Gamze Kilicoglu

TL;DR: The computed tomography severity index is a reliable method for staging the severity of acute pancreatitis; moreover, CT has the ability of showing the local extent of the inflammation and the occurrence of local complications.

TL;DR: CA 19-9 is a tumor-associated antigen, which is elevated in pancreatic, upper gastrointestinal tract, ovarian hepatocellular, and colorectal cancers, as well as in inflammatory conditions of the hepatobiliary system, biliary obstruction and in thyroid diseases, and subtle elevations in diabetics should be considered as the indication of exocrine pancreatic dysfunction.

TL;DR: A study to analyze the malignancy ratios of each category of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology if EFV-PTC is no longer considered as a malignant entity showed that the most significant decrease was seen in the suspicious for follicular neoplasm/follicular Neoplasm category, but all categories represented a considerable decrease.

TL;DR: It is suggested that rapid diagnosis and early administration of antiviral treatment in HME patients are keys to a favorable outcome.

TL;DR: Severe neonatal indirect hyperbilirubinemia should be considered in the differential diagnosis of bilateral symmetric hyperintense signal changes in the globus pallidus on MRI despite the presence of neurologic findings.