A novel surgical technique for aggressive vertebral hemangiomas.

Vertebral hemangiomas are relatively common, but those causing spinal cord compression are rare. A 19-year-old male presented with thoracic back pain. The neurologic examination was normal and radiological examinations demonstrated an aggressive vertebral hemangioma centered within the T11 vertebral body.

The long-term effect of oral isotretinoin therapy on macula ganglion cell complex thickness.

Purpose: To evaluate the long-term effect of oral isotretinoin therapy on macula ganglion cell complex (GCC) thickness by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).

Materials And Methods: Newly diagnosed cystic acne patients who received low dose for a long time systemic isotretinoin therapy were included in this study. Thorough ophthalmic evaluation and GCC thickness analysis by using SD-OCT were performed at baseline, and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months of treatment.

CT evaluation of the bony nasal pyramid dimensions in Anatolian people.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the nasal bone and bony nasal pyramid in adult Anatolian people.

Method: A total of 80 patients (48 males, 32 females, mean age of 40.03 years) were all evaluated using CT.

[Isolated hypoglossal nerve paralysis: a case report].

Cranial nerve paralysis is an uncommon complication of radiotherapy for head and neck carcinomas because cranial nerves are relatively resistant to radiation. The incidence of this complication has been declared to be 1-5% in different studies. Unlike the other cranial nerves, isolated hypoglossal nerve paralysis in patients who have been treated with radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinomas is a worrisome sign of recurrence.

[Osteochondritis dissecans occurring in the patella and medial femoral condyle in the same knee].

Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) is a condition in which a portion of articular cartilage separates from the bone together with the underlying subchondral bone. Its classical localization is the medial femoral condyle. We presented a 14-year-old boy who had OCD lesions in both the medial femoral condyle and patella in the same knee joint.