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Lateral premalleolar bursitis develops on the dorsolateral aspect of the foot in people who sit on their feet for prolonged periods. Twenty-nine premalleolar bursae in 21 patients were diagnosed. The patients presented with one or more of the complaints of swelling, pain and difficulty in wearing shoes. One bursa was infected. Initial treatment was non-surgical. With avoidance of the sitting position, the problem resolved in eight of the sixteen patients who were followed. Four bursae were injected with cortisone, three without success. Six bursae were surgically excised, and four of them, with a minimum of one year follow-up were doing well.

A new knife with its own battery powered light source (Knifelight, Stryker Instruments, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA) was used for carpal tunnel release in 31 wrists of 25 patients. Under local anaesthesia, a short palmar incision was used and the carpal tunnel contents were visualized during division of the flexor retinaculum. The mean operation time was 11 minutes and no major complications were seen. The patients could use their hands for self-care after 3 days and returned to work at a mean of 23 days. At a minimum follow-up of 6 months, all but one of the patients were satisfied with the final result. Mild scar tenderness was seen in two patients and pillar pain in one patient.

Introduction. Malignant transformation in a mature cystic teratoma of the ovary is a rare complication. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common transformation. We describe a new case of squamous cell carcinoma arising in a mature cystic teratoma. Case Report. A premenopausal 52-year-old female patient is diagnosed with vaginal bleeding. According to examination made on the women and the pelvic scanning, 7 cm mass is found on the right adnexa of the patient. Total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, omentectomy, pelvic lymph node dissection, and debulking were the treatments completed on the patient. According to histopathological diagnosis, squamous cell carcinoma arising in a mature cystic teratoma is diagnosed as a reason for the mass in the right adnexa of the patient. Conclusion. The prognosis of the malign transformation of MCT depends on surgery stage; however it is extremely poor. The patient should receive chemotherapy regardless of stage. We have decided to administer second cycle carboplatin and paclitaxel treatments on the patient.

Prosthetic arthritis caused by Candida species is extremely rare. Of 30 such cases reported in the English literature, only 3 were due to Candida glabrata. We present herein a fourth case; to the best of our knowledge this is the first example of knee arthroplasty infection caused by C. glabrata.

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In a p atient wounded by a gunshot in the abdomen, the bullet was radiologically located intradurally at SI level. Although she had no neurological deficit at admission, she develo p ed p ain and motor weakness a few days later. At o p eration the bullet was found at L4 level and its removal resulted in com p lete neurological recovery,

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic value of serum inflammation markers derived from complete blood count in diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa). Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of 621 patients who underwent prostate biopsy between March 2013 and April 2018. Age, prostate specific antigen (PSA), free PSA, platelet count, neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, monocyte count, prostate volume (PV) and pathology result of the patients were recorded. Patients were grouped as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatitis and PCa. Patients were also grouped according to PSA values, as PSA < 4 , PSA 4-10 and PSA > 10 ng/dl. Results: The mean lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) value of the patients with PCa was significantly lower in the entire cohort (p = 0.047). In the PSA 4-10 ng/dl range, LMR value wassignificantly lower in patients with PCa than those with BPH or prostatitis (p = 0.012). In this PSA range, free/total PSA ratio and LMR were significant factors to predict PCa. The cut-off values of LMR, free/total PSA were 3.05 and 0.15 respectively. The sensitivities, spesificities, positive predictive values (PPV) and negative predictive values using LMR cut-off, free/total PSA cut-off and their combination were assessed. Specificity and PPV of the combination group were higher (97.2%, 83.3% respectively) compared to free/total PSA cut-off group (91.6%, 76.6%) and LMR cut-off group (67.8%, 43.7%).Conclusions: LMR is a useful tool at detecting PCa especially in patients with PSA value between 4 and 10 ng/dl. The combination of free/total PSA ratio and LMR improves the diagnostic accuracy more than the use of free/total PSA ratio alone.