Malignant Mesothelioma of Tunica Vaginalis Testis: Macroscopic and Microscopic Features of a Very Rare Malignancy.

Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis (MMTVT) is an extremely rare tumour, usually mimicking benign pathologies of the scrotum. Our case is an 84-year-old male patient who appealed with a painless, left-sided scrotal swelling longer than 2 months. Although the level of tumour markers was normal, ultrasonographic examination results forced us to perform an inguinal scrotal exploration.

Analysis of Sensitivity, Specificity, and Positive and Negative Predictive Values of Smear and Colposcopy in Diagnosis of Premalignant and Malignant Cervical Lesions.

BACKGROUND This study aimed to examine the positive and negative predictive value in the diagnosis of premalignant and malignant lesions of cervical colposcopy, the sensitivity and specificity of smear, and to evaluate the correlation with histopathology of abnormal cytology and colposcopy. MATERIAL AND METHODS The criteria for inclusion of patients with unhealthy cervix in the study were: Erosion, Chronic cervicitis, and Healed lacerations, Hypertrophied cervix, bleeding on touch, suspicious growth/ulcer/polyp on the cervix, and abnormal discharges from the cervix. Women with frank carcinoma cervix, pregnant females, patients with bleeding per vaginum at the time of examination, and those who had used vaginal medications, vaginal contraceptives or douches in the last 48 h of examination were excluded from the study.

Significance of the interval between first and second transurethral resection on recurrence and progression rates in patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer treated with maintenance intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin.

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of the interval between the initial and second transurethral resection (TUR) on the outcome of patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) treated with maintenance intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy.

Patients And Methods: We reviewed the data of patients from 10 centres treated for high-risk NMIBC between 2005 and 2012. Patients without a diagnosis of muscle-invasive cancer on second TUR performed ≤90 days after a complete first TUR, and received at least 1 year of maintenance BCG were included in this study.

A rare complication of ESWL: focal metastatic multiple organ abscesses in a horseshoe kidney.

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is an effective treatment modality in the minimal invasive management of urinary system stone disease. Although the majority of the complications occuring after ESWL are minor (most common ones are gross haematuria, pain, perinephritic hematoma); bacteriuria may also occur in some cases which sometimes can lead to sepsis and even metastatic abscess formation in a very rare part of the cases treated. In this rare situation infection agent spreads quickly via hematogenous route and causes abscess formation in different parts of the body.

Comparative effect of lornoxicam and paracetamol in pain relief in endometrial sampling.

We conducted a study to compare the analgesic effect of oral lornoxicam and oral paracetamol before endometrial sampling for benign conditions. This prospective, double-blind, randomized study was conducted on sixty women underwent endometrial sampling for benign indications, from November 2010 to April 2011. The patients were divided into two groups (lornoxicam and paracetamol group) and both administered drugs (8 mg oral lornoxicam or 500 mg oral paracetamol) one hour before the procedure.

Comparison of the risk factors for adverse perinatal outcomes in adolescent age pregnancies and advanced age pregnancies.

Objectives: To evaluate clinical outcomes of pregnancies in adolescent, advanced and reproductive women maternal age.

Materials And Methods: A total of 187 pregnant women were included into the study 51 (27.27%) were adolescent pregnancies, mean age 17.

Dietary antioxidant levels in hyperemesis gravidarum: a case control study.

Objectives: Dietary antioxidant intake decreases the risk of many diseases. Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is the most common eating disorder during pregnancy Therefore, the authors conducted this prospective and case control study to evaluate dietary antioxidant levels of women with HG and compare with healthy pregnant women.

Material And Methods: This prospective case control study was conducted at a government hospital in the southeastern region of Turkey from February 2010 to May 2010.

[Does antibiotherapy prevent unnecessary prostate biopsies in patients with high PSA values?].

Introduction: We investigated if antibiotherapy has any role on total PSA (tPSA), free PSA (fPSA) and fPSA/tPSA ratio in patients with tPSA higher than 2.5ng/ml. We also analyzed if it has any relation with prostate cancer diagnosis rate.

Dorsal vein rupture after practice of taqaandan, necrotising cavernositis, penile reconstruction, urethroplasty and penile prosthesis implantation.

Penile fracture is an uncommon and emergent urologic condition defined as traumatic rupture of the corpus cavernosum secondary to a blunt trauma of the erect penis. Tunica albuginea is thinned and stretched in the erect state, and a transverse tear in the corpus cavernosums may occur by a buckling force. However, penile dorsal vein tears may mimic penile fracture.

Clinical experience of adnexal torsion: evaluation of 143 cases.

We conducted this retrospective study to evaluate the outcomes, indications and post-operative findings of adnexal torsion cases and compared the features of benign cystic teratoma with the other cases. We analyzed a series of 143 cases of adnexal torsion from 2000 to 2009 at current clinic, retrospectively. The data were collected from the patient's specific files and hospital records descriptively.

Resistin may not associate with gestational diabetes mellitus although insulin resistance.

