The Effect of Peer Education upon Breast Self-Examination Behaviors and Self-Esteem among University Students.

Objective: The current study was semi-experimentally designed in order to identify the effect of peer education upon breast self-examination (BSE) behaviors and self-esteem among university students.

Materials And Methods: The study was undertaken with 100 female students who studied at Erzincan University. Peer educators were recruited from the 4th year students.

The effects of clenbuterol on cerebral vasospasm in an experimental rat model of subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Objective: To investigate the possible therapeutic effects of clenbuterol on cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in rats.

Methods: Eighteen male albino Wistar rats, each weighing 200-250 g, were randomized into three groups; Group 1 (Control group) (n = 6) having no SAH and no treatment; Group 2 (Sham group) (n = 6) having only SAH and Group 3 (Experimental group) (n = 6) having SAH treated with clenbuterol. Group 2 has been accepted as sham group to the experimental group.

Spinal cord compression caused by vertebral hemangioma being symptomatic during pregnancy.

Background: Hemangioma is one of the most common benign tumors of the spine, and it remains silent in the vast majority of subjects afflicted. Pregnancy is a known risk factor for symptomatic conversion of the previously silent vertebral hemangiomas. However, the occurrence is rare with only 26 cases reported in the English medical literature.

Postoperative mutism after removal of an anterior falcine meningioma.

Postoperative mutism is rare. We present a 65-year-old man who had transient mutism after resection of anterior falx meningioma. Mild left hemiparesis and palmomental reflex on the right were the only abnormal signs on neurological examination.

Inflammation as a risk factor for carotid intimal-medial thickening, a measure of subclinical atherosclerosis in haemodialysis patients: the role of chlamydia and cytomegalovirus infection.

Objectives: Atherosclerotic vascular disease is the most frequent complication seen in haemodialysis (HD) patients. Evidence suggests that inflammation may play a role in the pathogenesis and progression of atherosclerosis. Our aim was to evaluate the causative role of inflammation in atherosclerosis among HD patients.

The influence of cervical spinal cord stimulation on induced epileptic discharges in rats.

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS), also known as dorsal column stimulation, is a novel technique used widely in pain surgery. However, its effect on other pathologies such as epileptic disorders is unknown. The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of electrical epidural stimulation of the upper cervical region on epileptic cortical discharges.

Intracerebellar granulocytic sarcoma complicating acute myelogenous leukemia: a case report and review of the literature.

Granulocytic sarcoma is a solid mass composed of premature precursors of granulocytic series cells in an extramedullary region. Intraparenchymal central nervous system localization without skull or meningeal invasion is extremely rare. Although different theories have been proposed to explain the mechanism of this unusual disorder, its exact mechanism is still unclear.

Brain stem abscesses in childhood.

Background: Solitary brain stem abscess is a rare condition with high mortality and morbidity. These lesions were considered to be invariably fatal before 1974 when advanced diagnostic tools were not available. Recently, the diagnosis and prognosis of brain stem abscesses have been modified by the introduction of modern radiological tools, and several patients with a favorable outcome have been reported since then.

Relationships between epidural fibrosis, pain, disability, and psychological factors after lumbar disc surgery.

Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is an important complication of lumbar disc surgery. Epidural fibrosis is one of the major causes of FBSS. However, most patients with epidural fibrosis do not develop symptomatic complaints from scarring.

Lipid peroxidation and glutathione levels after cortical injection of ferric chloride in rats: effect of trimetazidine and deferoxamine.

Intracortical injection of iron salts causes seizures. Oxidation of lipids in neural membranes by reactive oxygen species is involved in the mechanism responsible for iron-induced seizures as a model of posttraumatic epilepsy. In this study, we examined the effect of trimetazidine (TMZ) and deferoxamine (DFO) on lipid peroxidation after cortical injection of 5 microliters of an aqueous solution containing 100 mM of ferric chloride (FeCl3) in rats.

Whipple's disease confined to the central nervous system: case report and review of the literature.

Whipple's disease confined exclusively to the CNS without systemic involvement appears to be very rare, with only 8 cases reported in the literature. We present here a further case of primary cerebral Whipple's disease in which the neurological symptoms were seen in the absence of systemic involvement and emphasize the importance of diagnosing this treatable disease.

Neuroprotective effect of magnesium on lipid peroxidation and axonal function after experimental spinal cord injury.

