Decreased Brain and Placental Perfusion in Omphalopagus Conjoined Twins on Fetal MRI.

The aim of this study is to evaluate perfusional changes in brain and placenta of omphalopagus conjoined twins and to compare them with singleton fetuses by using diffusion weighted imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient. Fetal MRIs of 28-week-old omphalopagus conjoined twins with a shared liver with two separate gallbladders and portal and hepatic venous systems and three singleton fetuses with unilateral borderline ventriculomegaly at the same gestational week as control group were enrolled retrospectively. There was a significant decrease in ADC values of brain regions (p = 0.

Effectiveness of lycopene on experimental testicular torsion.

Aim: We aimed to demonstrate the long term effectiveness of lycopene, a precursor of vitamin A, on the testes for ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Materials And Methods: Seventy male Wistar albino rats were used for this experiment. The rats were divided into seven groups.

The effectiveness of pneumoreduction for intussusception.

Introduction: To detect the effectiveness of pneumoreduction (PR) in intussusception, which is one the most common reasons of abdominal pain in infancy and childhood.

Methods: The records of patients treated in our clinic for intussusception between January 2005 and June 2012 were reviewed retrospectively. There were 150 patients aged between 2 months - 12 years of age; 48% (72) were girls, 52% (78) were boys.

Neurofibromas of the bladder in a child with neurofibromatosis type 1 causing chronic renal disease.

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal-dominant inherited disorder and its prominent feature is the neurofibroma and renal involvement includes renal artery stenosis and renal artery aneurysms causing renovascular hypertension. The genitourinary tract may be rarely involved, leading to urinary symptoms of obstruction and hydronephrosis. Herein, we report a 12-year-old boy with chronic renal failure associated with neurofibromas of the bladder, which leads to urinary obstruction.

A pediatric case of Zenker diverticulum: imaging findings.

Zenker diverticulum is known as an adult disease which occurs as result of outpouching of pharyngeal mucosa through a weak zone in the posterior wall of the pharynx. It is a very rare disorder in childhood, and only a few pediatric cases of Zenker diverticulum have been reported. Here, we report a 10-year-old boy with Zenker diverticulum who presented with aspiration pneumonia, dysphagia, regurgitation, and halitosis.

Distal vaginal atresia resulting in obstructive uropathy accompanied by acute renal failure.

Children with hydrometrocolpos due to distal vaginal atresia may present with severe obstructive uropathy. Here we report a 27-day-old infant with a hydrometrocolpos causing life-threatening renal failure. Percutaneous drainage of the hydrometrocolpos resulted in dramatically improved clinical and laboratory findings in the patient.

Pediatric urolithiasis: an 8-year experience of single centre.

Objective: The objective was to investigate the clinical features and metabolic and anatomic risk factors for kidney stone formation in our patient group.

Methods: Between 1998 and 2005, 179 children (94 girls, 85 boys) followed in our department because of urolithiasis were enrolled to participate in our study. Clinical presentation, urinary tract infection, stone localisation, positive family history, stone composition, presence of anatomic abnormalities and urinary metabolic risk factors, and treatment modality were evaluated retrospectively.

Effects of prenatal flutamide on testicular development, androgen production and fertility in rats.

Introduction: To investigate the effects of blocking prenatal androgen with the anti-androgen flutamide on testicular weight (TW), seminiferous tubular diameter (STD), testicular biopsy score (TBS), testicular testosterone (TT), and fertility.

Materials And Methods: Ten pregnant Wistar albino rats were injected with flutamide (100 mg/kg) on gestational days 16 and 19. Rats injected with the solvent were used as controls.

Congenital scaphoid megalourethra: report of two cases.

Congenital megalourethra is a rare congenital malformation of the penile urethra. It is defined as the diffuse dilatation of the anterior urethra due to the absence of development of the erectile tissue of the penis. Since the initial description, nearly 80 cases with megalourethra have been reported in English literature.

Serum inhibin B levels reflect contralateral testicular damage following unilateral testicular trauma.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate contralateral testicular damage (CTD) following unilateral blunt testicular trauma (BTT) and testicular capsule laceration (TCL) by the serum inhibin B level which is an accepted marker of spermatogenesis.

Methods: Fifty peripubertal male Wistar albino rats were divided into 5 groups each containing 10 rats. Group 1 was the control group.