Frequency of pericardial effusion in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and clinical features of these patients.

In this study, we aimed to determine the frequency of pericardial effusion (PE) in children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Clinical features of patients with effusion were evaluated. For this purpose, we reviewed the medical records of ALL patients who had pretherapy echocardiograms.

Assessment of endothelial function in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

In this study, we aimed to evaluate the endothelial functions in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In this observational case-control study, a total of 51 patients with NAFLD in study group and a total of 21 with age- and sex-equivalent individuals in control group were enrolled. In both patients and control groups, levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), systemic endothelial function (brachial artery flow-mediated dilation) (FMD) and carotid artery intima-media thickness (C-IMT) were measured.

Relation of epicardial adipose tissue and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Objective: Currently, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) itself has been accepted as an atherosclerotic risk factor and related to increased cardiovascular disease risk. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship of epicardial fat thickness (EFT), a parameter associated with atherosclerosis in recent years, with carotid artery intima-media thickness (C-IMT), another parameter of subclinical atherosclerosis.

Design And Methods: We investigated 57 patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD and 30 age-matched and sex-matched controls.

Serum concentrations of human insulin-like growth factor-1 and levels of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-5 in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: association with liver histology.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between the histological features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-5 (IGFBP-5) to determine the usefulness of this relationship in clinical practice.

Materials And Methods: Serum samples were collected from 92 patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD and 51 healthy controls and serum levels of IGF-1 and IGFBP-5 were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Result: Serum IGFBP-5 levels were correlated with liver steatosis, fibrosis, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis scores.

Does hypereosinophilic syndrome precede common B acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in childhood? A case report.

Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) and the association of hypereosinophilia with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) are both rare in children. Some acute myelogenous leukaemias can present with eosinophilia, but the relationship between HES and ALL is not well known and is rarer than the relationship between HES and acute myelogenous leukaemia. Patients are diagnosed with HES when no cause is found to explain the eosinophilia leading to end organ damage.

Association of serum lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 level with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome and is one of the most common causes of chronic liver disease, worldwide. Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) was recently characterized as a novel inflammatory biomarker that is correlated with several components constituting the metabolic syndrome.

Methods: In this study, we determined the serum levels of Lp-PLA2 in patients with definite nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH, n=25), borderline NASH (n=22), simple fatty liver (n=10), and healthy controls without evidence of liver disease (n=38).

Plasma fibrinogen-like protein 2 levels in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Background/aims: Fibrinogen-like protein 2 (fgl2), has recently been identified as a new member of the fibrinogen-like family of proteins. In this study we assayed plasma levels of fgl2 in patients with biopsy proven non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and examined their association with clinical, biochemical and histological phenotypes.

Methodology: Levels of plasma fgl2 were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay and compared between the study groups.

The golden ratio of nasal width to nasal bone length.

Purpose: To calculate the ratio of fetal nasal width over nasal bone length at 14-39 weeks' gestation in Caucasian women.

Methods: Fetal nasal bone length and nasal width at 14-39 weeks' gestation were measured in 532 normal fetuses. The mean and standard deviations of fetal nasal bone length, nasal width and their ratio to one another were calculated in normal fetuses according to the gestational age to establish normal values.

Symptomatic omphalomesenteric duct remnants in children.

Background: The present study gathers a single institutional experience of symptomatic omphalomesenteric duct (OMD) remnants in children with an emphasis on the age and modes of presentation, the surgical intervention and the histopathological findings.

Methods: The data on children who underwent surgical treatment for symptomatic OMD remnants during a 17-year period were reviewed retrospectively, excluding incidental diverticulectomies.

Results: A total of 59 children with a median age of 36 months underwent operations for symptomatic OMD remnants.

The effect of magnesium sulfate treatment on blood biochemistry and bleeding time in patients with severe preeclampsia.

Objective: The objective of this study was to observe the effects of magnesium sulfate on various blood biochemical parameters and coagulation status of patients with preeclampsia.

Methods: During a period of 4 years, 50 patients with severe or mild preeclampsia progressing to severe preeclampsia were included in the cross-sectional study. Prothrombine (PT), activated limited thromboplastin time (aPTT), magnesium level, biochemistry parameters, systolic, and diastolic blood pressure (BP) were measured.

Acute abdomen due to rupture of Sertoli cell tumor.

Purpose: To present a rare case of Sertoli cell tumor that presents with acute abdomen.

Case: A 28-year-old patient with symptoms of acute abdomen has presented to our emergency department. Her examinations revealed a 12 x 10 cm heterogeneous mass in the right ovarian fossa.

Which route of misoprostol application is more advantageous prior to fractional curettage in postmenopausal patients?

Purpose: To determine the effectiveness and potential side effects of oral, vaginal, and sublingual intake of misoprostol on cervical dilatation prior to fractional curettage in patients with postmenopausal bleeding.

Methods: Seventy-six patients with postmenopausal bleeding during a period of 18 months were included in this randomized controlled trial. Patients were given 400 microg of misoprostol through the vaginal, oral, and sublingual routes, 12 h prior to the fractional curettage procedure.

Umbilical cord thickness in the first and early second trimesters and perinatal outcome.

Objectives: To study the association between thickness of the umbilical cord at 11+0 to 14+6 gestational weeks and perinatal outcome.

Methods: We studied 216 pregnant women between 11+0 and 14+6 weeks' gestation with singletons, intact membranes, normal volumes of amniotic fluid and a regular menstrual period. Patients with umbilical cord measurements below the 5(th) centile were defined as thin umbilical cord group and those between the 5(th) and 95(th) or above 95(th) centile were defined as non-lean umbilical cord group.

The impact of clothing style on bone mineral density among women in Turkey.

To investigate the effect of veiled clothing style on bone mineral density (BMD). The BMD measurements were performed on the femoral neck and the lumbar spines of adult female population with two different types of clothing taking calcium daily in the normal range according to the proper technique utilizing dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). In the lumbar spine measurements, the BMD was measured 1.