A 13-year-old girl was referred for assessment of severe gastrointestinal tract bleeding. Her liver function tests were normal, and she had no evidence of chronic liver disease or history of significant trauma. Clinical ...

The diagnostic value of serum adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity was evaluated in childhood pulmonary tuberculosis. Serum ADA levels were measured in 20 children diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis (group 1) and 150 ...

t Pseudoachondroplasia is an autosomal dominant variant of osteochondroplasia that results in mild to severe short-limb dwarfism and early-onset of osteoarthrosis. It has been linked to results from mutations in the gene ...

Background : The arthritis of rheumatic fever is very responsive to treatment with salicylates, but there aremany adverse reactions, especially hepatotoxicity, due to aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) therapy. These ...

Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) has been used as an alternative to open heart surgery. Although transcatheter closure of ASD with the Amplatzer septal occluder is a safe and feasible method in pediatric ...

The dual-chamber pacing systems allow for AV synchrony, but generally require the placement of two separate transvenous leads. Single-lead atrioventricular synchronous pacing system (VDD) using single-pass leads has been ...

congenital partial defect of the right-sided pericardium is a rare cardiac anomaly and it representsdefective formation of the pleuropericardial membrane. Patients can be asymptomatic, but they mayexperience chest pain, ...

A 48-year-old man who was admitted to hospital because of syncope, transient ischemic attack, palpitations and chest pain. On physical examination, he had sight deficiency on the right eye. Electrocardiography revealed ...

Although the anthracyclines have gained widespread use in the treatment of childhood hematological malignancies and solid tumors, cardiotoxicity is the major limiting factor in the use of anthracyclines. The aim of this ...

Our case report shows a successful treatment of a post Fontan persistent thoracic drainage by the help of high dose octreotide. Although the reason of persistent pleural drainage was not chyle, high dose octreotide ...