Onak Kandemir N. | Dogan Gün B. | Irkörücü O. | Tokgöz H. | Barut F. | Cömert M. | Özdamar Ş.O.

Letter | 2011 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology22 ( 2 ) , pp.235 - 236

[No abstract available]

Demirci H. | Ilikhan S.U. | Öztürk K. | Üstündag Y. | Kurt Ö. | Bilici M. | Köktürk F.

Letter | 2016 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology27 ( 3 ) , pp.290 - 291

[No abstract available]

Demirci H. | Ilikhan S.U. | Öztürk K. | Üstünda? Y. | Kurt Ö. | Bilici M. | Köktürk F.

Article | 2015 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology26 ( 6 ) , pp.456 - 460

Background/Aims: In our study, we aimed to assess the effect of vitamin E and C supplementation to triple and quadruple Helicobacter pylori eradication regimens. Materials and Methods: Four hundred patients with H. pylori infection were classified into four groups. Patients in group A (n=100) received amoxicillin, clarithromycin, and lansoprazole for 2 weeks. In group B, patients (n=100) received vitamins C and E for a month, in addition to amoxicillin, clarithromycin, and lansoprazole for 2 weeks. Patients in group C (n=100) received amoxicillin, clarithromycin, lansoprazole, and bismuth subcitrate for 2 weeks, whereas those in gro . . .up D (n=100) received vitamins C and E for a month, in addition to amoxicillin, clarithromycin, lansoprazole, and bismuth subcitrate for 2 weeks. H. pylori eradication was assessed with the C14 urea breath test 2 months after the end of the therapy. The eradication rate was assessed using per-protocol (PP) and intention-to-treat (ITT) analyses. Results: Three hundred forty-eight patients finished the study. The eradication of H. pylori was achieved in 63 of 84 patients (75%) by PP and 63 of 100 (63%) by ITT analysis in group A, 60 of 84 (71.4%) by PP and 60 of 100 (60%) by ITT analysis in group B, 72 of 89 (80.9 %) by PP and 72 of 100 (72%) by ITT analysis in group C, and 76 of 91 (83.5%) by PP and 76 of 100 (76%) by ITT analysis in group D. There was no remarkable change between groups A and B (p>0.05). Similar results were also found between groups D and C (p>0.05). Conclusion: This study revealed that supplementing vitamins C and E to either the triple or quadruple therapies did not provide an additional advantage for achieving significantly higher eradication rates for H. pylori. © Copyright 2015 by The Turkish Society of Gastroenterology Daha fazlası Daha az

Kandemir, Nilüfer Onak | Bahadır, Burak | Bektaş, Sibel | Barut, Figen | Yurdakan, Gamze | Gün, Banu Doğan | Engin, Hüseyin

Article | 2011 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology22 ( 1 ) , pp.77 - 82

