Granulomatous amebic encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba in an immuncompetent child.

Sütçü M, Aktürk H, Gülümser-Şişko S, Acar M, Erol OB, Somer A, Bilgiç B, Salman N. Granulomatous amebic encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba in an immuncompetent child. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 340-343.

Sonography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics of Testicular Adrenal Rest Tumors.

Background: The aim of this study was to describe the gray-scale and color Doppler ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features of testicular adrenal rest tumors (TART) in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Material/methods: Forty-one patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia were evaluated by gray-scale and color Doppler ultrasonography. Totally eighteen adrenal rest tumors in 9 patients were diagnosed TART on US and MR imaging.

Tuberculosis screening in pediatric patients receiving TNF-alpha inhibitor therapy.

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors (TNFIs) increase the risk of tuberculosis (TB). The aim of this study was to evaluate pediatric patients who are under TNFIs regarding the emergence of TB, and to determine the effectiveness of screening methods. This was a retrospective observational study of 73 patients receiving TNFIs therapy for at least 6 months duration between January 2011 and January 2016.

Ectopic intrathyroidal thymus in children: Prevalence, imaging findings and evolution.

Erol OB, Şahin D, Bayramoğlu Z, Yılmaz R, Akpınar YE, Ünal ÖF, Yekeler E. Ectopic intrathyroidal thymus in children: Prevalence, imaging findings and evolution. Turk J Pediatr 2017; 59: 387-394.

Anti-Müllerian Hormone and Inhibin-A, but not Inhibin-B or Insulin-Like Peptide-3, may be Used as Surrogates in the Diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescents: Preliminary Results.

Objective: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine problem in adolescents with an increasing prevalence of 30%. Pursuing new biomarkers with high specificity and sensitivity in the diagnosis of PCOS in adolescents is currently an active area of research. We aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), insulin-like peptide-3 (INSL3), inhibin-A (INH-A), and inhibin-B (INH-B) in adolescents with PCOS and also to determine the association, if any, between these hormones and clinical/laboratory findings related with hyperandrogenism.

Multimodality imaging in diagnosis and management of alveolar echinococcosis: an update.

Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic disease limited to the northern hemisphere. The disease occurs primarily in the liver and shows a profile mimicking slow-growing malignant tumors. Echinococcus multilocularis infection is fatal if left untreated.

Evaluation of epidemiological and clinical features of influenza and other respiratory viruses.

Aim: In our study, we aimed to clinically and epidemiologically evaluate respiratory tract infections the viral agents of which were detected by molecular methods and to compare influenza and other respiratory tract viruses in this context.

Material And Methods: The records of 178 patients aged above 2 years who presented to pediatric emergency outpatient clinic with fever and respiratory tract infection findings between December 2013 and April 2014 were examined retrospectively.

Results: At least one respiratory tract pathogen was detected by polymerase chain reaction in 78.

Cervical lymphadenopathies in children: A prospective clinical cohort study.

Aim: Cervical lymphadenopathy (LAP) is a common sign and may raise fears about serious illnesses. The aim of our study was to evaluate the patients with cervical LAPs in a general pediatrics clinic setting, and to evaluate follow-up results for potential causes and risk factors for malignancies.

Material And Methods: Two hundred-eighteen patients aged between 79.

Imaging Appearances of Paratesticular Fibrous Pseudotumor.

Background: In this paper the clinical and radiological features of three cases with paratesticular fibrous pseudotumor were presented after a retrospective analysis of medical archives of our hospital.

Case Report: Each of the three cases had unilateral, multiple nodular lesions with smooth borders accompanied by a hydrocele. On sonographic examination, the lesions showed echogenicity similar to, or slightly lower than, the testis, and the two large lesions had posterior acoustic shadowing.

Bilateral Multifocal Hamartoma of the Chest Wall in an Infant.

Background: Hamartoma of the thoracic wall is a rare benign tumor that occurs in infancy and can be mistaken for a malignancy due to its clinical and imaging features. Hamartomas are extrapleural soft tissue lesions that cause rib expansion and destruction and appear on imaging as cystic areas with fluid levels and calcification. They can cause scoliosis, pressure on the neighboring lung parenchyma and mediastinal displacement.

Atypical presentation of human bocavirus: Severe respiratory tract infection complicated with encephalopathy.

Human bocavirus (HBOV) has been reported as a worldwide distributed respiratory pathogen. It has also been associated with encephalitis recently by detection of the virus in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients presented with encephalitis. This retrospective study aimed to present clinical features of HBOV infections in children with respiratory symptoms and describe unexplained encephalopathy in a subgroup of these patients.

Multiple occipital, parietal, temporal, and frontal foramina: a variant of enlarged parietal foramina in an infant.

Background: Calvarial lesions are often detected incidentally in routine radiology. Most lytic lesions of the skull are benign. Enlarged parietal foramina are benign lesions caused by deficient intramembranous ossification.

Associations of size at birth and postnatal catch-up growth status with clinical and biomedical characteristics in prepubertal girls with precocious adrenarche: preliminary results.

Context: The causes of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in girls with precocious adrenarche (PA) remain unclear.

Objective: Our goal was to compare the clinical, biochemical, and ultrasound characteristics of girls with PA whose size at birth was appropriate for gestational age (AGA) vs those born small for gestational age (SGA). PCOS-associated metabolic and morphological correlates were examined.

Pelvic ultrasound findings in prepubertal girls with precocious adrenarche born appropriate for gestational age.

Background: Precocious adrenarche (PA) refers to the clinical onset of excess androgen in girls before the age of 8. It is associated with an increased risk of functional ovarian hyperandrogenism after puberty. PA may be associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).