresthesia, and weakness in the right upper limb and sweating on the right side of her face and ipsilateral upper limb during the last 4 yrs. Eventually, she was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome, whereby sympathetic nervous system involvement was thought to ensue because of idiopathic tumoral calcinosis in the neck region. To our best knowledge, this is the first report of such a concomitance.

Serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 levels in the diagnosis of functioning adrenal tumors.

Objective: To investigate whether serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) levels can be used as a diagnostic tool in determining the functioning status of benign adrenal tumors.

Methods: In this case-control study, medical records of patients with adrenal tumors who consecutively presented to an endocrinology clinic between August 2005 and October 2008 were evaluated. Operation was recommended when the incidentaloma was larger than 4 cm or when a hypersecreting tumor was suspected.

Persistent hypoglossal artery detected incidentally in a hypertensive patient with intracerebral hemorrhage: a case report and review of the literature.

A 73-year-old woman with a history of chronic hypertension admitted to our clinic with complaint of acute paresis in her left arm. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were performed to the patient which displayed intracerebral hemorrhage in the right parieto-occipital lobe. Further review of the computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scan showed an enlarged left hypoglossal canal with a large vessel passing through it.