Our clinical experience in pelvic magnetic resonance imaging with vaginal contrast.

Objectives: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an important modality for pelvic imaging. Vaginal distension is provided by the use of vaginal contrast in pelvic MRI, and it plays an important role in staging especially cervical and vaginal cancer. The aim of this study is to show whether the use of vaginal contrast material contributes to the diagnosis in pelvic examination.

Papillary thyroid carcinoma with lung metastasis arising from dyshormonogenetic goiter: a case report.

Prior radiation exposure is the best known risk factor for thyroid cancers, and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) may arise from dyshormonogenetic goiter. A 17-year-old female patient was admitted to the department of chest diseases with respiratory symptoms. The patient had undergone a thyroid surgery for goiter at the age of 9.

Evaluation of the postnatal development of the sternum and sternal variations using multidetector CT.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the postnatal development and the maturation of the sternum and sternal variations using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). Additionally, we aimed to examine the roles of gender and age in sternal development.

Materials And Methods: Two hundred and fifty patients who underwent thorax MDCT examinations were evaluated for sternal development and variations.

Thyroid Doppler indices in patients with sickle cell disease.

Objective: To evaluate the intrathyroidal hemodynamic changes and thyroidal volume in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients.

Methods: Thirty-two patients with homozygous SCD and 32 control subjects were examined with color Doppler ultrasonography. None of the patients and control subjects had clinical or laboratory evidence of thyroid disease.

Ultrasound-guided vs. blind steroid injections in carpal tunnel syndrome: A single-blind randomized prospective study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and the safety of ultrasound (US)-guided vs. blind steroid injections in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).

Design: This prospective randomized single-blind clinical trial included 46 patients with CTS (46 affected median nerves).

Quantitative brain diffusion-tensor MRI findings in patients with sickle cell disease.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the microstructure of various regions of the brain using diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) and in age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects. We also investigated the fiber tractography findings of the corpus callosum (CC) and corticospinal tracts (CSTs).

Subjects And Methods: Sixteen right-handed patients with SCD and 14 age- and sex-matched right-handed healthy control subjects were scanned using conventional MR sequences and DTI.

[Ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst: a case report].

Hydatid cyst (HD), a very common disease in the world, is often transmitted to humans through dog feces. HD is especially common in countries where agriculture and animal husbandry is prevalent. HD is caused by Echinococcus granulosus.

[The evaluation of early pulmonary involvement with high resolution computerized tomography in asymptomatic and non-smoker patients with rheumatoid arthritis].

To investigate pulmonary involvement by high resolution computerized tomography (HRCT) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are asymptomatic and lifelong non-smoker. Twenty-five patients with RA who are asymptomatic and lifelong non-smoker were included in the study. After clinical and laboratory investigations, plain chest X-rays, pulmonary function tests (PFT) and HRCT were performed.

Effect of coexisting foot deformity on disability in women with knee osteoarthritis.

Background: Knee osteoarthritis, a common musculoskeletal disorder, can cause considerable pain and disability. This study investigates the effect of certain foot deformities on the functional status of women with knee osteoarthritis.

Methods: The common foot deformities pes planus and hallux valgus were evaluated in 115 women with knee osteoarthritis and Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2 and 3 osteoarthritis.

[Tuberculous pleurisy after tumour necrosis factor-alpha antagonist usage: case report].

A thirty-six year old male patient presented with dyspnea, right-sided chest pain, night sweats and intermittent fever. He has a history of ankylosing spondylitis treated with tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) antagonist (infliximab). Computed tomography of the chest showed mediastinal lymphadenopathy, right-sided pleural effusion, and atelectasis.

Thoracic spine compression fracture during isoniazid-induced seizures: case report.

We report here an 11-year-old previously healthy girl with isoniazid intoxication who sustained a seizure-induced thoracic compression fracture. The following might be the first such case reported in the medical literature. Isoniazid toxicity should be suspected in any patient who comes to the emergency department with refractory seizures and metabolic acidosis.

The prevalence and significance of incidental middle ear and mastoid cavity abnormalities on MRI in a pediatric population.

Objective: The purposes of this study were to determine the prevalence of abnormalities in the middle ear and mastoid cavity on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children and correlate the results with clinical data, tympanometric findings and paranasal sinus changes.

Materials And Methods: A total of 85 consecutive pediatric patients for suspected non-inflammatory intracranial pathologies were prospectively examined. MRI was conducted for the suspected intracranial pathology.

