Correlation Between Quantitative Parameters Obtained by Dual Energy Spectral CT and Prognostic Histopathological Factors and Biomarkers in Breast Cancer.

Rationale And Objectives: To investigate the correlation between quantitative parameters obtained by dual energy spectral computed tomography (DESCT) and various histopathological factors and biomarkers associated with the prognosis of breast cancer.

Materials And Methods: Quantitative parameters such as iodine content (IC), normalized IC (nIC), iodine enhancement (IE) and normalized IE (nIE) were measured on virtual monochromatic images and iodine mapping images obtained from DESCT in 116 female breast cancer patients. The relationship between these parameters and prognostic biomarkers such as estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status and Ki67 levels, as well as the correlation with histological grade (HG), lymphovascular invasion (LVI), and metastatic axillary lymphadenopathy (LAP) were evaluated.

Oral Mucosal Manifestations Associated with PCR Positivity in Patients with COVID-19.

Introduction: To date various oral manifestations in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported.

Objectives: In the present study, we investigated the relationship between Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) positivity and oral signs in patients with suspected COVID-19.

Methods: A total of 383 patients who presented to the emergency department for the first time with any symptoms associated with COVID-19 were included in the study.

The efficacy of abbreviated breast MRI protocols using 1.5 T MRI in the preoperative staging of newly diagnosed breast cancers.

Purpose: To determine the efficacy of abbreviated breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocols using 1.5 T MRI in the preoperative staging of newly diagnosed breast cancers.

Methods: Eighty patients who underwent 1.

The validity and clinical utility of axillary ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in detection of nodal metastasis in early-stage breast cancer patients: a retrospective single-center experience.

Background: Assessing the validity and clinical utility of axillary ultrasonography (AUS)-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in detection of nodal metastasis during preoperative axillary investigation in comparison to the histopathologic diagnosis in early-stage breast cancer.

Methods: A total of 279 operated primary breast cancer patients (age: 55.3 ± 12.

A Novel Inflammatory Marker in the Follow-up of Moderate-to-Severe Acne Vulgaris Administered Isotretinoin: Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII).

Background: Systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) is calculated by multiplying the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the platelet count. In this study, we aimed to investigate the difference of SII and other inflammatory markers in patients with acne vulgaris compared to healthy controls and themselves after Oral isotretinoin (ISO) treatment.

Materials And Methods: In this study 190 patients with severe acne vulgaris who received at least 3 months of ISO treatment (0.

Lip mesotherapy with dexpanthenol in the treatment of isotretinoin-induced cheilitis.

Introduction: Cheilitis is the most common mucocutaneous side effect of isotretinoin (ISO). Dexpanthenol (DXP) increases fibroblast proliferation and re-epithelialization in wound healing. We aimed to investigate the effect of DXP-mesotherapy in ISO-induced cheilitis in this study.

The role of optic nerve sheath diameter measurement on CT in differentiating transient ischemic attack and acute ischemic stroke.

Objective: This study aimed to determine if optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measurement on computed tomography could differentiate transient ischemic attack (TIA) from acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Both TIA and AIS are the rings of the same disease chain. To exclude hemorrhagic stroke and stroke mimics in these patients, brain computed tomography (CT) remains the first step imaging modality.

Mean platelet volume as a predictor in the differentiation of Behçet's disease from recurrent aphthous stomatitis - A single centre, prospective, case-control study.

Introduction: Recurrent oral ulcers (ROUs) are the most common disorder of the oral cavity in the community. The most challenging issue for the clinician to deal with in the diagnosis is to distinguish whether ROUs are associated with primarily Behçet's disease (BD). We aimed to investigate whether hemogram parameters contribute to reinforce BD suspicion in the differential diagnosis of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) and BD.

Impact of Pandemic in the Frequency of Scabies: Possible Scabies Outbreak Scenario Aftermath COVID-19.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the post-pandemic changes in the frequency of scabies and determined the clues that may indicate a possible outbreak of scabies in the future.

Methods: All patients diagnosed with scabies in the University of Health Sciences Turkey, Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital and Palandöken State Hospital between January 2019 and September 2020 were evaluated.

Results: The frequency of scabies of 1.

Evaluation of the frequency and intensity of favipiravir-associated yellow-green fluorescence in lunulae, hair, and face.