Konjenital melanositik nevüs, odontogenez sırasında ortaya çıkan ve nöral-krest’den gelişen hamartomatöz lezyonlardır. Bu çalışmada konjenital melanositik nevüsden gelişen ve gastrointestinal sistem metastazları ile bulgu veren iki malign melanoma olgusu sunulmaktadır. İlk olgu, plevral ve peritoneal efüzyon ile başvuran 71 yaşında kadın hasta olup, endoskopik incelenmede doudenumda nodüler lezyonlar saptanmış ve biyopsi yapılmıştır. Karın ağrısı yakınması ile başvuran ikinci olgu 36 yaşında erkek hasta olup, ileumda invajinasyonlara neden olan kitlesel lezyonlar nedeniyle segmenter ileal rezeksiyon uygulanmıştır. Lezyonların histop . . .atolojik incelemesinde tüm mukoza katlarını infiltre eden diffüz neoplastik infiltrasyon görülmüştür. Belirgin atipi ve pleomorfizm içeren neoplastik hücrelerde S-100, HMB-45 ve Melan A immünreaksiyon saptanmıştır. Her iki olguya, malign melanoma tanısı verilmiştir. İlk olguda karın derisinde, ikinci olguda ise femoral bölgede konjenital melanositik nevüs saptanmış ve histopatolojik incelemelerde bu lezyonların malign melanoma yönünde transformasyon gösterdiği belirlenmiştir. Gastrointestinal sistemde malign melanoma gelişimi primer veya metastatik kökenli olabilir. Kesin tanı daima ayrıntılı klinik, histopatolojik ve immünhistokimyasal incelemeleri gerektirir. Congenital melanocytic nevi are hamartomatous lesions that develop from the neural crest and arise during odontogenesis. In this report, we present two malignant melanoma cases developed from congenital melanocytic nevi and revealed by gastrointestinal system metastases. The first case was a 71-year-old female who presented with pleural and peritoneal effusion and underwent biopsy due to detection of nodular lesions in the duodenum by endoscopic examination. The second case was a 36-year-old male patient who presented with abdominal pain in whom segmental ileal resection was performed due to mass lesions causing invaginations in the ileum. Histopathological examination of the lesions showed a diffuse neoplastic infiltration comprising the entire mucosal layers. In neoplastic cells having a marked atypia and pleomorphism, immunoreactions with S-100, HMB-45, and Melan A were detected. Both cases were diagnosed as malignant melanoma. Abdominal skin in the first case and the femoral region in the second case exhibited congenital melanocytic nevi, and those lesions were determined to show a transformation towards malignant melanoma in the histopathological studies. Malignant melanoma development in gastrointestinal system may have a primary or metastatic character. Definitive diagnosis always requires detailed clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical analyses Daha fazlası Daha az

Onak Kandemir N. | Bahadir B. | Bektaş S. | Barut F. | Yurdakan G. | Dogan Gün B. | Engin H.

Article | 2011 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology22 ( 1 ) , pp.77 - 82

Congenital melanocytic nevi are hamartomatous lesions that develop from the neural crest and arise during odontogenesis. In this report, we present two malignant melanoma cases developed from congenital melanocytic nevi and revealed by gastrointestinal system metastases. The first case was a 71-year-old female who presented with pleural and peritoneal effusion and underwent biopsy due to detection of nodular lesions in the duodenum by endoscopic examination. The second case was a 36-year-old male patient who presented with abdominal pain in whom segmental ileal resection was performed due to mass lesions causing invaginations in the . . . ileum. Histopathological examination of the lesions showed a diffuse neoplastic infiltration comprising the entire mucosal layers. In neoplastic cells having a marked atypia and pleomorphism, immunoreactions with S-100, HMB-45, and Melan A were detected. Both cases were diagnosed as malignant melanoma. Abdominal skin in the first case and the femoral region in the second case exhibited congenital melanocytic nevi, and those lesions were determined to show a transformation towards malignant melanoma in the histopathological studies. Malignant melanoma development in gastrointestinal system may have a primary or metastatic character. Definitive diagnosis always requires detailed clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical analyses Daha fazlası Daha az

Barut, Figen | Kandemir, Onak Nilüfer | Karakaya, Kemal | Kökten, Neslihan | Özdamar, Şükrü Oğuz

Article | 2011 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology22 ( 3 ) , pp.324 - 328

