A combination of plasma DAO and citrulline levels as a potential marker for acute mesenteric ischemia.

Introduction: There is no valid and reliable diagnostic test for early diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI). The aim of this study was to measure the plasma levels of diamine oxidase (DAO) and citrulline in AMI to gain insight into its early diagnosis.

Material And Methods: A total of 21 Wistar albino rats were divided into three groups, that is, control group, short-term ischemia group, and prolonged ischemia group.

Effect of beta-glucan in lung damage secondary to experimental obstructive jaundice.

Background/aims: This study aimed at investigating the protective effects of beta-glucans on the lungs in obstructive jaundice.

Methods: In total, five groups -Sham (1), control (2) and treatment groups (3,4,5)- were established; each comprising randomly selected seven Wistar Albino rats. Beta-glucan was given after choleduct ligation in Group 3 while it was given before and after the choleduct ligation in Group 4.

[Effects of beta-glucan on hepatic damage caused by obstructive jaundice].

Background: Beta-glucans are known as macrophage stimulators and antioxidants. This study aimed to investigate the effects of beta-glucans on oxidative damage to the liver during obstructive jaundice.

Methods: Sham, control and treatment groups (7 Wistar Albino rats in each) were designed.

The association between thyroid malignancy and chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis: should it alter the surgical approach?

Background: The relation between thyroid neoplasms and chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT) is controversial. While it is accepted that focal lymphocytic thyroiditis develops secondarily to malignancy, it is not clear whether diffuse lymphocytic thyroiditis has a tendency to develop into thyroid cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between CLT and malignant tumours of the thyroid and evaluate the surgical approach to CLT cases.

Surgical approach to extensive hidradenitis suppurativa.

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic suppurative disease of skin with high recurrence.

Objective: To determine factors affecting complications and recurrence of HS in patients who underwent surgery.

Materials And Methods: We operated on 15 patients with HS at 36 sites between 1999 and 2009.

Evaluation of the effects of melatonin administration intraperitoneally on rats with acute pancreatitis induced by ductal ligation.

Background/aims: The aim of this study was to address the protective effects of exogenous melatonin injections intraperitoneally on the histopathological changes in a model of obstructive acute pancreatitis.

Methods: In this study, ductal ligation technique was used in 20 adult male Wistar Albino rats to develop a model of obstructive acute pancreatitis and beginning pancreatic atrophy. Melatonin 20 mg/kg solution was injected in one group of rats intraperitoneally for one week and results were compared with the control group regarding histopathological findings in the pancreatic tissue.

Second primary cancers in patients with gastric cancer.

Background: The risk of developing a second primary tumour in patients with gastric carcinoma is higher than among the general population. The aim was to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics of the second primary cancers in patients with gastric cancer in this study.

Patients And Methods: In the retrospective study, patients with gastric cancers were evaluated between 1995 and 2005 for primary tumours according to Warren and Gates' criteria related with the second primary cancers.

Exogenous melatonin treatment reduces hepatocyte damage in rats with experimental acute pancreatitis.

Background/purpose: The hormone melatonin affects cellular immunity in particular and the immune system in general both directly and indirectly. We report our evaluation of the effects of decreasing and increasing serum melatonin levels on hepatocyte damage in rats with experimental acute pancreatitis.

Methods: Wistar Albino rats with experimentally induced acute pancreatitis were divided into three groups of ten rats each: (1) control (induced acute pancreatitis only); (2) rats with induced acute pancreatitis plus surgical pinealectomy (no melatonin injections); (3) rats with induced acute pancreatitis plus injections of exogenous melatonin.

Oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation products: effect of pinealectomy or exogenous melatonin injections on biomarkers of tissue damage during acute pancreatitis.

Background: Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytripta-mine) is a free radical scavenger and a strong antioxidant, secreted by the pineal gland. In this study, we evaluated the effects of decreasing and increasing serum melatonin levels on malonyldialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and reduced glutathione (GSH) levels in pancreatic tissue from rats with experimental acute pancreatitis.

Methods: Experimental acute pancreatitis was induced in three groups of Wistar albino rats (10 animals per group) by pancreatic ductal ligation.

The clinical characteristics of female patients with Fournier's gangrene.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Our aim was to review our experience with Fournier's gangrene in female patients.

Methods: A retrospective review of ten consecutive female patients with Fournier's gangrene was performed. Etiological and predisposing factors, causative microbiological organisms, and clinical outcome were investigated.

A life-threatening multilocalized hidradenitis suppurativa case.

The patient was a 38-year-old man. He had been suffering from hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) for approximately 20 years. He had active lesions at both axillas, hip, scrotum, and perineum, and inactive lesions located behind the ears, lower abdomen, and posterior neck.