Generally, ingested foreign bodies are excreted from the digestive tract without any complications or morbidity. In adults, ingestion of foreign bodies frequently occurs in alcoholics and elderly individuals with dentures. The most commonly ingested foreign bodies are food stuffs or their parts, such as fish bones or fragments of bone and phytobezoars. Sharp foreign bodies like fish and chicken bones can lead to intestinal perforation and peritonitis. We report herein two cases, one of bowel perforation and another of anal impaction, both caused by ingested bone fragments. Complications due to ingested bone fragments are not common and preoperative diagnosis remains a challenge and therefore it must be considered in susceptible cases.

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Although lipomas are encapsulated benign tumors, systemic lipomatosis defines infiltrative nonencapsulated tumors resembling normal adipose tissue. Abdominal lipomatosis and intestinal lipomatosis are different clinicopathological entities with similar clinical symptoms. We describe here a case presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding from eroded submucosal lipoma at duodenum secondary to intestinal lipomatosis and abdominal lipomatosis.

No important adverse effect was detected during levosimendan infusion. Because levosimendan at a dose of 0.03-0.05 μg/kg/min increased myocardial performance significantly in the postoperative period, it can be used safely in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing isolated CABG. The requirement of vasopressors were lower in SG.

ÖZETOn dört yaşında erkek hasta yedi gündür devam eden öksürük, hışıltılı solunum, nefes darlığı ve balgam çıkarma yakınmalarıyla başvurdu. Hastaya bronşiyal astım ve pnömoni ön tanılarıyla tedavi başlandı. Tedaviye rağmen klinik ve radyolojik düzelme gözlenmedi. Toraksa yönelik yüksek çözünürlüklü spiral bilgisayarlı tomografide, sol akciğer üst lob apeksinde 8x7 cm ebatlarındaki kavite içerisinde spiral şeklinde Ascaris lumbricoides'e ait tipik görünüm izlendi. Sol akciğer alt lob süperiorda ve lingulada hiler düzeyde bronş boyunca devamlılık gösteren gezici pnömonik infiltrasyonlar gözlendi. Periferik kan yaymasında eozinofili (%40), serolojik incelemede ise yüksek serum immunoglobulin E düzeyi (350 IU/mL; normal: 0-100) saptandı. Bu bulgularla hastaya "A. lumbricoides'e bağlı Löffler sendromu" tanısı konuldu. Hastaya mebendazol 2x100 mg/gün (üç gün) verildi ve hasta başarıyla tedavi edildi. Gelişmekte olan ülkelerde tedaviye dirençli bronşiyal astım ve pnömoni ile başvuran hastaların ayırıcı tanısında Löffler sendromu da düşünülmelidir. Paraziter enfeksiyonların erken tanısında radyolojik görüntülemeler yararlı olabilir. Bu olguda radyolojik yöntemle erken tanı konulması ve tedavi verilmesi gereksiz ilaç kullanımını ve ilişkili olabilecek komplikasyonları önlenmiştir. (Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2013; 37: 288-91) ABSTRACT A 14-year-old male child was hospitalized with complaints of a bronchial wheezing, cough, dyspnea, and sputum and a preliminary diagnosis of bronchial asthma and pneumonia. The patient was treated empirically for bronchial asthma and pneumonia, but gave neitherr clinical nor radiological response to treatment. On the high-resolution computerized tomography, a typical spiral image of Ascaris lumbricoides was identified inside a cavity in the upper lobe of the left lung with a diameter of 8x7 cm. Also,migratory pneumonic infiltrations progressing between the lower lobe and hilary region of the left lung were seen. Examination of the peripheral blood smear of the patient revealed eosinophilia (40%), while IgE was measured as 350 IU/mL. The patient was diagnosed as "Loeffler's syndrome" due to A. lumbricoides", and successfully treated with mebendazole 2x100 mg/day for three days. Loeffler's pneumonia should be considered when patients with bronchial asthma and pneumonia do not respond to specific treatment in developing countries. Radiological investigations may be available in the diagnosis of parasitic infections. In this case, early diagnosis by radiologic methods have prevented unnecessary drug use and related complications. (Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2013; 37: 288-91)

Objective: In this study, we aimed to present patients who have developed suture reaction and were treated in our clinic following thyroidectomy operation. Material and Methods:Patients who had been treated for suture reaction following thyroidectomy between January 2012 and December 2014 were retrospectively evaluated. The patients were analyzed in terms of their age, gender, duration of the symptoms, type of previous operation and treatment modality. Results:Between January 2012 and December 2014, 559 thyroid/parathyroid operations were performed in our clinic. A total of 12 patients were admitted with suture reaction within this period thus yielding a suture reaction incidence of 2.1%. The mean age of these patients was 42±7.65 years, 75% of them were female while 25% of them were male. The types of previous operations were bilateral total thyroidectomy in 83.3%, lobectomy in 8.3% and near total thyroidectomy in 8.3% of the patients. The mean symptom duration was 7.2±4.3 (2-16) months. Two patients (16.7%) underwent a second surgical operation for suture reaction, while 10 patients (83.3%) were treated conservatively. None of the patients developed complications. Conclusion:One of the most common complications that develop after thyroidectomy is bleeding. Ligation must be performed in order to prevent this complication. As it is known, surgical ligation with sutures may cause tissue reaction. Sutures that are absorbable and have a low risk for reaction formation should be chosen if suturing is preferred.