Demographic Characteristics of Pneumoconiosis Cases: A Single Centre Experience.

Background: Pneumoconiosis is a preventable occupational lung disease that is caused by the inhalation of inorganic occupational dust. The disease can progress and result in functional impairment. Profusion scores are crucial for the assessment of disease severity.

Is there a correlation between the femoral anteversion angle and the elasticity of the hip muscles in cases of intoeing gait due to increased femoral anteversion angle?

Purpose: One of the common causes of gait disturbance in children is increased femoral anteversion. There are not enough publications in the literature on muscles related to the hip joint in increased femoral anteversion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the femoral anteversion angle and hip muscle elasticity in children walking inward, using shear wave elastography (SWE).

Ultrasonography in soft-tissue foreign-body detection: a phantom study.

Purpose: Foreign body implantation into the soft tissues, either in the early period or late period, is a common cause of emergency department admissions. Direct X-rays are preferred in the diagnosis of soft-tissue foreign-bodies. Herein, we aimed to analyse the detection rates of foreign bodies of various sizes placed in phantoms implanted into soft tissue by ultrasonography.

Variations in the origins of the thyroid arteries on CT angiography.

Objective: To investigate the anatomical variations in the origins of the thyroid arteries on CT angiography images.

Methods: The presence and the origins of the superior thyroid artery, the inferior thyroid artery, and the thyroidea ima artery were retrospectively evaluated based on carotid CT angiography examinations. The bifurcation level of the common carotid artery with respect to the cervical vertebrae and disc spaces was also determined.

Long Segment Intestinal Invagination in an Adult Case.

Karadeli E, Parlakgumus A, Tok S, Erbay G. Long Segment Intestinal Invagination in an Adult Case. Euroasian J Hepato-Gastroenterol 2017;7(1):99-100.

The evaluation of the right inferior phrenic artery diameter in cirrhotic patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between right inferior phrenic artery diameter and portal hypertension in cirrhotic patients.

Methods: CT examinations of 38 patients with chronic liver disease (patient group) and 40 patients without any liver disease (control group) were evaluated. The right inferior phrenic artery diameter of the patient and control group were measured.

Is there a correlation between maternal serum TGF-β1 levels and fetal hydronephrosis?

Objective: We aimed to identify a noninvasive marker for clinically significant fetal uropathies. To achieve this aim, we detected TGF (transforming growth factor)-β1 serum level which rises in neonatal hydronephrosis, in pregnant patients with fetal hydronephrosis.

Materials And Methods: We evaluated 44 patients, all of whom were pregnant and had a gestational age between 20 and 30 weeks.