Multifokal ve atlamalı tutulum, primer gastrointestinal lenfomalar için oldukça nadir görülen bir gelişim paternidir. Klinik ve makroskopik özellikleriyle Crohn hastalığını taklit eden kaldırım taşı görünümü ile dikkat çeken bir ince barsağın multifokal diffüz büyük B hücreli lenfoma olgusu, klinik ve patolojik özellikleri ile beraber sunulmuştur. 25 yaşındaki erkek olgunun jejunoileal rezeksiyon materyalinde, arada sağlam görünümde mukoza alanları izlenen, en büyüğü 2,5 cm çapında olan, ülsere, serozayı da infiltre eden polipoid görünümde multipl lezyonlar izlendi. Mikroskopik incelemede, belirgin nükleollü, veziküler nükleuslu, ge . . .niş eozinofilik sitoplazmalı, pleomorfik, atipik karakterde lenfoid hücrelerden oluşmuş tümöral infiltrasyon gözlendi. Bu atipik hücrelerde vimentin, LCA, CD20, CD79a ile B hücre fenotipinde immün reaksiyon izlendi. Olguya, diffüz büyük B hücreli lenfoma tanısı verildi. Crohn hastalığı belirti ve bulguları ile başvuran hastalarda nadir de olsa bu antitenin olabileceği vurgulanmıştır. Multifocal and skip involvement is quite a rare developmental pattern for primary gastrointestinal lymphomas. A 25-year-old male patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the small intestine, with macroscopic features and clinical aspects imitating Crohn’s disease and attracting attention with cobblestone-like appearance, is presented herein together with the clinical and pathological features. Multiple ulcerated lesions were also observed infiltrating the serosa with polypoid appearance, 2.5 cm in largest diameter, within the resected jejunoileal specimen, which displayed patchy, healthy-appearing mucosal areas. In microscopic examination, a tumoral infiltration was observed comprised of pleomorphic, atypical lymphoid cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, marked nucleoli and vesicular nuclei. A B-cell phenotype immunoreaction was observed by vimentin, LCA, CD20, and CD79a in those atypical cells. The diagnosis of the case was diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.The possibility of the presence of this disorder, although rare, is emphasized here for patients applying to the hospital with the signs and symptoms of Crohn’s disease Daha fazlası Daha az

Barut F. | Onak Kandemir N. | Karakaya K. | Kökten N. | Özdamar Ş.O.

Article | 2011 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology22 ( 3 ) , pp.324 - 328

Multifocal and skip involvement is quite a rare developmental pattern for primary gastrointestinal lymphomas. A 25-year-old male patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the small intestine, with macroscopic features and clinical aspects imitating Crohn's disease and attracting attention with cobblestone-like appearance, is presented herein together with the clinical and pathological features. Multiple ulcerated lesions were also observed infiltrating the serosa with polypoid appearance, 2.5 cm in largest diameter, within the resected jejunoileal specimen, which displayed patchy, healthy-appearing mucosal areas. In microscopic . . .examination, a tumoral infiltration was observed comprised of pleomorphic, atypical lymphoid cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, marked nucleoli and vesicular nuclei. A B-cell phenotype immunoreaction was observed by vimentin, LCA, CD20, and CD79a in those atypical cells. The diagnosis of the case was diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.The possibility of the presence of this disorder, although rare, is emphasized here for patients applying to the hospital with the signs and symptoms of Crohn's disease Daha fazlası Daha az

Aydemir S. | Savranlar A. | Engin H. | Cihan A. | Üstündag Y. | Özer T. | Dogan Gün B.

Article | 2006 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology17 ( 1 ) , pp.50 - 52

We present the case of a 53-year-old male with subtotal gastrectomy and gastrojejunostomy due to gastric cancer who later developed cancer relapse and diffuse plaque-like calcification in the residual gastric tissue. As far as we know, this is the first case in the English literature in whom gastric tumor calcification developed one year after gastric cancer operation. We also discuss possible mechanisms of gastric wall calcification in such cases.

Dökmeci A. | Üstünda? Y. | Hulagu S. | Tuncer I. | Akdo?an M. | Demirsoy H. | Köklü S.

