Side effects due to primary antituberculosis drugs during the initial phase of therapy in 1149 hospitalized patients for tuberculosis.

Objective: Side effects of the most commonly used primary antituberculosis (anti-TB) drugs may be mild as well as fatal. The aim of this study was to evaluate the side effects of and the risk factors for developing side effects against anti-TB drugs.

Patients And Methods: Records of 1149 patients with established tuberculosis who initially received anti-TB therapy were evaluated retrospectively.

Behçet's disease with right ventricle thrombus and bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms--a case report.

Behçet's disease is currently recognized as a multisystemic disease that may present with vascular, cutaneous, pulmonary, neurologic, rheumatologic, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary manifestations. Despite this multiplicity, cardiac involvement and also the coexistence of bilateral pulmonary arterial aneurysms are rare. An interesting case is presented here with intracardiac thrombi and bilateral pulmonary arterial aneurysms that showed clinical regression with immunosuppressive therapy.

Sarcoidosis in Turkey: 1954-2000.

Background: Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disease of unknown etiology. The presentation and frequency of different organ involvement can vary according to race, geographical location and gender. Because of the multiorgan involvement and its mimicking nature, the diagnosis is usually a challenge, even to specialists.

[A case of aggressive fibromatosis of posterior mediastinum].

Aggressive fibromatosis is a rarely seen soft tissue tumor. They originate principally from deep seated fascial or musculoaponeurotic structures. Although they are considered histologically benign, they behave locally aggressive.

Elevated levels of circulating matrix metalloproteinase-9 in non-small cell lung cancer patients.

Elevated levels of matrix metalloproteinase have been implicated as playing important role in tumour progression in several types of cancers. Our aim was to determine whether these enzyme might be a useful tumour marker for lung cancer and also to evaluate the correlation of circulating levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) with tumour histology, staging, nodal status, metastasis and prognosis. Blood samples were collected from 35 nonsmall cell lung cancer patients who were diagnosed histologically, and 14 healthy controls.

High dose rate endobronchial brachytherapy effectively palliates symptoms due to inoperable lung cancer.

Background: Intraluminal brachytherapy has become an established treatment for major airway occlusion by relapsed or persistent inoperable endobronchial tumors. The aim of this study was to compare the palliation improvement pre- and post-radiotherapy.

Methods: The study group was 95 patients with the diagnosis of inoperable lung cancer who were eligible for HDR brachytherapy.