Four Atypical Parathyroid Adenomas Detected by Dual Phase Tc-99m MIBI SPECT.

We report a case of a 55-year-old female with tertiary hyperparathyroidism and osteoporosis who had end stage renal disease and a history of hemodialysis for 15 years. Patient’s informed is taken. Neck ultrasonography showed multinodular goiter together with a hypoechoic lesion compatible with a parathyroid adenoma.

Cytomorphological findings in diagnosis of Warthin tumor.

Background/aim: To define the cytomorphologic findings leading to difficulties in diagnosis of Warthin tumors (WTs).

Materials And Methods: Forty-eight histopathologically diagnosed WT patients who had fine needle aspiration cytology preoperatively were reevaluated for defining the presence or absence of lymphocytes, oncocytic cell layer, oncocytic cell papillae, granular debris background, mucoid background, macrophages, polymorphonuclear cells, mast cells, squamous-like cells, atypical vacuolated cytoplasmic cells, and giant cells.

Results: Forty-seven tumors were in the parotid gland and one in the submandibular gland.

Effects of phenytoin injection on vocal cord healing after mechanical trauma: An experimental study.

Background/aim: Phenytoin is an anticonvulsant drug which causes fibroblast proliferation, collagen synthesis, and an increase in epidermal growth factor. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of phenytoin injection on the wound healing process in rats with vocal cord injury by histopathological methods.

Materials And Methods: The vocal cords of 10 albino Wistar rats were damaged bilaterally; the left vocal cord was kept as the control group.

Clinicopathological features of metaplastic breast carcinoma.

Background: Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast (MpBC) is defined as a group of heterogeneous malignant neoplasms that contain glandular and non-glandular components with mixed epithelial and mesenchymal differentiations.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to research the clinical and pathological characteristics of MpBC determining its rank among all breast cancers.

Material And Methods: Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast was found in 7 out of 1,164 patients who had been diagnosed with breast cancer within the period of 12 years in our hospital.

Thymoma with an incidental benign laryngeal mass mimicking laryngeal carcinoma: Case report.

Thymic carcinomas are rarely seen. Because of recurrent laryngeal nerve involvement, hoarseness is a common presenting symptom. Persistent hoarseness in a male smoker past his fifth decade is also a distinctive symptom for laryngeal carcinoma.

The impact of topical and systemic enoxaparin sodium use on traumatic tympanic membrane perforation and myringosclerosis.

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of topical and systemic enoxaparin sodium on the healing pattern of experimentally induced tympanic membrane perforation and formation of myringosclerosis. A total of 24 Wistar-Albino strain rats were included in the study. Standard myringotomies were performed on each rat.

The Impact of Systemic and Local Administration of Ascorbic Acid on Traumatic Perforation of Tympanic Membrane and Myringosclerosis.

Objective: In the present study, tympanic membranes (TM) harvested from myringotomized rats were analyzed histopathologically to compare the systemic and local effects of ascorbic acid on the development of myringosclerosis.

Materials And Methods: Forty male Wistar-Albino rats weighing between 350-400 g were included in this study. Under otomicroscopic examination, a standard 2-mm myringotomy incision was made on the posteroinferior quadrant of the TM of both ears.

The use of urinary nuclear matrix protein 22 (NMP22) as a diagnostic adjunct to urine cytology for monitoring of recurrent bladder cancer--institutional experience and review.

Background: This prospective study compares urine NMP22 immunoassay and cytomorphology for detecting recurrent urothelial carcinoma (UC) of the bladder and correlates between NMP22 levels and grade, multiplicity, and size of the tumor. We aimed refining the use of NMP22 test in the management of UC at our institution.

Methods: Urine specimens, collected prior to a cystoscopic biopsy either from patients with a history of bladder cancer (n = 50) or from controls (n = 15) were studied.

Aneurysmal bone cyst in the middle turbinate: a case report.

Aneurysmal bone cyst is a benign and locally destructive bone lesion usually seen in the younger population. Its etiology is unknown. Its yearly incidence rate has been reported to be 0.

Interobserver agreement in salivary gland neoplasms by telepathology: An analysis of 47 cases.

Objective: To assess the discrepancies that prevailed among the members of the Head and Neck Pathology Working Group in Turkey in diagnosing salivary gland tumors, classified primarily according to myoepithelial origin, by utilizing telepathology.

