purpose : to evaluate orbital blood flow velocities and optic nerve diameter with doppler and gray-scale sonography in patients with acute unilateral optic neuritis (on) methods : orbital doppler and gray-scale sonography was performed in 46 eyes of 23 patients aged 19-47 with acute unilateral on. on was diagnosed by an ophthalmologist on the basis of clinical presentation, presence of decrease...

This overview describes and illustrates the clinical applications of three-dimensional transvaginal sonography in reproductive medicine. Its main applications include assessment of uterine anomalies, intrauterine pathology, tubal patency, polycystic ovaries, ovarian follicular monitoring and endometrial receptivity. It is also useful for detailed evaluation of failed and/or ectopic pregnancy. T...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The angle of insonation cannot be assessed with conventional transcranial Doppler sonography. Findings in healthy control subjects suggest that the angle is relatively small in routine clinical practice. Data regarding the angle in middle cerebral artery (MCA) stenosis are scarce. In this study, the angle and its effect on flow velocity measurements were assessed with tra...

Suture granuloma is a mass forming benign lesion that develops at the site of surgery as a foreign body reaction to non-absorbable suture material. We present a case of suture granuloma that developed at the inguinal region after orchiectomy, and define the sonography, color Doppler sonography and real-time ultrasound elastography findings in correlation with the histopathological findings.

There were few reports about infertile women aged 45 and above undergoing IVF/ICSI. We are reporting the case of an aged 49 woman who delivered the twins after ICSI using autologous oocytes by mild ovarian stimulation. The patient who presented with 26-year primary infertility was caused by double fallopian tubes obstruction and man oligoasthenozoospermia. We gave her the treatment with mild ov...

BACKGROUND The human ovary contains a fixed number of primordial follicles that decreases bi-exponentially with age, culminating in the menopause at an average age of 50-51 years. There currently is no reliable test of ovarian reserve for individual women that will accurately predict their remaining reproductive lifespan. METHODS AND RESULTS We use the Faddy-Gosden model of human primordial f...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between monitors of spermatogenesis and predictors of the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcome in patients with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) undergoing testicular sperm extraction (TESE). Seventy-nine patients with NOA (mean age: 43.6±5.2 years), each of whom yielded (97 000±3040) spermatozoa with conventional TESE, we...

A rare case of posttraumatic high-flow priapism is presented. A 20-year-old man underwent diagnostic procedure with color Doppler sonography and angiography. On color Doppler sonography and selective and supraselective angiographic images, arteriocavernosal fistula and pseudoaneurysm were detected in the proximal part of the right cavernous body. Complete detumescence of the penis was achieved ...

BACKGROUND Ultrasonography has been extensively used in women suspected of having a gynecological malignancy. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of 3D ultrasonography and power Doppler for discrimination between benign and malignant endometrium in premenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 78 premenopausal women with abnormal...