Background: We detected yellow-green fluorescence in the face, hair and lunulae of patients using favipiravir.

Aim: We evaluated the frequency and intensity of favipiravir-associated fluorescence.

Patients/methods: The participants comprised patients who had taken at least a single dose of favipiravir and been examined no later than 30 days after the last dose.

Increases in uric acid and monocyte-high-density lipoprotein ratio as possible atherosclerotic indicators in acne patients using isotretinoin.

Purpose: We aimed to reveal the relationship of serum uric acid (SUA) with monocyte-high-density lipoprotein ratio (MHR) and other inflammatory markers in acne patients before and after isotretinoin treatment. In this way, we can try to shed light on the relationship between isotretinoin treatment and atherosclerosis.

Methods: Two hundred twenty-four acne patients who administered isotretinoin (0.

Albendazole-induced anagen effluvium: a brief literature review and our own experience.

Albendazole is a drug commonly used for treating many parasitoses. The primary mechanism of action is inhibition of microtubule polymerization binding to β-tubulin, similar to colchicine as a microtubule formation inhibitor. It is reasonable that these two antimitotic drugs can cause side effects such as alopecia and cytopenia by a similar mechanism.

Changes in dermatological complaints among healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey.

Introduction: This questionnaire study evaluates dermatological complaints that may arise due to hygiene measures and anxiety among healthcare professionals (HCPs) during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Methods: A total of 526 volunteers, consisting of doctors and nurses, participated. Demographic features, personal hygiene behavior, personal protective equipment (PPE) use, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A) parameters, and symptoms of various dermatological diseases (xerosis, eczema, acne, hair loss, palmar hyperhidrosis, xeromycteria, urticaria, aphthous stomatitis, and seborrheic dermatitis) were investigated.

Change of the diagnostic distribution in applicants to dermatology after COVID-19 pandemic: What it whispers to us?

We aim to evaluate the change in the diagnostic spectrum in dermatology outpatient applications compared to before COVID-19. All patients were enrolled from the Department of Dermatology between February 12 and May 8, 2020, the duration of 4 weeks before COVID-19 and 8 weeks after were analyzed in three parts consisting of 4 weeks. Data obtained from the database such as age, gender, diagnoses were anonymized.

Epidemiological Evaluation of Scabies Cases Encountered in the Last Three Years as a Tertiary Health Center.

Objectives: We aimed to reveal the change in the demographic characteristics of patients with scabies in the last three years and the increase in frequency of patients with scabies observed in our region.

Methods: All patients diagnosed as having scabies in Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital and Palandöken State Hospital, Clinic of Dermatology between January 2017 and December 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. Data such as age, gender, citizenship, presentation dates were recorded from the hospital database by anonymizing.

The Association of Postvoiding Residual Volume, Uroflowmetry Parameters and Bladder Sensation.

Purpose: To investigate whether postvoiding residual bladder volume (PVR) and uroflowmetry parameters associate with bladder sensation in male patients with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) and to find out the reliable time of these examinations.

Materials And Methods: Sixty men with bladder outlet obstruction underwent transabdominal ultrasound in order to measure postvoiding residual volume and uroflowmetry. At the first day, PVR was measured while the patients had mild bladder sensation.

Focal hypersteatosis: a pseudolesion in patients with liver steatosis.

Purpose: We aimed to describe ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of focal hypersteatosis (FHS).

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our database for patients with hypersteatosis. Over a 5-year period (February 2005 to September 2010) a total of 17 321 patients underwent abdominal CT scan and 28 patients were determined to have FHS.

Assessment of breast mass morphology with diffusion-weighted MRI: Beyond apparent diffusion coefficient.

Background: Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is a noncontrast-enhanced MRI technique. There are new promising studies on the use of DWI as a part of the enhanced or unenhanced abbreviated breast MRI protocols.

Purpose: To evaluate the ability of breast DWI in the assessment of mass morphology and determine the contribution of this morphologic evaluation in their characterization.

Contribution of diffusion-weighted imaging to conventional MRI for detection of haemorrhagic infarction in ovary torsion.

Background: To assess the role of DWI in differentiation haemorrhagic ovary infarction from non-haemorrhagic one.

Methods: For this prospectively designed study, of 117 female patients who presented with acute lower quadrant pain and underwent MRI for suspicion of ovary torsion, results of only 29 patients (mean age, 24.7; SD, ±5.