Coincidental detection of T-cell rich B-cell lymphoma in the paraaortic lymph nodes of a woman undergoing lymph node dissection for cervical cancer.

The diagnosis of cervical squamous cell carcinoma with concurrent T-cell rich B-cell lymphoma in dissected lymph nodes has not been reported to our knowledge. We report such a case. The biopsy of an exophytic lesion at the uterine cervix showed squamous cell carcinoma in a 50-year-old woman presenting with postcoital bleeding.

Anterior radical debridement and anterior instrumentation in tuberculosis spondylitis.

The conventional procedure in the treatment of vertebral tuberculosis is drainage of the abscess, curettage of the devitalized vertebra and application of an antituberculous chemotherapy regimen. Posterior instrumentation results are encouraging in the prevention or treatment of late kyphosis; however, a second-stage operation is needed. Recently, posterolateral or transpedicular drainage without anterior drainage or posterior instrumentation following anterior drainage in the same session has become the preferred treatment, in order that kyphotic deformity can be avoided.

Frequency of mtDNA A1555G and A7445G mutations among children with prelingual deafness in Turkey.

Unlabelled: Considerable differences on the frequencies of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA A1555G and tRNA(Ser(UCN)) A7445G mutations have been reported in different populations. Our screening of 168 patients coming from independent Turkish families with prelingual sensorineural non-syndromic deafness revealed three deaf children with A1555G (1.8%) but no examples of A7445G.

The effect of short-term antifibrinolytic therapy on experimental vasospasm.

Background: Antifibrinolytic therapy is effective in preventing rebleeding in cases of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The major disadvantage of this therapy is the increase in ischemic complications, which is supposed to be due to cerebral vasospasm. In this study the effect of short-term antifibrinolytic therapy on arterial vessel narrowing after SAH was investigated utilizing the rat femoral artery vasospasm model.

Hydatid cyst of the uterus.

Background: Hydatidosis is a common zoonosis that affects a large number of humans and animals, especially in poorly developed countries. The infesting parasite has four forms named Echinococcus granulosis, E. multilocularis, E.

CT findings in skeletal cystic echinococcosis.

Purpose: To evaluate the CT findings of skeletal cystic echinococcosis.

Material And Methods: CT findings of 7 patients with pathologically confirmed skeletal cystic echinococcosis were evaluated.

Results: There were 4 men and 3 women, aged 36-75 years.

Cerebral hydatid disease CT and MR findings.

In this study, we reviewed the computed tomography (CT, n=9) and magnetic resonance (MR, n=5) imaging findings of 11 patients with pathologically confirmed cerebral hydatid disease. Among our patients, there were 10 cases of Echinococcus granulosus and 1 case of Echinococcus multilocularis. Common CT and MR imaging findings of E.

Randomized, placebo-controlled treatment of anal fissure by lidocaine, EMLA, and GTN in children.

Background/purpose: Anal fissures would result in constipation in children, worsening the clinical picture, thus, justifying a fast response therapy. In this randomized, prospective, placebo-controlled study, it was aimed to determine the response rates to fissure treatment by lidocaine, EMLA and GTN on the 10th day and after 8 weeks of therapy. Related childhood literature is scarce, and EMLA is tried for the first time in fissure treatment.

Lead encephalopathy: CT and MR findings.

Lead is toxic to many organ systems, among them bone marrow, muscles, kidneys, endocrine glands, joints, and nervous system. Encephalopathy is a rare but severe complication of lead poisoning. Lead toxicity is much less common in adults.

Various diffuse infiltrative lung diseases: high resolution computed tomography appearances.

High resolution CT (HRCT; 1-2 mm collimation scans reconstructed with a high spatial frequency algorithm) is an established technique for the evaluation of diffuse infiltrative lung diseases. For many of these diseases, the features shown on HRCT correlate well with the histopathological abnormalities. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to illustrate HRCT appearances in various diffuse infiltrative lung diseases.

Frontal and sagittal balance analysis of late onset idiopathic scoliosis treated with third generation instrumentation.

As scoliotic curve is a rotational deformity, derotation maneuvre was used as the corrective factor, but recent studies demonstrated spinal imbalance and decompensation problems in patients treated with this method. This study evaluates 217 late onset idiopathic scoliosis patients surgically treated with third generation instrumentation (Texas Scotish Rite Hospital System - TSRH) from September 1991 to November 1996 with a minimum 2 years follow up. Preoperative and postoperative Cobb angles in the frontal plane and thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis angles in the sagittal plane are measured.

(51)CrEDTA colonic permeability and therapy response in patients with ulcerative colitis.

