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F Tokoğlu

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PubMed1999

High resolution computed tomography of the lungs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Pulmonary involvement is one of the most common extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this prospective study was to assess pulmonary involvement with high resolution computerized tomography (HRCT) in lifelong non-smoking patients with RA. Twenty-six female and eight male patients with a mean age of 45.26 +/- 11.6 years and without any evidence or symptoms of a respiratory disease were included in the study. Data were obtained regarding duration of disease, clinical symptoms and disease activity parameters. Standard chest roentgenographs, pulmonary function tests (PFT) and HRCT were performed. PFT was abnormal in eight (23.5%) and HRCT was abnormal in 23 patients (68%). The most frequent abnormalities obtained on HRCT were interstitial involvement including septal and peribronchial thickening and fibronodular infiltration, which were found in 23 patients, and bronchiectasis was found in nine patients. Using a highly sensitive technique such as HRCT the incidence of pulmonary abnormalities in asymptomatic rheumatoid patients may be much higher than previously reported.

Arthritis, Rheumatoid↗
PubMed1997

Vertebral hydatid disease.

Hydatid disease affecting the bones is a rare condition, its incidence ranging from 0.5-2% of all cases of hydatidosis. The bones most often involved are the vertebrae (44%). A 22-year-old man presented to the hospital with low back pain. A CT scan revealed intracanal and paravertebral cystic lesions at the level of L5-S1 with destruction of the corpus and lamina, and sacral foramen invasion. An operation was performed and histopathological findings confirmed the diagnosis. In countries where hydatidosis is endemic, the possibility of the disease must be borne in mind.

Adult↗
PubMed1997

A case of bladder agenesis.

Agenesis of the bladder is a rare anomaly, and it is usually associated with the absence of the urethra. In the case report herein, a normal urethra was found with ureters emptying into the posterior urethra. The right kidney was non-functioning and small.

Humans↗
PubMed1997

Retrobulbar hydatid cyst: assessment of two cases.

A 54-year-old man with a unilocular hydatid cyst within the infero-posterior angle of the orbit and a 6-year-old male child with a unilocular hydatid cyst within the supero-medial angle of the orbit are presented. The retrobulbar cysts were diagnosed with computed tomography and ultrasonography and were treated after serologic confirmation.

Child↗
PubMed1996

Intrathoracic extramedullary haemopoiesis.

Intrathoracic extramedullary haemopoiesis is a rare condition accompanying chronic haematologic diseases. A 25 year old male beta-thalassaemia intermedia patient with bilateral posterior mediastinal masses is reported. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging provide detailed information for evaluation of thalassaemia and similar haemolytic diseases. In geographic areas where thalassaemia is prevalent, to avoid unnecessary surgical interventions, extramedullary haemopoiesis should be considered in differential diagnosis of patients who have chronic anaemia with asymptomatic intrathoracic tumours.

Adult↗
PubMed1996

Hallervorden-Spatz disease.

In a 22 year old man with dominant extrapyramidal signs, dystonia and mental deterioration, magnetic resonance imaging revealed marked overall low signal from the globus pallidus on each side, with central zones of high signal on T2-weighted spin echo sequences. There was also a strikingly low signal in the zona reticularis of the substantia nigra, consistent with Hallervorden-Spatz disease.

Adult↗