A 9.5-year-old boy with recurrent neurological manifestations and severe hypertension, treated initially for polyarteritis nodosa, was subsequently diagnosed with adenosine deaminase type 2 deficiency (DADA2) which responded to anti-TNF-α.

A 9.5-year-old boy was referred with a 2-year history of recurrent fever, myalgia, abdominal pain and various neurological manifestations associated with increased acute phase reactants and IgG level. During the recent episode, severe hypertension and right-sided hemiparesis developed and angiography demonstrated irregularities and stenosis in renal and mesenteric artery branches.

THE USE OF 18F-FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY TO ASSESS CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH BORDERLINE RESECTABLE PANCREATIC CANCER.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of 18FDG PET on preoperative staging and clinical management of pancreatic cancer. Between December 2011 and February 2015, 28 consecutive patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer were evaluated with both 18FDG PET scans and conventional preoperative imaging studies. Medical records of all patients were noted prospectively.

Correlation between First and Second Trimester Uterine Artery Doppler Velocimetry and Placental Bed Histopathology.

Aim. To evaluate the relationship between uterine artery Doppler indices and placental bed histopathology independent of clinical outcome. Materials and Methods.

The effect of progesterone in the prevention of the chemically induced experimental colitis in rats.

Purpose: To study the effects of progesterone on an experimental colitis model.

Methods: Wistar albino rats were treated subcutaneously with 2mg/kg once a day during seven days Colitis was induced by intrarectal administration of 5mg trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS). Disease activities, macroscopic and microscopic scores were evaluated.

Iloprost reduces colonic injury in ischemic colitis in rats.

Purpose: Evaluate the effects of iloprost administration in the early period of ischemic colitis and the mechanism that how these effects develop.

Methods: Thirty two Wistar albino female rats with an average weight of 220g were divided into four groups of eight rats. In group 1 the rats were given iloprost and sacrificed after 24 hours and in group 2 they were sacrificed after 24 hours without any iloprost.

Giant desmoid tumor in a case of ileal neobladder.

Aggressive fibromatosis or desmoid tumor, is a histologically benign entity with unknown etiology that may present a serious clinical course. Due to its high tendency to recur and local aggressive behavior and as there is no established effective medical treatment, complete surgical excision remains the sole management. To our knowledge, we describe the first case of giant desmoid tumor which arised from ileal neobladder mesenterium in a bladder cancer patient with orthotopic substitution.