Orally administered (51)Cr-labelled ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid ((51)CrEDTA) has been used to evaluate intestinal permeability in inflammatory bowel disease, especially Crohn's disease. However, information about colonic permeability in ulcerative colitis (UC) is relatively scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate the urinary excretion of orally administered (51)CrEDTA, its relation to disease activity and its response to medical therapy in patients with UC.

Malignant carotid body tumors: report of three cases.

The aim of the current report was to describe 3 cases of malignant carotid body tumor (CBT) and to review the literature. My clinical records of 87 CBTs in 81 patients (6 bilateral) were reviewed, 79 of which were operated on. Three malignant cases were found.

Isola spinal instrumentation system for idiopathic scoliosis.

Since the definition of three-dimensional components of the scoliotic deformity, there have been important improvements in the surgical treatment of the problem. A derotation maneuver was proposed as a treatment option with CD instrumentation, but the reports of imbalance and decompensation with this system repopularized sublaminar wiring and translation as a corrective maneuver. Isola spinal instrumentation is one of the modern systems that utilizes vertebral translation instead of rod rotation.

The results of anterior radical debridement and anterior instrumentation in Pott's disease and comparison with other surgical techniques.

Classic procedure in the treatment of vertebral tuberculosis is drainage of the abscess, curettage of the devitalized vertebra and application of antituberculous chemotherapy regimen. Posterior instrumentation results are encouraging in the prevention or treatment of late kyphosis; however, a second stage operation is needed. Recently, posterolateral or transpedicular drainage without anterior drainage or posterior instrumentation following anterior drainage in the same session is preferred to avoid kyphotic deformity.

The results of anterior fusion and Cotrel-Dubousset-Hopf instrumentation in idiopathic scoliosis.

Anterior instrumentation for the correction of scoliotic curves has recently been gaining in popularity. The problems of high mortality and morbidity that were associated with the employment of anterior instrumentation in the first years it was used have now been overcome. Efforts are now being concentrated on increasing the correction rates in the frontal plane and decreasing the kyphotic effect in the sagittal plane.

Pictorial essay. Various locations of cystic and alveolar hydatid disease: CT appearances.

Hydatid disease (echinococcosis) is a parasitic infection caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus. In humans, the two main forms are cystic hydatid disease, caused by E. granulosus, and less frequently alveolar hydatid disease, caused by E.

The effect of tizanidine on chronic vasospasm in rats.

Background: Cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has remained a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with SAH. Excitatory neurotransmitters are gathered in the extracellular space during ischemia due to cerebral vasospasm and initiate or stimulate a series of pathophysiological biochemical processes which consequently lead to neuronal death. Tizanidine (Sandoz compound DS 103-282, 5-chloro-4,2 (2-imidazolin-2-yl-amino)-2,1,3-benzothiazol hydrochloride) is a centrally-acting muscle relaxant and a selective alpha 2 adrenoreceptor agonist which shows its effect by stimulating presynaptic alpha 2 adrenoreceptors in central ASPergic and GLUergic system by inhibiting aspartic acid and glutamic acid release.

Intramedullary schwannoma of the spinal cord. A case report and review of the literature.

A 9-year-old boy presented with the numbness in both arms and hands, and neck stiffness. On examination, he had a slight quadriparesis and restricted neck movements. There were no signs of von Recklinghausen's disease.

The results of intraoperative autotransfusion in orthopaedic surgery.

Perioperative hemorrhage associated with major orthopaedic surgery can become life threatening. Homologous bank blood transfusion can replace the volume of blood lost but it has serious disadvantages such as the transmission of viral agents, it has an insufficient platelet count, and transfusion reactions are possible. Hypotensive anesthesia, predeposited autologous blood transfusion and intraoperative autotransfusion are used to reduce these disadvantages.

Neurological complications of childhood malignancies.

Unlabelled: Between Jan 1982 to Jun 1994, 154 children with malignant non-central nervous system tumors, excluding leukemias and lymphomas, were admitted and treated at the UKMC. Fifty-one (33%) of these cases suffered with 64 neurological complications during the course of their diseases. Nine cases suffered with multiple neurological complications.

Four-part posterior fracture--dislocations of the shoulder. Treatment by limited open reduction and percutaneous stabilization.

Ten patients who had been treated by limited open reduction and percutaneous stabilization for four-part posterior fracture-dislocation of the shoulder were followed-up for an average of 3.2 years postoperatively. According to the criteria of Neer, the result was excellent in nine patients, with an average Constant score of 95.

IgG index in acute idiopathic peripheral facial palsy.

Objectives: Etiologic hypotheses in acute idiopathic peripheral facial palsy (AIPFP) mostly point to an immunologic dysfunction, probably virus-induced. Though various immunologic abnormalities are reported, the problem is still unsolved. We investigated intrathecal immunoglobulin synthesis in AIPFP as a clue for central nervous system (CNS) immunopathology.