Meral Akdogan

..Ewing Sarcoma has been the second most common primary osseous malignancy in childhood and adolescence. It has been described as a highly aggressive neoplasm. This is the oldest case report in the literature with Ewing Sarcoma...

..We hereby report the first case with diagnosis of amyloidosis and gluten-sensitive enteropathy...

..For this reason, some authors do not consider extensive radical surgery as the treatment of choice. We describe here a case of this rare entity...

..The etiology is obscure. Mucous diarrhea, tenesmus, and hematochezia are main symptoms. We hereby report an 80-year-old man with diagnosis of inflammatory myoglandular polyp...

..Soluble interleukin 2 receptor (sIL-2R) is a cytokine that shows increased levels during some inflammatory processes and malignant disorders...

..The aim of this study was to report our experience of hepatolithiasis, diagnosed in 55 patients between June 1995 and March 2003...

..To investigate the effect of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) suppositories on rectal band ligation-induced pain...

..The laboratory findings were all within normal limits. Diagnostic images revealed ectopic spleen and absence of the dorsal pancreas. This interesting and rare combination has not been reported previously in the literature...

..Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has poor long-term prognosis so we need new diagnostic techniques and markers to detect HCC in the early phases. The aim of this study was to analyze the levels of serum mean platelet volume in HCC...

..The value of serum tumor markers carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in the differential diagnosis of obstructive biliary disease is dubious. We aimed to define their usefulness prospectively...

..The aim of the present study was to retrospectively analyze all the polyps of patients undergoing endoscopic polypectomy or forceps biopsy according to their types, frequency, localization, number and gender distribution...

..In this study, we report our experience with ERC using double balloon enteroscope (DBE) (DBE-ERC) in patients with HJ...

..We prospectively investigated whether aspirin and NSAIDs are associated with endoscopic sphincterotomy related hemorrhage...

..To evaluate the indications, diagnostic yield, therapeutic interventions, complications and safety of double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) in clinical practice...

..The aim of the study was to investigate any association between alterations in plasma levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-18 and HE...

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..We aimed to investigate the long-term effects of lamivudine on HBV DNA suppression, Child-Pugh score, and survival in patients with hepatitis Be antigen (HBeAg)-negative liver cirrhosis...

..However, the difference does not reach statistical significance to be of predictive value. On the other hand, serum beta(2)-microglobulin levels before and during treatment may be useful in predicting the outcome...

..To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the endoscopic injection therapy with combined cyanoacrylate and lipiodol for bleeding gastric fundal varices...

..005.) In conclusion, IFN induction treatment in combination with ribavirin is superior to IFN induction treatment alone in genotype 1 patients, and the SVR rate of 39% is encouraging...

..05). CONCLUSION: Interferon and lamivudine in combination is an encouraging treatment method and may be superior to IFN alone in chronic delta hepatitis...

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..The sites of EcV were identified with computed tomographic angiography, after a series of inconclusive endoscopies, and moreover a selective celiac arteriographic examination of one of the patients...

..A decision may be very difficult and it is sometimes impossible to decide on the basis of the frozen sections whether a lesion is benign or malignant...

..To research the etiology, portal vein thrombosis and other features of Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) patients prospectively...

..The aim of this study was to determine the timing and the outcome of ERCP after retroperitoneal perforation caused by endoscopic sphincterotomy when the initial ERCP was incomplete...

..To compare estimated remnant liver volume (ERLV) ratios among the major main portal vein (MPV) variants...

..We also review the available literature...

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..To investigate the P wave dispersion as a non-invasive marker of intra-atrial conduction disturbances in patients with Wilson's disease...

..Based on our data, we conclude that chronic HBV patients and carriers have chromosomal instability and that HBV carriers are as affected as patients because of their same chromosome breakage levels...

..The aim of this study was to retrospectively assess the haemostatic efficacy of the endoscopic topical use of Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS) in the setting of neoplastic GI bleeding...

..However, metastasis to the spleen is extremely rare. Herein, two patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who developed splenic metastasis are described and distinctive features of spleen metastasis are summarized...

..Our aim was to assess the efficacy of the liver dialysis unit (LDU) in the treatment of patients with acetaminophen-induced fulminant hepatic failure...

..5-fold the upper normal limit and histological evidence of chronic hepatitis...