Gradual detorsion of torsioned rat testis attenuates ischemia reperfusion injury.

Aim: This study was designed to investigate effect of gradual detorsion on testicular ischemia reperfusion injury.

Materials And Methods: A total of 21 male rats were divided into 3 groups, each containing 7 rats. Torsion was created by rotating the left testis 720 degrees in a clockwise direction.

Prevalence of abdominal ultrasonographic abnormalities in patients with sickle cell disease.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the type and prevalence of abdominal ultrasonographic abnormalities in patients with sickle cell disease.

Materials And Methods: A total of 102 patients with sickle cell disease at the Center of Hemoglobinopathy of the Antakya State Hospital were screened for intra-abdominal abnormalities by abdominal ultrasonography (US). Eightyfour patients were homozygous for sickle-cell disease (S/S), and 18 patients were compound heterozygotes for sickle cell-Beta thalassemia (S/Beta(thal)).

CT assessment of main pulmonary artery diameter.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the normal range of the main pulmonary artery diameter (MPAD) by computed tomography (CT) in persons with normal pulmonary artery pressure, and then to evaluate the relationship of the diameter with age, gender, and body surface area (BSA).

Materials And Methods: Between October 2005 and June 2007, among patients who had previously undergone a contrast-enhanced thorax CT scan, 112 persons (47 females, 65 males) without pulmonary pathology were selected for the study. All patients had normal mean pulmonary artery pressure.

Effects of a fixed-payment method on demand for imaging tests in a university hospital.

Background: In 2006, a new medical payment framework such as fixed-payment method was implemented in Turkey and then cancelled 5 months later. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of this payment method on the demand for imaging tests.

Methods: Data were obtained retrospectively from electronic medical records.

Retropharyngeal hematoma as a complication of anticoagulation therapy.

Reports in the literature of retropharyngeal hematoma as a complication of anticoagulation therapy are rare. When this complication does occur, it can become life-threatening if the airway is compromised. However, no consensus exists as to which approach--intubation, tracheotomy, or conservative therapy--is best for managing the airway in these cases.

A giant serous cystadenoma developing in an accessory ovary.

Background: Accessory ovaries are rare anomalies and cysts arising from accessory ovaries are extremely rare. Their reported incidence is 1/29,000-1/700,000. Establishing the diagnosis preoperatively is difficult.

Effects of diffuse fatty infiltration of the liver on portal vein flow hemodynamics.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of various degrees of diffuse fatty infiltration of the liver on portal vein blood flow with Doppler sonography.

Methods: One hundred forty subjects were examined with color and spectral Doppler sonography. The subjects were divided into 4 groups of 35 subjects each according to the degree (normal, grade 1, grade 2 and grade 3) of hepatic fatty infiltration assessed on gray-scale images.

Long-term effect of varicocele repair on intratesticular arterial resistance index.

Purpose: To investigate the long-term effect of varicocele repair on ipsilateral intratesticular arterial resistance index (RI) using color Doppler sonography (CDS).

Methods: A total of 26 infertile patients with left varicocele who underwent a testicular artery and lymphatic-sparing subinguinal varicocelectomy were examined with CDS for intratesticular flow parameters before and at least 6 months after surgery. We also evaluated preoperative and postoperative semen parameters.

Acute 'upside-down' visual inversion due to multiple sclerosis.

In a 20-year-old male patient, a 180 degree inversion of visual image was found as a manifestation of multiple sclerosis. Upside down reversal of vision is not a well-known sign in multiple sclerosis. Exact mechanism is still unknown.

Long-standing Morel-Lavallée lesion of the thigh simulating a neoplasm.

We report on the case of a 56-year-old man in whom a Morel-Lavallée lesion developed in the thigh. Ultrasound revealed a well-defined thick-walled cystic mass between the hypodermis and fascial planes that in some areas constituted hyperechoic papillar extensions in its wall. Magnetic resonance T(1)-weighted images showed that the mass was well circumscribed and mildly inhomogeneous and had a high signal intensity.

Dimensions of internal jugular veins in Turkish children aged between 0 and 6 years in resting state and during Valsalva maneuver.

Objective: We aimed to establish the values of the internal jugular vein (IJV) sizes in Turkish children aged between 0 and 6 years.

Methods: Ninety-four normal children included in this study. All of the children were imaged by ultrasonography (USG) at the level of the cricoid cartilage.