Study Design: An experimental study examining the neuroprotective effect of magnesium on axonal function and lipid peroxidation in a rat model of acute traumatic spinal cord injury.

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of postinjury treatment with magnesium on evoked potentials and lipid peroxidation after spinal cord injury (SCI).

Setting: Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.

Spinal cord compression secondary to extramedullary hematopoiesis in thalassemia intermedia.

Extramedullary hematopoiesis associated with thalassemia causing spinal cord compression is an extremely rare event in the course of the disease. Documentation with an imaging technique, such as MRI, is mandatory. A patient with thalassemia intermedia, who developed paraparesis in spite of transfusion, underwent surgical decompression.

The treatment of cerebral oligodendrogliomas with particular reference to features indicating malignancy: report of seventy-seven cases.

Oligodendrogliomas are relatively rare tumors that arise from the oligodendrocyte or its precursors. The role of postoperative radiotherapy (RT) in these tumors still remains unclear. Data concerning a study on 77 histologically verified cases of oligodendrogliomas of the brain among a total number of 1884 cases of an intracranial glioma treated at the Hacettepe Medical Centre between 1964 and 1991 were reviewed and analyzed (6.

Spinal extradural compression caused by granuloma of brucellosis.

A rare case of extradural brucellosis granuloma in the thoracic region is presented. In spite of medical treatment, total paraplegia with sphincter disturbance developed. Delayed neurosurgical intervention resulted in significant clinical recovery.

Intramedullary spinal tuberculoma presenting as a conus tumor: a case report and review of the literature.

Intramedullary spinal tuberculoma is a rare form of central nervous system tuberculosis. Although tuberculosis is unusual in the west, it is still prevalent in Asia and Africa. We report a case in which the diagnosis was made histologically without evidence of symptoms of systemic tuberculosis.

Intraradicular lumbar disc herniation: case report and review of the literature.

Objective And Importance: Intradural or intraradicular herniation of a lumbar disc is a rare complication of disc disease. The mechanism of the tearing of the dura mater by a herniated disc is not known with certainty. Only six cases of intraradicular disc herniation have been reported.

Extensive damage to the end-plates as a complication of laser discectomy. An experimental study using an animal model.

To date, there have been no reports of experiments demonstrating the effects of neodymium:YAG laser (Nd:YAG laser) on the vertebral end-plates. In this study the effect of Nd:YAG laser on end-plates was examined in 32 guinea pigs which were randomly divided into two groups. The first group was the control group, the second one the Nd:YAG laser group.

Applying critical pressure to middle cerebral artery in dogs.

The purpose of our model was to provide maximum pressure level of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) without causing any histological variation like focal cerebral ischaemia. In this experimental study 9 dogs were used. A modified Spetzler occluder was applied to the MCA of the dogs to determine regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP).

Optic nerve glioma presenting as a huge intrasellar mass. Case report.

We report the case of a twelve-year-old boy who presented with visual impairment and headache and was found to harbour a purely intrasellar cystic pilocytic astrocytoma originating from proximal left optic nerve. The mass was explored transcranially and decompression of the optic apparatus and subtotal resection of the cyst wall was accomplished. The patient received post-operative radiotherapy and stays symptom-free after two years.

Status epilepticus following iohexol myelography.

Iohexol, a contrast medium widely used for myelography, has rarely been reported to cause convulsive disorders. A case of status epilepticus resulting from iohexol myelography is reported and problems of treatment are discussed.

Craniosynostosis: a review of 143 surgically-treated cases.

In this study, 143 cases of craniosynostosis are presented. There were 109 males and 34 females. The major complaints were skull deformity (92 patients), proptosis (38 patients) and microcephalus (32 patients).

Primary multiple spinal extradural hydatid cysts. Case report and review of the literature [corrected].

In this paper a patient with primary multiple extradural hydatid disease is described. He had no neurological deficits, although there were numerous hydatid cysts located at the thoracic 7-9 level extradurally. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was used for what would appear to be the first time for the diagnosis of spinal hydatid disease.

Congenital lumbosacral lipomas presenting as a form of occult spinal dysraphism. A report of 9 surgically treated cases.

Nine cases of congenital lumbosacral lipoma have been diagnosed and treated surgically at the Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery during the last 16 years. Five patients were male and four female with ages ranging from 18 months to 30 years. The most frequent complaints were mass in the back (in five cases), motor weakness in the lower extremities (in five), urinary incontinence (in five), and lumbosacral hypertrichosis (in five).