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Abdulkadir Reis

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PubMed2006

Carotid body tumors and adrenal pheochromocytomas in siblings of a Turkish family.

OBJECTIVE: This is a report of 2 hypertensive siblings with a history of carotid body tumors and subsequent benign adrenal pheochromocytomas (pheos) in a family where the mother had died of possible adrenal carcinoma. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION: The first case was a 35-year-old woman with paroxysmal hypertensive attacks and a right adrenal mass. She had earlier undergone surgery to remove bilateral carotid body tumors. Investigation revealed excessive excretion of catecholamines and their metabolites in the urine. Abdominal MRI and (131)I-MIBG scintigraphy revealed a right adrenal tumor. Right adrenalectomy was performed. The second case, the 45-year-old brother of the first case, was found to have a left adrenal mass on abdominal MRI. Catecholamines and their metabolites in the urine were found to be increased. He had also had surgery to remove bilateral carotid body tumors of the neck. Left adrenalectomy was performed. Both siblings showed no evidence of other familial syndromes, such as multiple neoplasia type 2, von Hippel-Lindau disease or neurofibromatosis type 1. CONCLUSION: Although the combination of familial carotid body tumors and pheo is rare, a patient who remains hypertensive after removal of a carotid body tumor deserves a careful evaluation to exclude pheo. Such tumors may be extra-adrenal or multifocal.

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms↗
PubMed2004

Ligamentum flavum cyst.

INTRODUCTION: Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of ligamentum flavum and other spinal cysts have been well described, the role of contrast enhancement in this diagnosis has been neglected. We describe such a case and correlate the MRI findings with the histopathology. CASE REPORT: A 71-years-old woman was admitted with of neurogenic lumbar claudication. X-rays of the lumbar spine showed degenerative changes with scoliosis. Lumbar magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a L3/4 extradural cystic mass. An L3 laminectomy was performed and the mass excised. The histopathological diagnosis was consistent with a ligamentum flavum cyst. Postoperatively, the patient's symptoms resolved completely. CONCLUSION: The possibility of a ligamentum flavum cyst should be considered whenever a hyperintense extradural mass with a peripheral hypointense rim on T2 weighted and slightly contrast enhanced peripheral rim on T1 weighted MRI is identified in a patient with degenerative changes of the lumbar spine.

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PubMed2004

Intratumoral haemorrhage: a clinical study.

Although the incidence of spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage associated with meningioma is 1.3%, the incidence of intratumoral haemorrhage could not be determined. The authors report on 11 patients, six men and five women, with meningiomas that presented as spontaneous intratumoral haemorrhage, among 126 meningioma cases which were evaluated radiologically and histopathologically. The average age of patients was 58.9 years (range 45-72 years). Two (1.5%) cases showed radiological, and nine cases (7.9%) showed microscopic bleeding. Most of these cases also showed microcysts (9.7%) and necrosis (6.3%). The location, histopathological types, sex, age, blood dyscrasia, hypertension do not influence the occurrence of intratumoral haemorrhages in meningiomas. We concluded that microcysts and necrosis are important in the occurrence of intratumoral haemorrhage in meningiomas.

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PubMed2004

Correlation of E-cadherin expression with clinicopathological parameters in breast carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the correlation between the E-cadherin (E-CD) expression and clinicopathological parameters including tumor grade, patient age, tumor size, necrosis, peritumoral lymphovascular invasion and lymph node status in breast carcinomas. METHODS: The specimens were surgically obtained from 51 female patients with breast carcinoma between 1997 and 2001 in Karadeniz Technical University Medicine Faculty Farabi Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey. Histologic grading was according to the Bloom and Richardson methods. Tumors were classified as grade I (well differentiated), grade II (moderately differentiated) and grade III (poorly differentiated). Necrosis was graded as (-), (+), (++) and (+++). RESULTS: Grade 1 breast carcinomas (n=17) showed greater immunoreactivity than grade 2 (n= 22) and grade 3 (n=12) carcinomas. None of the infiltrating lobular carcinomas expressed E-CD. Statistically, significant difference has been noticed between E-CD expression and the histological grade. In contrast, no association were found between E-CD expression and metastatic potential, tumor size, tumor necrosis and patients' age. CONCLUSION: Results in the present report suggest that E-CD expression in breast carcinoma is more related to histological type and differentiation grade than with metastatic potential, tumor size, tumor necrosis and patients' age.

