Suheyl Asma, C. Boğa, M. Tan, Mutlu Kasar, M. Yeral, Ş. Ulusan
{"title":"Prevention of recurrence of stroke in a patient with sickle cell disease who has Moyamoya Syndrome","authors":"Suheyl Asma, C. Boğa, M. Tan, Mutlu Kasar, M. Yeral, Ş. Ulusan","doi":"10.5455/GMJ-30-2013-151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/GMJ-30-2013-151","url":null,"abstract":"Moyamoya sendromu orak hucreli anemi hastalarinda serebrovaskuler olaylardan yillar sonra gelisebilir. Bu calismada yeni bir norololojik atagin oncu isaretleri gelisen ve Moyamoya sendromu olan hastada, hidroksiure ve eritrosit degisimi ile inme olusmasini onleme cabalari sunulmaktadir.","PeriodicalId":290827,"journal":{"name":"Gaziantep Medical Journal","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123514386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Bayram, M. Uyar, O. Elbek, O. Dikensoy, A. Filiz
{"title":"Allergy skin test results of an outpatient pulmonary clinic in Gaziantep","authors":"N. Bayram, M. Uyar, O. Elbek, O. Dikensoy, A. Filiz","doi":"10.5455/GMJ-30-2013-142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/GMJ-30-2013-142","url":null,"abstract":"Environmental factors play an important role in allergic sensitization. The aim of this study was to determine the spectrum of aeroallergen sensitivity of patients. The skin prick test results of patients with symptoms compatible with allergic diseases between March 2002 and December 2004 were retrospectively evaluated in Gaziantep University Pulmonary outpatient clinic. Of 1627 patients in whom skin prick tests (Stallergenes, France) were performed, 528 (32.5%) patients had at least one positive result among 8 allergens. The mean age of patients who had positive allergic skin test was 33.03 ± 11.80 (16-69), and 335 (63.4%) of those were female. Two hundred twenty five (52%) patients had positive skin prick test for one allergen tested, while 253 (48%) patients had positive skin prick test for multiple allergens. Phleum pratensis was the most common allergen found to be positive in 221 (41.8%) patients. The prevalence of positive tests were as follows; cockroach (32.9%), Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (32.7%), Olea europea (27%), cat dander (14.9%), Parieteria officinalis (11.7%), Cladosporium (9.8%) and Alternaria (8.9%).Phleum pratensis and cockroach were the most common allergens causing a sensitivity reaction detected in our clinic.","PeriodicalId":290827,"journal":{"name":"Gaziantep Medical Journal","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127286518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preterm eylem tanısı alan gebelerin kaygı, depresyon ve algılanan sosyal destek düzeyini etkileyen faktörler","authors":"Emine Şen, A. Şirin","doi":"10.5455/GMJ-30-2013-149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/GMJ-30-2013-149","url":null,"abstract":"Gebelik doneminde depresyon ve kayginin, gebelik ve dogum komplikasyonlarini artirdigi, yeni doganin sagligini olumsuz etkiledigi, erken doguma, dusuk dogum agirligina ve intrauterin gelisme geriligine neden oldugu bildirilmistir. Arastirmanin amaci preterm eylem tanisi alan gebelerde kaygi, depresyon ve algilanan sosyal destek duzeyini etkileyen faktorleri belirlemektir. Arastirma tanimlayici tiptedir. Arastirma kapsamina Ege Universitesi Hastanesi Kadin Dogum Klinigi dogum servisi ve T.C. Saglik Bakanligi Dr. Ekrem Hayri Ustundag Kadin Hastaliklari ve Dogumevinin riskli gebe servisinde 01 Haziran - 31 Agustos 2010 tarihleri arasinda yatan 113 gebe alinmistir. Arastirma verilerinin toplanmasinda; arastirmacilar tarafindan literatur dogrultusunda hazirlanan birey tanitim formu, Beck Depresyon Olcegi (BDO), Durumluk Kaygi Olcegi (DKO) ve Surekli Kaygi Olcegi (SKO) ve Cok Boyutlu Algilanan Sosyal Destek Olcegi (CBASDO) yuz-yuze gorusme teknigi kullanilarak uygulanmistir. Veriler t-testi ve tek-yonlu ANOVA kullanilarak analiz edildi. Preterm eylem tanisi alan gebelerin BDO puan ortalamasinin 24.92±10.40, DKO puan ortalamasinin 45.81±8.75, SKO puan ortalamasinin 49.68±7.41 ve CBASDO puan ortalamasinin 49.15±15.90 oldugu belirlenmistir. Sonuc olarak, gebelerin depresyon puanlari orta duzeyde, kaygi duzeyi puanlari yuksek duzeyde ve algilanan sosyal destek puanlari da orta duzeydeydi. Hemsire ve ebelerin preterm eylem tanisi alan gebelerde depresyon ve anksiyeteyi degerlendirmesi ve sosyal destegi arttiracak girisimler planlamalari onerilmektedir.","PeriodicalId":290827,"journal":{"name":"Gaziantep Medical Journal","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122338211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mehmet Akif Sarica, İbrahim Halil Türkbeyler, Taner Babacan, H. B. Tosun, Taner Bulut
