Epididimal cyst in children: a single-institutional experience.

Purpose: Simple epididymal cysts (EC) are rare in childhood and are mostly diagnosed at puberty. Although there is no consensus on the treatment, a conservative approach is generally preferred. To evaluate patients diagnosed with EC at our clinic in terms of presenting symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment methods.

Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Calcified Sellar/Parasellar Region Pathologies: Report of 11 Pituitary Adenoma Cases.

Objective: Calcification in pituitary adenomas is a rare occurrence and its differential diagnosis typically includes other sellar masses. Common calcifications in pituitary adenomas are classified into 2 morphological forms: capsular (eggshell-like) and multiple small nodular calcifications located within the adenoma. Also, there is a pituitary stone term.

Comparison of low-dose CT and MRI in enthesitis-related arthritis patients with sacroiliitis.

Objective: This study investigated the utility of low-dose CT (ldCT) compared with MRI in diagnosing sacroiliitis in enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) patients.

Methods: Thirty patients diagnosed with ERA were evaluated, with a median follow-up of 1.47 years.

Evaluation of mental performance and cognitive functions of children and adolescents diagnosed with radiologically isolated syndrome.

Background: Radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS) is a condition characterized by asymptomatic, incidentally detected demyelinating plaques in the CNS in a patient without typical clinical findings of multiple sclerosis (MS). This study aimed to compare the mental status and cognitive functions of child and adolescent RIS cases with healthy controls and to investigate the relationship between psychometric test results and the demyelinating lesion characteristics.

Methods: The mental status and cognitive functions of 12 RIS cases and 12 healthy controls were compared.

Cardiac evaluation of patients with juvenile dermatomyositis.

Background: The present study aims to evaluate possible cardiac involvement in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) patients by conventional methods and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) along with a systematic review of the literature on cardiac features in JDM.

Methods: The study group consisted of JDM patients who underwent cardiac MRI. We conducted a systematic review of the published literature involving JDM patients with cardiac involvement.