HUGE SEQUESTERED SPINAL DISC WITH TUMOR APPEARANCE: A CASE REPORT

A 52-year-old man presented with a voluminous mass lesion resembling an intraspinal-extradural tumor on magnetic resonance imaging. He had complaint ofmainly left lower extremity pain and numbnessfor 3 months, which is exacerbated suddenly a couple of days before admission. On neurological examination, he was accompanied by no lateralized motor deficits. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a tumor-like longitudinal lesion, extending from the L4-5 to the L5-S1 intervertebral spaces and occupying more than the left half of the vertebral canal. The lesion, which is reported to be able to an extradural spinal tumor, turned out to be unusual sequestrated disc fragment thanks to the operatio

Evaluation of patients who admitted to hospital due to accidentally falling objects on them

Objective: Accidents at home, office, or outdoor environment are one of the leading cause of injury and death, especially in children. The aim of this study is the evaluation of patients admitted to our hospital due to the falling on an object accidentally. Methods: This study retrospectively assessed the medical records of 135 patients who were accidentally injured by a heavy object that fell on them between 2012 and 2014. Age, sex, object type as the cause of incident, site and time of the incident, and the death cause were analyzed. Results: Eighty-two (60.7%) patients were male and 53 (39.3%) were female and the mean age of the study population was 18.8 (0-79) years. The patients were most commonly from the pediatric age group (0-18 years old) (n=78, 57.8%). When falling objects types are evaluated respectively dropping on a television with 18.5% (25 patients), stone(s) with 15.6% (21 patients) and objects made of iron with 11.1% (15 patients) shares first three places. The most common sites of the incident were home (n=85, 62.9%). The incidents most commonly occurred in summer months (n=93, 68.9%). Conclusion: In this study obtained data should be contributed to accident prevention programs especially for children

Assessment of Cases With Intracranial Hydatid Cyst: A 23-Year Experience

WOS: 000343369500010Objective: Brain is involved in 1-2% of hydatid cyst infections. A cranial location is rare. In this study, we aimed to assess clinical findings, radiological investigations, and treatment modalities of cases with intracranial hydatid cyst. Materials and Method: The present study included 26 patients operated for cerebral hydatid cyst disease between January 1990 and October 2012. Results: Seventeen patients were male and 9 were female. The mean age of the study population was 20.3 years (range 7-50 years). Headache and nausea were the most common clinical symptoms. The lesions were demonstrated by computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as large, smooth, thin walled, spherical-shaped, cystic homogenous lesions with the same density as cerebro spinal fluid, which showed no edema or contrast uptake. Two patients were complicated or infected cysts with perifocal edema and contrast uptake. In 20 patients, the cysts were removed completely with Dowlings technique, by rectifying cysts without rupturing. Eleven patients with ruptured cysts during operation, recurrent or systemic hydatid cyst were treated medically. Conclusion: Medical therapy appears effective in hydatid cyst disease. Cerebral hydatid cysts should be excised totally without rupturing them. Preoperative imaging techniques are central to surgical planning. Intracranial hydatid cyst should be remembered when CT or MRI shows a cystic lesion, especially in countries where hydatid cyst is endemic