Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery and Venous Hypertension in Early Hemodialysis Patients without Amyloid Deposits

Aim. Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the frequent problems of the patients who underwent hemodialysis (HD). The role of venous hypertension due to arteriovenous fistula (AVF) has not been clarified completely; therefore, we aimed to investigate the role of venous hypertension due to AVF in hemodialysis patients who had CTS. Patients and Methods. We included 12 patients who had been receiving HD treatment for less than 8 years and the newly diagnosed CTS patients with the same arm of AVF. All patients were diagnosed clinically and the results were confirmed by both nerve conduction studies and electromyography. Open carpal tunnel release surgery was performed on all of them. Venous pressure was measured in all patients before and after two weeks of surgery. Results. There were significant differences before and after the surgery with regard to pressures (). After the surgery, all carpal ligament specimens of the patients were not stained with Congo red for the presence of amyloid deposition. Conclusion. Increased venous pressure on the same arm with AVF could be responsible for CTS in hemodialysis patients. Carpal tunnel release surgery is the main treatment of this disease by reducing the compression on the nerve

Gorlin syndrome with osteoma in the maxillary sinus (case report) Gorlin sendromu: Radyolojik bulgular.

Gorlin syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by multiple basal cell carcinomas of the skin, odontogenic keratocysts of the jaw, various skeletal abnormalities, and lamellar falx calsifications. Many associated lesions have been reported. In this report, we present a case of Gorlin syndrome with an osteoma in the maxillary sinus which has never been reported in the literature

Spontaneous regression of basal ganglia lesions in a case of neurofibromatosis type 1 (case report) Nörofibromatozis tip 1 olgusunda bazal gangliyon lezyonlarinin spontan regresyonu.

Neurofibromatosis type 1 is characterized on magnetic resonance imaging by optic nerve gliomas, parenchymal gliomas, and foci of prolonged T2 relaxation involving the brainstem, cerebellum, midbrain, internal capsule, and basal ganglia. We report a child with neurofibromatosis type 1 in whom serial magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates spontaneous regression of basal ganglia lesions. These lesions, characterized on magnetic resonance imaging by increased signal intensity on T1- and T2-weighted sequences, involved the globus pallidus and internal capsules in a bilateral fashion

TAKAYASU ARTERITIS IN TWO CHILDREN; CASE REPORT

In this paper we present an advanced bidding agent that participates in first-price sealed bid auctions to allocate advertising space on BluScreen -- an experimental public advertisement system that detects users through the presence of their Bluetooth enabled devices. Our bidding agent is able to build probabilistic models of both the behaviour of users who view the adverts, and the auctions that it participates within. It then uses these models to maximise the exposure that its adverts receive. We evaluate the effectiveness of this bidding agent through simulation against a range of alternative selection mechanisms including a simple bidding strategy, random allocation, and a centralised optimal allocation with perfect foresight. Our bidding agent significantly outperforms both the simple bidding strategy and the random allocation, and in a mixed population of agents it is able to expose its adverts to 25% more users than the simple bidding strategy. Moreover, its performance is within 7.5% of that of the centralised optimal allocation despite the highly uncertain environment in which it must operate

The Effectiveness and Safety of Ultrasound Guided Renal Biopsies

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of US guided renal biopsies with 16G semi automated biopsy needles

Arcus aorta, aortic and mitral valve calcifications in a patient with gaucher's disease homozygous for the D409H mutation; case report Homozigot D409H mutasyonlu gaucher hastasinda arkus aorta, aort ve mitral kapak kalsifikasyonu; olgu sunumu

Introduction: Cardiovascular involvement in Gaucher disease is infrequent. D409H point mutation has been defined in patients with aortic and mitral valve calcifications. Case Report: In this case report, a 17 year-old girl with Gaucher disease, having homozygous D409H point mutation is presented, who has mitral-aortic valve and aortic calcifications with corneal involvement. Her two siblings also had died according to valvular heart disease. Because of having high cardiovascular surgery risk, she is under enzyme replacement therapy. Conclusion: We aimed to point out the rare but important and vital prognostic cardiovascular involvement associated with corneal opacity and D409H mutation in Gaucher disease. © The Journal of Current Pediatrics