A rare case liver hydatid cyst containing multiple calculi.

The hydatic cyst disease, caused by Echinococcus granulosus, is a potentially lethal, which can be found anywhere in the world, but especially in endemic areas such as the Mediterranean Basin, North Africa, Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Middle East. This parasite is mainly found in the liver (3/4 of the cases), being asymptomatic in most cases and discovered accidentally on a routine abdominal ultrasound or an ultrasound done for diagnosing other pathologies. Liver hydatid cyst threatment is multimodal, which includes medical, surgical, and interventional radiologic techniques.

Comparison of prolene and progrip meshes in inguinal hernia repair in terms of post-operative pain, limitation of movement and quality of life.

Objectives: The study aimed to compare the techniques applying prolene mesh and progrip-self fixating mesh in terms of post-operative pain, limitation of movement and quality of life.

Material And Methods: The study was conducted from November 2014 to January 2016 in Department of Surgery, Manisa Celal Bayar University Hospital. The study recruited 50 male patients, aged 18 and over and was carried out as a double blinded procedure.

Effect of oncological treatment on serum adipocytokine levels in patients with stage II-III breast cancer.

Adipose tissue-derived hormones (adipocytokines), such as adiponectin, leptin, resistin and visfatin, and the pancreatic hormone insulin, have been suggested to play a role in carcinogenesis. we therefore hypothesized that the oncological treatment of breast cancer may alter the serum levels of these adipocytokines and insulin. In this study, we aimed to compare the serum levels of adipocytokines and insulin between the pre- and post-treatment period in patients with breast cancer.

Single voxel in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of breast lesions: experience in 77 cases.

Purpose: We aimed to determine the value of in vivo single voxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in characterizing breast lesions.

Materials And Methods: Breast MRS was performed in 77 patients. Choline resonance peak at 3.

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the breast: comparison of apparent diffusion coefficient values of normal breast tissue with benign and malignant breast lesions.

Introduction: The specificity of conventional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is lower than its high sensitivity. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), based on alterations in the microscopic motion of water molecules, promises improved specificity for breast MR imaging. In this study, we aimed to determine the diagnostic potential of DWI to differentiate between benign and malignant breast lesions and normal breast tissue.

Contribution of kinetic characteristics of axillary lymph nodes to the diagnosis in breast magnetic resonance imaging.

Objective: To assess the contribution of kinetic characteristics in the discrimination of malignant-benign axillary lymph nodes.

Material And Methods: One hundred fifty-five female patients were included in the study. Following magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations postprocessing applications were applied, dynamic curves were obtained from subtracted images.

Three-dimensional vascular mapping of the breast by using contrast-enhanced MRI: association of unilateral increased vascularity with ipsilateral breast cancer.

Purpose: We aimed to retrospectively compare three-dimensional vascular maps of both breasts obtained by dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and determine the association of one-sided vascular prominence with ipsilateral breast cancer.

Materials And Methods: MRI was performed using gadolinium in 194 cases. Two readers scored vascular density using maximum intensity projections (MIPs).

The effects of L-arginine on liver damage in experimental acute cholestasis an immunohistochemical study.

Obstructive jaundice damages critical functions in the liver. Nitric oxide modulation would influence liver damage induced by biliary obstruction, and little is known about it Acute cholestasis was induced by bile duct ligation (BDL) in two groups of male Sprague-Dawley rats. L-Arginine or serum physiologic was administered to treatment and control group.

Comparison of the desmoplastic reaction and invading ability in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast and prostatic adenocarcinoma based on the expression of heat shock protein 47 and fascin.

Objective: To investigate the diversity within invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) and prostatic adenocarcinoma (PCa) by evaluating immunohistochemical expression of heat shock protein 47 (HSP47) and fascin, the molecules that are related to desmoplasia and invasion, and analyze its correlation with clinicopathologic parameters.