Study Design: At least 4 representative images were obtained from each case of a total of 47 salivary gland tumors, and these were studied by 14 participants. The tumors examined were classified into 2 categories under behavior as malignant or benign, and also grouped into 2 categories under differentiation: those showing and those not showing myoepithelial differentiation.

Effect of local use of L-carnitine after myringotomy on myringosclerosis development in rats.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effect of local and intraperitoneal administration of L-carnitine on the prevention of experimentally induced myringosclerosis, and to compare treatment efficiency.

Methods: Twenty-four Albino-Wistar rats (48 ears) were bilaterally myringotomised and divided randomly into four groups: group one received no treatment, group two received intraperitoneal L-carnitine, group three received local L-carnitine, and group four received both intraperitoneal and local L-carnitine. On the 15th day after treatment, tympanic membranes were harvested and evaluated histopathologically for myringosclerotic plaque formation, fibroblastic proliferation, tympanic membrane thickness and new vessel formation.

[Diagnostic value of fine needle aspiration cytology in salivary gland masses].

Objectives: In this study, we investigated the diagnostic value of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in salivary gland masses retrospectively. We compared FNAC and postoperative histopathologic results of patients who had undergone FNAC and had been operated on because of salivary gland masses.

Patients And Methods: Seventy six patients (40 females, 36 males; mean age 50.

Cyclooxygenase-2 expression and its association with angiogenesis, Helicobacter pylori, and clinicopathologic characteristics of gastric carcinoma.

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is upregulated in gastric carcinoma, and its increased levels were found to have a prognostic significance in some studies. Both angiogenesis and Helicobacter pylori infection have been reported to be associated with COX-2 expression of gastric cancer in recent studies. In this study, COX-2 expression and its association with CD31 staining, H.

Clinical value of cell counts and indices in testicular fine needle aspiration cytology in primary infertility: diagnostic performance compared with histology.

Objective: To compare the diagnostic value of testicular fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology with that of open biopsy in primary infertility and nonobstructive azospermia or severe oligozoospermia, to evaluate the reliability of percentage cell counts and cell indices.

Study Design: Thirty patients (21 azospermic and 9 severe oligozoospermic) who had samples for testicular FNA obtained from both testis (mean age = 28.7) and open biopsy were included in the prospective study.

Tall cell variant of papillary carcinoma arising from a thyroglossal cyst: report of a case with diagnosis by fine needle aspiration cytology.

Background: Papillary carcinoma arising from a thyroglossal duct cyst (TDC) is the most frequent malignancy arising from this embryologic remnant of the thyroglossal duct. The preoperative fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of such neoplasms has rarely been cited. Approximately 170 TDC cases have been reported in the literature worldwide, diagnosed solely on histopathology.

Prognostic importance of COX-2 expression in patients with colorectal cancer.

A relationship between cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression and the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer has been reported in recent studies. Moreover, it has been indicated that COX-2 expression may have a prognostic role in colorectal cancer patients. In this study, we investigated the prognostic significance of COX-2 expression in 83 patients with colorectal cancer.

Oropharyngeal chordoma diagnosed by fine needle aspiration: a case report.

Background: Due to its rarity, chordoma may be difficult to differentiate from other neoplasms with a similiar myxoid background. We describe a case of chordoma involving the oropharynx inferiorly that was diagnosed by transoral fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology (FNAC) and confirmed by histologic studies. This appears to be 1 of the few reported applications of FNA in the diagnosis of chordoma of the oropharynx in the English-language literature.

[The importance of the Delphian lymph node in subtotal laryngeal surgery].

Objectives: The study was designed to investigate the incidence of the Delphian lymph node in patients who underwent supracricoid laryngectomy (SL) for squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx and to evaluate our surgical approach to the primary tumor and the neck.

Patients And Methods: Twenty patients underwent SL for squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. Laryngeal reconstruction was performed with cricohyoidopexy in 17 patients and cricohyoidoepiglottopexy in three patients.

Malignant schwannoma located in the retroauricular region.

There have been no reports about malignant Schwannoma located retroauricularly in the medical literature we reviewed. Malignant Schwannoma is a very malignant tumor, which is rare. For diagnosis, microscopic and immunohistochemical studies are needed.