Objective: Resistin is a potent regulator of glucose homeostasis which is thought to oppose the action of insulin in peripheral tissues. The aim of this study was to determine changes in resistin levels in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Material And Method: Twenty women with GDM (mean age 32.

18F-FDG PET-CT and USG/CT in benign and malignant ovarian tumors with postoperative histopathological correlation.

Objectives: The role of 18F-FDG (18F fluorodeoxyglucose) PET/CT** (Positron emission tomography) in the diagnosis, treatment and follow up of benign and malignant ovarian tumors had been investigated previously. The objective of the following study was to evaluate the predictive value of PET/CT in benign and malignant ovarian tumors and compare with computerized tomography and post-operative pathology.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective study a total of sixty nine cases with benign or malignant pelvic masses underwent laparotomy at our clinic.

Effectiveness of medical treatment in overcoming the ureteral double-J stent related symptoms.

Background: We investigated whether the frequency of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) increased in patients in whom double-J stents were applied. We also evaluated several medical therapy protocols to treat symptoms related with ureteral stents.

Materials And Methods: A total of 108 patients, in whom unilateral double-j stent was applied during ureteral stone treatment, were included.

Factors affecting the degree of hirsutism in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Purpose: To investigate the clinical features of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and compare the patients with hirsutism to those without.

Methods: In total, 304 consecutive females with PCOS were evaluated. The cases were divided into two groups of hirsute or non-hirsute.

Amniotic fluid amino acid levels in non-immune hydrops fetalis: a case-control study.

In a prospective case-control study, we compared the amniotic fluid amino acid levels in non-immune hydrops fetalis (NIHF) and normal fetuses. Eighty fetuses underwent amniocentesis for different reasons at the prenatal diagnosis unit of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University. Forty of these fetuses were diagnosed with NIHF.

Do ureteral catheterisation procedures affect sexual functions? A controlled prospective study.

The use of ureteral stents is a common procedure in urology practice. We investigated whether the use of double-J stent had an effect on sexual functions or not. One hundred and seventy-seven cases were included in the study.

Adnexal masses in postmenopausal and reproductive age women.

We aimed to evaluate and compare the management and clinical characteristics of adnexal masses in postmenopausal and reproductive age women. This prospective study was performed at Dicle University, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, from January 2007 to June 2009.The data were collected from hospital records and patients files, descriptively.

A prospective randomized multicenter study of Turkish Society of Urooncology comparing two different mechanical bowel preparation methods for radical cystectomy.

Objective: To investigate the outcomes and complication rates of urinary diversion using mechanical bowel preparation (BP) with 3 day conventional and limited BP method through a standard perioperative care plan.

Materials And Methods: This study was designed as a prospective randomized multicenter trial. All patients were randomized to 2 groups.

The effect of flurbiprofen as prophylactic analgesic before hysterosalpingography.

Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is associated with pain during the four-step procedure. This prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study was conducted to investigate the effect of the analgesic flurbiprofen, administered prior to HSG, in 60 women. Thirty women were randomized to receive 100 mg of flurbiprofen, orally, 1 h prior to HSG and a further 30 women were randomized to receive placebo.

Risk factors for persistent gestational trophoblastic neoplasia.

This retrospective study evaluated the risk factors for persistent gestational trophoblastic disease (GTN) and determined their odds ratios. This study included 100 cases with GTN admitted to our clinic. Possible risk factors recorded were age, gravidity, parity, size of the neoplasia, and beta-human chorionic gonadotropin levels (beta-hCG) before and after the procedure.

Urodynamic evaluation after abdominal hysterectomies for gynecological malignancies.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of abdominal hysterectomy made for gynecological malign diseases on lower urinary tract functions in asymptomatic patients by preoperative and postoperative urodynamic measurements. Thirty four asymptomatic women, who were operated for gynecological malignancies by abdominal hysterectomy from September 2008 to June 2009, in Dicle University Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, were included in this study. Urodynamic measurements were performed before the operation and in the sixth week of surgery.

Vaginal douching practice and related symptoms in a rural area of Turkey.

Purpose: To investigate vaginal douching habits and associated factors among women living in rural Turkey.

Methods: This study was performed in the gynecology department of a government hospital in a rural area of Turkey, from February to March 2010. The study included 393 women admitted to the gynecology clinic.

Pregnancy and adnexal torsion: analysis of 20 cases.

Objective: To study the clinical profile, management and outcome of pregnancy complicated by adnexal torsion.

Methods: All pregnancy cases complicated by adnexal torsion admitted between January 2001 and January 2009 were analyzed.

Results: The total number of pregnant cases was 20.

Factors affecting maternal and perinatal outcomes in HELLP syndrome: evaluation of 126 cases.

Objectives: To ascertain the characteristics, clinical features, and maternal fetal outcome in HELLP (hemolysis elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) syndrome at a tertiary referral center.

Material And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out at Dicle University between January 2004 and December 2008 in which the charts of 126 cases were retrieved retrospectively and data analyzed descriptively.

Results: Of all deliveries 0.