Address for Correspondence: Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Büyükavcı, Araştırma Hastanesi Çocuk Servisi 25240 Erzurum, Turkey Phone: +90 442 231 68 91 E-mail: [email protected] A 21-month-old girl referred to our hospital for investigation of bleeding diathesis. She had four months history of intermittent bruising on lower eyelids. Physical examination was unremarkable except the 0.5x1 cm of ecchymos...

Patients with diabetic neuropathy typically have decreased sweating in the feet but excessive sweating in the upper body. Previous studies of sudomotor function in diabetes have included patients with longstanding disease. The present study was designed to test for the early presence of sudomotor dysfunction and to characterize its relation to glycemic control and other aspects of peripheral ne...

Case 1 A newborn baby was admitted to hospital at the age of 23 days old with fever of unknown origin up to 39 ̊C. The female newborn was born by a G2P2 healthy mother by caesarean section at 40 week’s gestation in a local clinic and weighed 3600 gm. The perinatal examination was unremarkable. Delivery course was smooth. Septic workup was arranged but no definite pathogen was identified. On phys...

Rationale: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is currently the standard of care for adrenal lesion. Minimal invasive laparoscopic surgery such as laparoendoscopic single site surgery (LESS) and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) have been developed to improve cosmetic outcomes and reduce postoperative pain. However, there are still some problems related to instruments and port limi...

BACKGROUND Treatment of giant melanocytic nevi (GMN) remains a multidisciplinary challenge. We present analysis of diagnostics, treatment, and follow- up in children with GMN to establish obligatory procedures in these patients. MATERIAL/METHODS In 24 children with GMN, we analyzed: localization, main nevus diameter, satellite nevi, brain MRI, catecholamines concentrations in 24-h urine colle...

BACKGROUND Recent advance of genetic testing has contributed to the diagnosis of hereditary pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL). The clinical characteristics of hereditary PPGL are varying among the types of mutational genes. It is still difficult to specify the pathognomonic symptoms in the case of rare genetic mutations. Here, we report the case of synchronous bilateral pheochromocytoma...

CONTEXT Knowledge on the relationship between the autonomic nervous system and subclinical hyperthyroidism is mainly based upon cross-sectional studies in heterogeneous patient populations, and the effect of restoration to euthyroidism in subclinical hyperthyroidism has not been studied. OBJECTIVE We investigated the long-term effects of exogenous subclinical hyperthyroidism on the autonomic ...