Adult↗
PubMed2003

Sclerosing haemangioma arising within extralobar pulmonary sequestration.

Extralobar pulmonary sequestration is a rare anomaly of abnormal pulmonary tissue without any communication to the bronchial tree. Sclerosing haemangioma is a rare lung tumour, generally seen in middle-aged women. The combination of these two rare pathologies has not been previously reported. We describe the CT and CT angiographic findings of sclerosing haemangioma arising within an extralobar pulmonary sequestration in a 2-year-old girl.

Angiography↗
PubMed2003

Effects of immunonutrition on intestinal mucosal apoptosis, mucosal atrophy, and bacterial translocation in head injured rats.

BACKGROUND: Immunonutrition has been demonstrated to modulate gut function, reduce infectious complications, hospital stay, and ventilator days in the critical patients. AIM OF THE STUDY: We assessed the effect of immunonutrition for the prevention of intestinal mucosal atrophy, apoptosis, and bacterial translocation in head injured rats. METHODS: Thirty five rats were randomised into 5 groups. Following moderate closed head injury, in Group 1; Standard Enteral Nutrition, Group 2; Immunonutrition, Group 3; TPN, Group 4; pe. saline were applied. Group 5 was control group (chow-fed). The rats were sacrificed and segments of the ileum were removed for histologic examination, and samples of tissues taken for microbiologic evaluation. RESULTS: Both intestinal apoptosis and mucosal atrophy were significantly lower in Group 2 and Group 5 (p<0.008). Bacterial translocation was significantly lower in Group 2 than Group 1 (p<0.008). CONCLUSION: The enteral immunonutrition prevents intestinal barrier function in brain injured rats.

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Carcinoma erysipelatoides resulting from gastric adenocarcinoma: an unusual clinical presentation.

OBJECTIVE: To report a rare case of carcinoma erysipelatoides on the laryngeal skin caused by stomach adenocarcinoma. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION: A 48-year-old male, who had undergone a gastrectomy 18 months prior to admission for stage IIIA gastric adenocarcinoma, presented with a reddish induration of the cervical skin, lymphadenopathy in both supraclavicular areas and widespread subcutaneous nodules. Abdominal computerized tomography and chest radiography did not reveal any organ metastasis or peritoneal carcinomatosis. A biopsy of the induration revealed atypical epithelial cells with edema and dilatation of lymphatics. The patient was given combination chemotherapy of etoposide, adriamycin, and cisplatin, and significant improvement was observed over the cervical area after three courses. The patient tolerated the systemic chemotherapy well and has been followed for two months. CONCLUSION: We recommend combination chemotherapy in patients with cutaneous metastasis of gastric adenocarcinoma as a safe and effective treatment.

Adenocarcinoma↗
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Leukocytoclastic vasculitis: a rare manifestation of propylthiouracil hypersensitivity.

OBJECTIVE: We report a case of leukocytoclastic vasculitis as a manifestation of propylthiouracil hypersensitivity. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION: A 66-year-old woman with a history of a toxic adenoma was referred for evaluation of a purpuric rash on the legs and buttocks bilaterally. She was biochemically hyperthyroid. Biopsy of the skin lesions revealed leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Propylthiouracil therapy was discontinued, and methimazole started. The purpuric rash resolved and surgical treatment for toxic adenoma resulted in euthyroid state. CONCLUSION: This report indicated that leukocytoclastic vasculitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with a vasculitic rash. The discontinuation of the propylthiouracil was associated with disappearance of the lesions.

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Primary cerebral neuroblastoma: a case treated with adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood. A wide variety of tumor locations and clinical presentations have been described. However, neuroblastoma is rarely located in the central nervous system, except in the case of esthesioneuroblastoma. We report a child with primary central nervous system (CNS) neuroblastoma who admitted to the hospital in coma. The tumor could be partially removed in our patient. After surgery, we treated the patient successfully with combined radiotherapy and eight courses of cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Our patient was followed-up for 34 months without any evidence of relapse.

Brain Neoplasms↗