{"title":"Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified, Diagnosed From Prostate Tissue: A Rare Case.","authors":"Rafiye Çiftçiler, Hasan Önner, Cem Selim","doi":"10.4274/tjh.galenos.2025.2025.0037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/tjh.galenos.2025.2025.0037","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23362,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Hematology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143658790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Ferric Carboxymaltose and Iron Sucrose in Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.","authors":"Lokman H Tanrıverdi, Ahmet Sarıcı","doi":"10.4274/tjh.galenos.2025.2025.0034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/tjh.galenos.2025.2025.0034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To comprehensively compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of two commonly used intravenous iron preparations, ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) and iron sucrose (IS), in adult patients with iron-deficiency anemia (IDA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic literature search was conducted across PubMed, Ovid Medline, Web of Science, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library up to Jan 1, 2024, to identify randomized controlled trials directly comparing FCM and IS treatments in adult patients with IDA. Primary outcome was change in hemoglobin levels during folllow-up. Meta-analyses were conducted with inverse variance random effects models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fourteen trials were included, with a total of 4757 patients. FCM resulted in a nonsignificant increase in hemoglobin levels (mean difference [MD] = 0.45 g/dL, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.08 to 0.83, p=0.02) and ferritin levels (MD = 37.32 ng/mL, 95% CI = 18.98 to 55.65, p<0.01) compared to IS. FCM was associated with a higher risk of hypersensitivity reactions compared to IS (RR: 2.97, 95% CI: 1.35-6.52, p<0.01) but showed no significant difference in severe adverse events (RR: 1.03, 95% CI: 0.88-1.21, p=0.70) and had a nonsignificant increased risk of hypophosphatemia (RR: 2.84, 95% CI: 0.89-9.06, p=0.08).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Ten studies showed some concerns of risk of bias, and four studies had a high risk of bias for the change in hemoglobin levels during follow-up. Lack of standardized definitions for hypersensitivity reactions and variability in dosing protocols and follow-up durations across studies may affect the generalizability of our safety findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":23362,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Hematology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143650809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmet Halil Sevinç, İlker Teke, Özge Hürdoğan, Ali Altay, Zeynep Cantürk, Murat Dursun, Ateş Kadıoğlu
{"title":"A Rare Case of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Presenting as a Mass Originating from the Corpus Cavernosum.","authors":"Ahmet Halil Sevinç, İlker Teke, Özge Hürdoğan, Ali Altay, Zeynep Cantürk, Murat Dursun, Ateş Kadıoğlu","doi":"10.4274/tjh.galenos.2025.2024.0374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/tjh.galenos.2025.2024.0374","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Malignant neoplasms of the penis are uncommon, the most common being squamous cell carcinoma. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma occurs in extranodal sites in half of patients, but is extremely rare in the penis. Here, a 24 years old case of a penile mass is reported as non-Hodgkin lymphoma. On physical examination and imaging, two-centimeter lesion was detected on the left distal corpus cavernosum of the penis and extending to the proximal corpus cavernosum. Excisional biopsy from distal left corpus cavernosum performed under general anesthesia. Histopathological examination of the excision material revealed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with a post-germinal center cell phenotype. Although it is rare in patients presenting with a penile mass, the possibility of lymphoma involvement should be kept in mind. It can mimic Peyronie's disease or corpus cavernosum thrombosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":23362,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Hematology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143587201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hsa_circRNA_092488 Exacerbates the Progression of Deep Vein Thrombosis Through the NLRP3/NFkB Signaling Pathway.","authors":"Jian Wang, Binghui Du","doi":"10.4274/tjh.galenos.2025.2024.0160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/tjh.galenos.2025.2024.0160","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a type of vascular disorder and the incidence is around 0.1%. Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are precursor cells of endothelial cells and contribute to vascular repair and regeneration. CircRNAs become a new research hotspot as they are involved in various biological processes including the progression of DVT.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The expression of hsa_circRNA_092488 was evaluated in venous blood samples obtained from DVT patients (n=42) and healthy controls (n=42). Gain- and loss-of-function studies of hsa_circRNA_092488 were carried out. Expression of related RNA and protein was examined by qRT-PCR, western blotting and immunofluorescence assays. The proliferation, migration, cell cycle and apoptosis of transfected cells were measured by CCK-8, Transwell assay as well as Flow cytometry. The association of hsa_circRNA_092488 and NLRP3 in EPCs was unrevealed using RNA pull-down analysis. Furthermore, stabilities of NLRP3 mRNA were examined in transfected EPCs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In this study, up-regulation of hsa_circRNA_092488 was detected in DVT samples, which could suppress the proliferation and migration of EPCs, induce cell cycle arrest from S to G0/G1 phase and trigger cell apoptosis. Furthermore, NLRP3 was identified as the potential downstream molecule of hsa_circRNA_092488, and it could exert its regulatory functions through activating the NLRP3/NF-kB signaling. Overexpressed hsa_circRNA_092488 in the cell notably elevated the protein expression of caspase-1, IL-1b, P-NF-κB-p65/NF-κB-p65 and P-IκBa/IκBa; and vice versa, knockdown of hsa_circRNA_092488 significantly reduced the levels of these related proteins in EPCs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The hsa_circRNA_092488/NLRP3/NF-kB signaling could be novel therapeutic candidate for the treatment of DVT.</p>","PeriodicalId":23362,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Hematology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143567683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}