Poor Biological Factors and Prognosis of Interval Breast Cancers: Long-Term Results of Bahçeşehir (Istanbul) Breast Cancer Screening Project in Turkey.

Purpose: The Turkish Bahçeşehir Breast Cancer Screening Project was a 10-year, organized, population-based screening program carried out in Bahçeşehir county, Istanbul. Our aim was to examine the biologic features and outcome of screen-detected and interval breast cancers during the 10-year study period.

Methods: Between 2009 and 2019, 2-view mammograms were obtained at 2-year intervals for women aged 40 to 69 years.

A rare adverse effect of metronidazole: nervous system symptoms.

Metronidazole, as a 5-nitroimidazole compound, is effective on anaerobic bacteria and protozoon diseases. Mostly, metronidazole is a tolerable drug but rarely presents serious adverse effects on the nervous system. In case of these adverse effects, treatment must be stopped.

Prevalence of adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the relatives of patients with bipolar disorder.

Objective: We hypothesized that relatives of bipolar patients would have increased rate of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and subsyndromal manifestations compared to demographically matched relatives of healthy controls.

Method: Forty consecutive patients with bipolar disorder were recruited from inpatient and outpatient units of Sisli Etfal Teaching and Research Hospital, Psychiatry Department. Seventy-three first-degree relatives of bipolar disorder group were included.

Cutaneous lesions in Turkish neonates born in a teaching hospital.

Background: The neonatal period is regarded as the first 4 weeks of extrauterine life. In the literature, there are numerous articles about the skin findings in neonates and the results of these studies show differences according to races and environmental factors.

Aims: Our objective was to evaluate the skin lesions seen in neonates delivered in our hospital and to determine their relationship to gender, gestational age and route of delivery.

Atypical antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of delusional parasitosis.

Introduction: Delusional parasitosis (DP) is a rare delusional disorder in which patients believe that they are infected with parasites, worms, insects, or bacteria. Antipsychotics are the preferred treatment in these patients.

Method: Case series in which we summarize six patients with DP treated with atypical antipsychotic medications including amisulpride, olanzapine, and risperidone.

Sexual dysfunction in female patients with panic disorder alone or with accompanying depression.

Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate sexual dysfunction in female patients with panic disorder and to investigate the impact of accompanying depression with regard to sexual dysfunction. Method.

Juvenile colloid milium: a case report.

Juvenile colloid milium is extremely rare, has its onset before puberty, may be inherited, may be caused by ultraviolet light, and is thought to result from the degeneration of keratinocytes. We report a 7-year-old girl with juvenile colloid milium. To the best of our knowledge this is the first reported case in Turkey.

Kaposi sarcoma associated with lipoedema.

Lipoedema is a form of lipodistrophy, which consists of abnormal accumulation of fat in subcutaneous tissue of the lower limbs. It does not cause any disease and it has not been reported association with malignity. We describe a 63-year-old woman occurring of Kaposi sarcoma on the lipoedema base.

Hidradenitis suppurativa and squamous cell carcinoma.

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa is a recurrent, chronic inflammatory disease with complications such as abscesses and sinus tract formations, fistulization, and scarring. Squamous cell carcinoma is rare, and is the most serious complication.

Objective: To present the evolution of squamous cell carcinoma in long-term hidradenitis suppurativa.