UNLABELLED The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of selective pelvic PET/CT with retrograde bladder irrigation in evaluating pelvic pathologies. METHODS Thirty-eight patients (22 women and 16 men), with a mean age of 61 y (range, 41-81 y) and a neoplastic background (most of them of pelvic pathology), were assessed with PET/CT. The most prevalent findings were urothelial (14...

Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula is a congenital and rarely acquired anomalous direct communications between pulmonary arteries and veins. Transcatheter embolization using metallic coil or detachable balloon is one of the common treatment procedure. However, recanalization after the embolization is one of the concern and its differentiation from the retrograde filling via pulmonary vein is diffi...

The roots of two incisors were treated by apicoectomy and a retrograde dentin-bonded composite filling. Periapical healing was observed a few months later by radiography. Later, due to root fracture and marginal bone resorption, the apical parts were removed including adjacent periapical bone. A histological and scanning electron microscopic examination of the tissue showed reformation of perio...

Introduction. Nowadays, flexible ureteroscopy has become a routine procedure in many centers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the indications and limits of diagnostic retrograde flexible ureteroscopy. Material and methods. Between October 2002 and January 2007, diagnostic retrograde flexible ureteroscopy was performed in our department in 40 cases. It was aimed to evaluate a filling defec...

objective: in a cavity prepared through endodontic surgery, application of a material to provide apical seal and prevent bacterial and tissue exudates is of great importance. the purpose of this study was to compare the sealing ability of biocalex with white mta, gray mta, and amalgam as root-end fillings. materials and methods: sixty-six single-rooted extracted human teeth were cleaned, shaped...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the sealing ability of root-end filling materials such as mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA), Portland cement, and bioaggregate (BA) after irrigation with different solutions. MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined 130 human maxillar central teeth. After cutting the teeth at the cementoenamel junction, the root canals were expanded using nickel...

Choledochal cyst is an uncommon premalignant anomaly. The morphology and pathogenesis of the premalignant lesion of cholangiocarcinoma arising from the choledochal cyst has not been well described. Herein, we report a rare case of bile duct adenoma arising from choledochal cyst with anomalous union of pancreaticobiliary duct (AUPBD). 50-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with the compl...

The incidence and prevalence of foreign body (FB) ingestion are difficult to estimate. Unlike other foreign bodies, the ingestion of a toothpick is very uncommon and carries high morbidity and mortality rates. We report a case of a 73-year-old female patient presenting mid-term epigastric pain. Abdominal ultrasound revealed a slightly dilated common bile duct (CBD) and magnetic resonance showed...

Among a variety of biomaterials that have been reported to be ideal for dental repair, calcium hydroxide has been shown to have excellent long-term biocompatibility in the pulp and periapical areas. Here we report an alternative method employing calcium hydroxide for periapical surgery in a patient who developed internal apical resorption after traumatic injury, which negatively affected the qu...

intentional tooth reimplantation can be an alternative treatment option for teeth with poor or hopeless prognosis where coronal and surgical endodontic treatment(s) are not possible. this technique may help to restore a natural tooth to function in preference to prosthesis/implant replacements. a 38-years old male was referred to private practice with persistent chronic apical periodontitis of ...