Objective: To study the clinical features angiographic findings, treatment response and prognosis of patients with Takayasu arteritis. Methods: Seventy-three patients with Takayasu arteritis admitted into our hospital between January 2006 and August 2011 were evaluated retrospectively for the clinical manifestations, laboratory testings, angiographic findings, treatment response and prognosis o...

BACKGROUND Acute scrotal pain in children presents a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Epididymitis has been considered uncommon in childhood. The clinical spectrum and therapeutic policy of the acute scrotum in children is continually being reassessed. OBJECTIVES To determine whether there has been an increase in the incidence of epididymitis in children and to advocate a more sele...

Choledochal cyst is a rare congenital anomaly lead to dilatation of intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile duct or both. Much about etiology, pathophysiology and natural course of the disease are still on debate. Gastroenterologists, surgeons and radiologists alike still strive to optimize their roles in the management of choledochal cysts. Here we have analyzed 30 operated cases of cc in our KEM ho...

AIM To determine the extent of agreement between clinical and autopsy findings. METHODS A 14-year retrospective study (1982-1995) of autopsies from the Departments of Internal Medicine and Surgery was performed at the Zagreb University Hospital Center, Croatia. The autopsy findings were compared with the clinical diagnoses. RESULTS The autopsy rate among hospital deaths ranged between 23% a...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The central odontogenic fibroma (COF) is a benign odontogenic tumour derived from the dental mesenchymal tissues. It is a rare tumour and only 70 cases of it have been published. Bearing in mind the rareness of the tumour, 8 new cases of central odontogenic fibroma have been found by analyzing the clinical, radiological and histopathological characteristics of COF. ...

BACKGROUND Pneumothorax is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, but limited data are available regarding the aetiology, clinical profile, management and outcome of spontaneous pneumothorax from India in recent times. METHODS This was a retrospective observational study conducted at a Government chest hospital which included patients with the diagnosis of spontaneous pneumothorax see...

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical performance of C-Posts, AEstheti Posts and AEstheti Plus Posts after a period of clinical service ranging from 1-6 yrs. MATERIALS AND METHODS 1,304 posts were included in the study: 840 Composiposts, 215 AEstheti posts and 249 AEstheti Plus posts were placed into endodontically treated teeth. Four combinations of bonding/luting materials were used. The patient...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical performance (retention rate) of fiber-reinforced composite fixed partial dentures (FPDs). Polyethylene fiber (Ribbond) was used combined with restorative composite during FPDs fabrication. FPDs were placed in thirteen patients in a private clinic. Nineteen FPDs were evaluated. The prosthetic space was filled with only one pontic using extracted...

PURPOSE The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate cumulative survival rate (CSR) of Implantium implants followed for 5 years and association between risk factors and the CSR. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of two hundred forty-nine Implantium Implants System (Dentium, Seoul, Korea) placed in ninety-five patients from 2004 to 2009 were investigated with several identified risk factors...

BACKGROUND Lymphocytic colitis is characterised by chronic diarrhoea and specific microscopic changes in a macroscopically normal colonic mucosa. We report clinical features and treatment outcome in a large patient cohort. METHODS Patients were searched for in 24 Swedish gastroenterology clinics. The biopsy material was reassessed using strict histopathological criteria. Clinical data were ob...