Results of the present study demonstrated that metabolic syndrome, diabetes and gallstone size were associated with CGD. Further prospective studies are needed to understand the clinical importance of this association.
The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the relationship between cribriform plate (CP) dimensions and septal deviation degree. Coronal paranasal CT scans of 99 patients were reviewed. We measured depth and width of cribriform plate on both sides and compared with septal deviation side and septal deviation degree. Deviation angles were 6.85 ± 1.47° for right deviations; and 7.11 ± 1.63° for the left deviations. The mean depth of CP was 5.08 ± 1.57 mm at the right side and 5.06 ± 1.59 mm at the left side; and the mean width of CP was found 4.71 ± 1.36 mm at the right side and 4.56 ± 1.51 mm at the left side. When CP dimensions were evaluated according to the septal deviation side, mean width of CP was 4.69 ± 1.36 mm at ipsilateral side (deviated side); and 4.58 ± 1.51 mm at the contralateral side. The mean depth of CP was 4.9 ± 1.56 mm at the ipsilateral side (deviated side); and 5.22 ± 1.58 mm at the contralateral side. The CP depth at the contralateral side was significantly higher than that of the ipsilateral side (deviated side). In right SD, ipsilateral and contralateral CP depth increased. As deviation angle increased, ipsilateral and contralateral CP width, right and left CP width increased. Ipsilateral and contralateral CP width; and additionally ipsilateral and contralateral CP depth increased together. In other words, right and left CP width; and CP depth increased simultaneously. It is well known that the higher incidence of intracranial penetration is on the side where the position of the ethmoid roof (ER) is lower. The presence of septal deviation, the possibility of the deeper CP at the contralateral side should be taken into consideration to avoid iatrogenic injury.
Background: Our aim was to detect the role of radiological abdominal fat parameters by tomography and stone density by plain X-ray on extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (SWL) stone-free rate. Methods: The patients who had undergone SWL for a single opaque renal stone < 2 cm in diameter and proximal ureteric stone < 1 cm in diameter were collected retrospectively. The characteristics of patients and stones were recorded. The stone attitude, HU, abdominal fat parameters, paraperirenal fat area, perirenal infiltration and severity of hydronephrosis with pre-treatment Non- Contrast Computed Tomography (NCCT) and stone density with radiography were evaluated by a radiologist. Four weeks after the last SWL; all patients were evaluated by plain X-ray and categorized as Stone Free (SF) and Residual Fragment (RF) group. Results: 51 patients with renal stones and 88 patients with proximal ureteral stones were included in the study. 24 (47%) and 63 (71%) patients were classified as SFfor renal and ureteral stones respectively. Only stone size was an independent predictor for stone-free rates after SWL for renal and proximal ureteral stones on multivariate analysis. The Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves for renal calculi revealed that creatinine level, stone size, stone attitude, Houns-Field Unit (HU) and Skin-to-Stone Distance (SSD) were the predictive factors for the SWL outcome (p< 0.05). The ROC curve for ureteral calculi demonstrated that HU, stone size and attitude were the predictive factors (p< 0.05). Conclusion: All abdominal fat parameters and the stone density were not related to SWL failure. A large follow-up with more patients is essential to confirm the role of radiological parameters on the outcome of SWL.
Tel: 0 222 237 48 00 (J Curr Pathol 2017, 2:32-34) ÖZET amaç: seroid granülomu, biyolojik antioksidanların kısmi yoksunluğunda, makrofajlar içerisinde biriken substratların oto-oksidasyonu ile seroide dönüşümü sonucu gelişen olağan dışı ve ilginç lezyonlardır. Burada, 39 yaşında kadın olguda saptanan seroid granülomunun tanısal özellikleri sunulmaktadır.olgu: Fibrokistik hastalık nedeniyle cerrahi müdahale geçirmiş hastada, postoperatif ikinci yılda saptanan, ultrasonografik olarak BI-rADs kategori 5 olarak değerlendirilen kitleden alınan tru-cut biyopside, histomorfolojik ve histokimyasal özellikleri ile seroid granülomu tanısına ulaşılmıştır. Tıbbi literatürde; endometrium, endometriotik kist duvarı, over, serviks, plasenta, safra kesesi ve meme lokalizasyonunda tanımlanmış az sayıda olgu vardır. Bu lezyonların hemoraji ve nekroz ortamında gelişebileceği gibi, tümör nekrozu ya da endometriyoz ile de ilişkili olabileceği de belirtilmektedir.Sonuç: seroid granülomu, rastlantısal saptanan benign lezyonlar olmakla birlikte klinik ve radyolojik olarak maligniteyi taklit etmeleri nedeniyle ayırıcı tanıda anımsanması gerekmektedir.Anahtar Sözcükler: seroid, Granülomatöz mastit aBSTraCT aim: Ceroid granulomas are unusual and interesting lesions that are formed from auto-oxidation and ceroid transformation of substrates accumulating in macrophages, in case of relative lack of biological antioxidants. Diagnostic features of ceroid granulomas diagnosed in a 39-years-old woman are represented Case: Ceroid granuloma was diagnosed at the tru-cut bioposy of a mass ocurring after a surgical operation for fibrocystic changes and evaluated as BI-rADs5, radiologically. There are few cases described in the endometrium, endometriotic cyst wall, ovary, cervix uteri, placenta, bile duct and breast. Conclusion:Although ceroid granulomas are benign lesions, they can mimic malignancy clinically and/or radiologically.
<b>Objective:</b> There is still no diagnosis method with high sensitivity and specificity for COVID-19. Patient complaints, real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), inflammatory markers, clinical prognosis, and the degree of involvement in the chest CT, if necessary are evaluated in an effort to make a diagnosis. Delays in diagnosis have led to a rapid spread of the disease. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the inflammatory markers and to determine the follow-up process of the patients by assessing the impact of the treatments administered on RT-PCR test results.<br /> <b>Material and methods: </b>Files of 150 patients monitored in the wards with suspected COVID-19 are analyzed retrospectively. Patients were selected among those who underwent laboratory tests, RT-PCR testing and Thoracic CT within the first 24 hours of admission. Patients were divided into 5 groups based on the severity of involvement in Thoracic CT. Inflammatory markers were compared among the groups. Impact of the administered treatments on follow-up RT-PCR test results was evaluated.<br /> <b>Results: </b>Studied inflammatory markers were in normal ranges and similar across all CORADS groups. Only the C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Ferritin levels were showing an increase in accordance with CORADS severity. Mean time to testing negative on RT-PCR was 10 days across all treatment groups. Times to testing negative among patients receiving other treatments were similar.<br /> <b>Conclusion: </b>Among the inflammatory markers, CRP and Ferritin values are correlated with CORADS severity. Administered COVID-19 treatments have similar impact on RT-PCR test results.
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