Study Design: HSP47 and fascin immunoreactivity (IR) was evaluated in 49 mastectomies diagnosed as IDC and 57 radical prostatectomies diagnosed as PCa. IR was evaluated as: 0: < 5%, 1+: 5-25%, 2+: 25-50%, 3+: > 50%.

The effect of tadalafil on anastomotic healing in ischemic small intestine in rats.

Purpose: To investigate the effect of tadalafil on anastomotic healing in an ischemic small intestine.

Methods: Standardized transection and anastomosis in the small intestine were performed in 48 male Sprague-Dawley rats divided into four equal groups (n = 12): group 1, normal anastomosis; group 2, ischemic anastomosis; group 3, normal anastomosis+tadalafil treatment; group 4, ischemic anastomosis+tadalafil treatment. Ischemia was established by ligating 2 cm of mesentery on either side of the anastomosis.

Hepatic perfusion changes in an experimental model of acute pancreatitis: evaluation by perfusion CT.

Purpose: It is known that acute pancreatitis may cause secondary changes in several organs. Liver is one of these involved organs. In different experimental studies hepatic damages were shown histopathologically in acute pancreatitis but there are a few studies about perfusion disorders that accompany these histopathologic changes.

Effects of silymarin and pentoxifylline on matrix metalloproteinase-1 and -2 expression and apoptosis in experimental hepatic fibrosis.

Background: Many therapeutic strategies have been proposed to treat liver fibrosis, but no drugs have been proved effective. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been reported to play a role in some cellular cascades of hepatic inflammation and fibrosis.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether silymarin and pentoxifylline (PTX) have hepatoprotective and antifibrotic effects in experimental hepatic fibrosis.

Effects of rofecoxib, a selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, on endothelial dysfunction, lipid peroxidation, and hepatocyte morphology in rats with sepsis-induced liver damage.

Background: Sepsis remains a difficult problem for clinicians, with its systemic effects and high morbidity and mortality rates. The roles of oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, and lipid peroxidation in sepsis-induced organ damage are being investigated.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of selective cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibition on tissue lipid peroxidation, endothelial dysfunction, and hepatic cell morphology in a rat model of sepsis.

Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion impairs liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in rats.

Background/aims: The deleterious effects of intestinal ischemia-reperfusion on liver are realized, but its effect on the regenerative capacity of the liver has not been studied. Our aim in this study was to determine the effect of intestinal ischemia-reperfusion on liver regeneration.

Methodology: Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into six groups; two sham-operated, two hepatectomy, and two hepatectomy with intestinal ischemia-reperfusion groups.

The effect of trimetazidine on liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy under hepatic blood inflow occlusion.

Background/aims: It has been shown that hepatic blood inflow occlusion impairs liver regeneration. Our aim in this study was to investigate the effect of trimetazidine, known as an anti-ischemic and anti-oxidant agent, on liver regeneration after hepatic blood inflow occlusion.

Methodology: Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into three groups.

Free oxygen radical-induced acute pancreatitis. A light and electron microscopic study.

Background/aims: To date direct toxic effects of free oxygen radicals in vivo on pancreatic parenchyma have not been studied thoroughly. We aimed to study: 1) the detailed histopathological changes induced by free oxygen radicals in pancreas; and 2) the preventive effect of intraductal catalase in H2O2-induced acute pancreatitis.

Methodology: Wistar Albine rats were randomized into six groups.

Increased intraabdominal pressure impairs liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in rats.

Background: There are many experimental studies showing that increased intraabdominal pressure (IAP) reduces liver blood flow, leading to ischemia and portal venous congestion. But, there is no study evaluating the effect of increased IAP on liver regeneration. It is well known that acute liver ischemia and portal venous congestion impair liver regeneration.

Abdominal insufflation-deflation injury in small intestine in rabbits.

Objective: To investigate the effect of increased intra-abdominal pressure followed by abdominal deflation on small intestine with or without previous intestinal ischaemia.

Design: Randomised experimental study.

Setting: University hospital, Turkey.