A 1-Year-Old Boy With Paraspinal Elastofibroma: The Youngest Diagnosed Elastofibroma.

Elastofibroma is a benign and slow-growing soft tissue tumor that classically presents as an ill-defined solitary mass at the inferior pole of the scapula in the fifth and sixth decades of life for women. This tumor can be rarely seen in childhood, but it has not been reported in the infantile age group to date. To our knowledge, this case represents the first report of elastofibroma in the infantile age group.

Is ciliary muscle affected in migraine patients with aura and without aura?

Background: The aim of this study was to compare spherical equivalents (SE) and spherical equivalents with cycloplegic (CSE) values of migraine patients with and without visual aura, with those patients without migraine complaints.

Material/methods: We included patients over the age of 18 years, who had 20/20 uncorrected vision, and who did not have ocular pathology in their examination. The patients were divided into 3 groups: Group 1: 86 eyes of 43 migraine patients without aura, Group 2: 38 eyes of 19 migraine patients with aura, and Group 3: 60 eyes of 30 patients without migraine.

Swallowed a needle stuck in heart.

Cardiac tamponade (CT) is a clinical entity characterized by hemodynamic insufficiency resulting from increased intrapericardial pressure due to accumulation of contents such as serous fluid, blood, and pus. CT is a treatable cause of cardiogenic shock, which can be fatal unless diagnosed promptly. Dyspnea, chest pain, hypotension, tachycardia, pulsus paradoxus, raised jugular venous pressure, muffled heart sounds, decreased electrocardiographic voltage, and enlarged cardiac silhouette on chest X-ray are the major clinical signs in CT.

A tuberculosis case mimicking lymphoma.

Tuberculosis remains a worldwide health problem causing morbidity and mortality. Abdominal tuberculosis is a rare form of the disease. Abdominal form of tuberculosis can mimic other non-infectious diseases.

Attention! Cardiac tamponade may be caused by underlying Castleman's disease.

Castleman's disease is a rarely observed lymphoproliferative disease. In the literature, various signs and symptoms of the disease have been reported; one of these is secondary cardiac tamponade. We describe the case of a 41-year-old man who developed cardiac tamponade during examination, and who was later diagnosed with Castleman's disease, based on his lymph node biopsies.

Mantle cell lymphoma mimicking rectal carcinoma.

Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a mature B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. After the (11;14) translocation was identified as its constant finding in 1992, MCL was recognized as a separate subgroup of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). In MCL, extranodal involvement may be observed in the bone marrow, the spleen, the liver, and the gastrointestinal system (GIS).

Isolated absence of coronary sinus: two cases report.

Coronary sinus (CS) is the venous drainage system of the heart. Absence of the coronary sinus or atresia of ostium of the CS are rarely seen cardiac malformations. Congenital absence of CS usually is found together with other cardiac malformations, however, isolated congenital absence of CS is very rare.

Assessment of atrial electromechanical delay using tissue Doppler echocardiography in children with asthma.

Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension, atrial enlargement, and cor pulmonale may be associated with asthma. These pathological conditions may disturb the electrophysiological properties of the right atrium. This study investigated the atrial electromechanical delay and P-wave dispersion (PWD) in patients with asthma.

Predicting survival for multiple myeloma patients using baseline neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio.

The neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) at diagnosis has been shown to be a prognostic factor for survival in solid tumors. The NLR at diagnosis as a prognostic factor for multiple myeloma (MM) has not been studied. Therefore, the focus of the study was the correlation of NLR with the proven prognostic parameters in patients with MM.

Carotid intima media thickness and arterial stiffness in children with acute rheumatic fever.

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) constitute important public health problems in developing countries. Inflammation is present both in the early and late stages of the diseases. Chronic inflammation is known to be associated with atherosclerosis.

Surgical extraction of an embolized atrial septal defect occluder device into pulmonary artery after percutaneous closure.

An atrial septal defect is the most common type of congenital heart disease among adults. Surgical repair or percutaneous closure of the defect is the treatment options. Even though percutaneous closure seems to be less risky than surgical repair, it may result in fatal complications like device embolism, cardiac perforation and tamponade.

Desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma.

Desmoplastic mesothelioma is a rare subtype of diffuse malignant mesothelioma. A 72-year-old woman from East Anatolia presented with chest pain. The images of body positron emission tomography revealed irregular, left pleural thickening involving mediastinal and diaphragmatic surfaces with hypermetabolic characterization.

Successful desensitization with un-fractionated heparin in a patient with heparin allergy and tolerance to fondaparinux.

Immediate hypersensitivity to low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) is rare, and we present here a case with an anaphylaxis-like symptoms to enoxaparin. The diagnosis of hypersensitivity to enoxaparin was confirmed by the clinical picture and positive skin tests. In this case, palmo-plantal itching after application of heparin was an early sign of immediate type hypersensitivity.

The effect of partial cross clamping administration on postoperative healing of pulmonary functions for coronary artery bypass graft operations.

Objective: To compare partial cross clamping and mechanic pulmonary ventilation technique with total cross clamping utilization during cardiopulmonary bypass in coronary artery bypass graft operations in terms of pulmonary healing.

Methods: Between February and April 2007, isolated coronary artery bypass graft operation was performed for 30 patients in the Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital, Erzurum, and the Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Medical Faculty, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey. The patients were divided into 2 groups; Group A (n=15) with total cross clamping, and Group B (n= 15) partial cross clamping and mechanic pulmonary ventilation in cardiopulmonary bypass.

A comparison of the morbidity and mortality of tandir burns and non-tandir burns: experience in two centers.

Background: We examine herein the demographic characteristics, implemented treatment methods, infection rates, and morbidities of patients with tandir burns from two burn centers.

Methods: In this study, gender, age, socioeconomic status, total body burn ratio, burn area, burn level, microorganisms isolated in burn wounds, implemented treatments, length of hospital stay, debridement and grafting operations, extremity amputations, and mortality among burn patients were investigated.

Results: Tandir burn patients were treated in the hospital for an average of 27.

Surgical management of coronary artery stenosis and peripheral artery occlusive disease of the lower extremity in a patient with neurofibromatosis: report of a case.

We herein report the case of a patient demonstrating both coronary artery and peripheral artery occlusive disease with neurofibromatosis, which were successfully treated during the same session with coronary artery bypass graft surgery and a femoropopliteal bypass graft surgery procedure. The recognition of a possible association between neurofibromatosis and coronary artery and other vascular structures will further facilitate the successful surgery and clinical management of this rare clinical entity.

The use of the LigaSureTM in esophagectomy.

This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the LigaSure vessel sealing system (LVSS) when used for esophagectomy. We compared 56 consecutive patients (32 male and 24 female, mean age: 56.64+/-12.

Intracardiac entrapped and pulmonary embolism developing during oral contraceptive therapy in a young woman.

We report a case of biatrial thrombus entrapped in a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in a 39-year-old woman under oral contraceptive therapy who was admitted to our hospital with multiple pulmonary embolism without paradoxical embolism. We present this case because of the relatively unusual thromboembolic disease.