Article | 2014 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology25 ( 5 ) , pp.546 - 552

Background/Aims: To evaluate the association between insulin resistance and hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.Materials and Methods: A total of 104 chronic hepatitis C patients were included in this non-interventional, open-label, observational, multicenter, cross-sectional study conducted at 20 gastroenterology clinics in Turkey. The primary end point was the correlation between stage of hepatic fibrosis and insulin resistance evaluated via the homeostasis model of assessment-insulin resistance index. Confounders of hepatic fibrosis and insulin resistance were the secondary end points.Results: The mean age of pa . . .tients was 52.8 years; 65.4% were female. Type 2 diabetes was present in 6.8% and insulin resistance noted in 38.0% of patients. Further, 45.7% of the patients had mild (A0/A1) and the remaining had moderate/severe (A2/A3) hepatic necroinflammatory activity. Patient distribution according to Metavir fibrosis stage was as follows: F0/F1 (57.0%); F2 (6.5%); F3 (23.7%); and F4 (12.9%). A univariate analysis revealed significant positive correlations between Metavir fibrosis stage and insulin resistance (r=0.297; p=0.007). Logistic regression analysis showed that significant predictors of insulin resistance were high alanine transaminase levels (odds ratio, 0.97; 95% confidence interval, 0.944-0.997) and liver fibrosis stage (odds ratio, 0.114; 95% confidence interval, 0.021-0.607).Conclusion: Our findings revealed significant associations between insulin resistance and hepatic fibrosis. © 2014 by The Turkish Society of Gastroenterology Daha fazlası Daha az

Özbakiş-Dengiz G. | Çadirci E. | Yurdakan G.

Article | 2013 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology24 ( 2 ) , pp.88 - 92

Background/aims: The effects of anti-ulcerogenic drugs are dependent on the increase in prostaglandin production and reduction in leukotriene production in the gastric mucosa. Montelukast is an anti-asthmatic drug, a selective reversible cysteinyl leukotriene D4 receptor antagonist. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the anti-ulcerogenic effect of montelukast and to investigate the relationship between its anti-ulcerogenic effect and polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltration in the gastric tissues. Materials and Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were separated into five groups. Distilled water (control group), famotidine (40 mg/kg), . . . and montelukast (5, 10 and 20 mg/kg) were given orally (gavage). Thirty minutes later, indomethacin (25 mg/kg) was administered to all the groups. Six hours later, the animals were sacrificed by decapitation. The ulcer indexes for each stomach and the ulcer inhibition rates for each group were calculated, and the stomachs were later evaluated histopathologically (polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltration). Results: Ulcer inhibition rates were as follows: famotidine 96.14% and montelukast 59.96%, 72.65% and 76.97% (5, 10 and 20 mg/kg, respectively). Montelukast (10 and 20 mg/kg) showed effects similar to those of famotidine histopathologically. Conclusions: In this study, it was observed that there was a relationship between the anti-ulcerogenic effect of montelukast and polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltration in the gastric mucosa, and montelukast behaved as an anti-ulcerogenic drug both macroscopically and microscopically Daha fazlası Daha az

Özdamar Ş.O. | Bektaş S. | Erdem Özdamar S. | Gedikoglu G. | Dogan Gün B. | Bahadir B.

Article | 2007 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology18 ( 2 ) , pp.71 - 76

Background/aims: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are considered a specialized group of mesenchymal neoplasms. In this study, the histomorphologic and immunohistochemical features of gastrointestinal stromal tumors are compared with nuclear morphometric results. Methods: Morphometric nuclear parameters such as mean area, mean roundness factor, mean form ellipse, mean length and mean perimeter were evaluated in hematoxylin and eosin stained slides of 22 gastrointestinal stromal tumors (9 benign and 13 malignant) by using a computer-assisted image analysis system. Morphometric results were compared with tumor behavior and tumor size, t . . .he presence of necrosis, mitotic index, and immunohistochemical expressions of p53 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen. Results: We found that tumor necrosis was correlated with mean nuclear roundness factor, mean nuclear form ellipse, mean nuclear length and mean nuclear perimeter ( Daha fazlası Daha az

Küsbeci M. | Buldur S. | Mutlu E. | Uguz A. | Güneyli S. | Bozkaya H. | Çinar C.

Note | 2017 | Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology28 ( 2 ) , pp.135 - 136

[No abstract available]