Özlem Şahin Balçık

Tekrarlayan düşük yapan kadınlarda trombofilik risk faktörleri

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the thrombophilic risk factors and their frequency among women with history of recurrent abortion and a detected thrombophilic defect. Materials and methods: In this study, 41 women with history of recurrent abortion, who have one or more detected thrombophilic defects including protein S, protein C, antithrombin deficiency, activated protein C resistance (APC-R), factor V Leiden (FVL), prothrombin G 20210A (PTG), methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677 T gene mutation, antiphospholipid antibodies and elevated levels of factor VIII were retrospectively investigated. Results: The most common detected thrombophilia defect (53.7%) was MTHFR gene mutation. While 22 of 41 patients (53.7%) had more than one concomitant defect, 20 of them had two concomitant defects and the remaining had three defects. Conclusion: MTHFR gene mutation, alone and/or with, concurrent thrombophilic defects was the most frequent factor for hereditary thrombophilia among our patients with a history of recurrent abortion. J Clin Exp Invest 2010; 1(3): 168-172

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Negative and Human Herpes Virus-8 (HHV-8)-Positive Primary Effusion Lymphoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that presents with serosal effusion in body cavities, without obvious tumor masses. Although PEL occurs in immunocompromised patients that are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive, it also occurs in immunocompetent human herpes virus-8 (HHV-8)-positive patients. Herein we present an immunocompetent, HIV-negative, CD-20-negative, HHV-8-positive patient with pleural effusion that was diagnosed as PEL. The CHOP protocol and talc pleurodesis were administered. HHV-8 plays a causative role in PEL and is important for differentiating PEL from other types of lymphoma. As such, in addition to pleurodesis antiviral treatment should be considered for optimal treatment outcome. Conflict of interest:None declared.

Nadir bir kronik diyare nedeni: Mantle Cell lenfoma ve eşlik eden multiple myelom olgusu

The colon and rectum are rare sites of malignant lymphoma, observed in frequency after adenocarcinoma and carcinoid tumors. In this article, a case with mantle cell lymphoma presenting with chronic diarrhea and with a simultaneous diagnosis of multiple myeloma is presented together with a review of the related cases in the literature.