{"title":"Kalçanın çift taraflı geçici bölgesel osteoporozu: Olgu sunumu","authors":"Mehmet Akif Sarica, İbrahim Halil Türkbeyler, Taner Babacan, H. B. Tosun, Taner Bulut","doi":"10.5455/GMJ-30-2013-152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/GMJ-30-2013-152","url":null,"abstract":"Kalcanin gecici osteoporozu ani baslangicli kalca agrisi nedenlerinden biridir. Kalca agrisinin bir sure sonra ortadan kalkmasi ve femur basinda gec beliren osteoporoz gorunumu ile karakterize olan ve nadir rastlanan bir klinik durumdur. Hastalik travma olmaksizin baslar. Genellikle orta yas grubundaki erkeklerde ve ucuncu trimester gebelerde kalca agrisiyla seyreder. Istirahat ve analjezik tedavisine yanit verir. Bu makalede, kalca ve bacak agrisi nedeniyle basvuran, klinik muayene ve radyolojik incelemeler sonucunda gecici kalca osteoporozu tanisi alan 3. trimesterdeki bir gebe olgu sunuldu. Sonuc olarak ucuncu trimester gebelerde ani baslangicli kalca ve bacak agrisinda gecici kalca osteoporozu ayirici tanida akilda tutulmalidir.","PeriodicalId":290827,"journal":{"name":"Gaziantep Medical Journal","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127129880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kaya Zekeriya, A. Yıldız, Biçer Asuman Yeşilay, Aydemir Koçaslan, M. Aydin, Yusuf Sezen, Ramazan Asoğlu, Ozgur Gunebakmaz, Recep Demirbağ
{"title":"Merkezimizde takip edilen her üç enfektif endokardit olgusundan birisi Brusella endokarditidir","authors":"Kaya Zekeriya, A. Yıldız, Biçer Asuman Yeşilay, Aydemir Koçaslan, M. Aydin, Yusuf Sezen, Ramazan Asoğlu, Ozgur Gunebakmaz, Recep Demirbağ","doi":"10.5455/GMJ-30-2013-136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/GMJ-30-2013-136","url":null,"abstract":"Bu calisma ile hastanemizde takip edilen enfektif endokardit (EE) olgularinin epidemiyolojik, klinik, laboratuar ozellikleri ile Brusella endokarditinin merkezimizdeki sikliginin ve ozelliklerinin belirlenmesi amaclanmistir. Calismaya, 2008-2012 yillari arasinda, klinigimizde takip edilen ve modifiye Duke kriterlerine gore EE tanisi konulan 24 hasta (12 kadin,12 erkek; ortalama yas; 41,3 yil, yas araligi; 12-85 yil) alindi. Hastalarin demografik, klinik, ekokardiyografik, laboratuar, tedavi ve takip verileri degerlendirildi. Hastalarin 20'sinde (%83,3) dogal kapak, 3'unde (%12,5) mekanik protez kapak, 1'inde (%4,2) kalici kalp pili ile iliskili EE saptandi. Dogal kapak tutulumunda en sik mitral etkilenmisti (Mitral %45; aortik kapak %35; trikuspit kapak %10). Protez kapaklarda da en sik etkilenen kapak mitral kapak (%100) idi. En sik gorulen semptomlar arasinda ates (% 66,7), titreme ve terleme (%37,5), halsizlik (%12,5) mevcuttu. Transtorasik ve/veya transozofageal ekokardiyografide en sik bulgu vejetasyondu (%66,6). Kulturlerde en sik Brusella (%33), stafilokok (%21) ve streptokok (%17) uredi; 5 (%20,8) olguda ise ureme olmadi. Toplamda 9 hastaya (%37,4) cerrahi tedavi uygulandi. Brusella tanisi konulanlarin % 50'si nativ aortik kapak, % 12,5 protez aortik kapak, %25 protez mitral kapak ve % 12,5 nativ mitral kapak idi. Brusella endokarditinin klinigi EE klinigi ile benzerdi. Brusella endokarditinde cerrahi+medikal tedavi en sik uygulanan tedaviydi. Genc yas (ortalama yas;38,9 yil), aortik tutulum (%62,5), nativ kapak tutulum (%62,5), uzun suren inkubasyon periyodu (ortalama 10 gun) Brusella endokarditinin ozellikleri arasinda idi. EE ozellikleri literaturdeki sonuclar ile benzerlik gostermekteydi. Merkezimizdeki EE hastalarinin 1/3'i gibi yuksek oranlarda Brusella endokarditi gorulmekteydi. Genc yas, aortik tutulum, nativ kapak, uzun inkubasyon periyodu gibi ozellikleri tasiyan endokarditlerde Brusella endokarditi mutlaka dusunulmelidir.","PeriodicalId":290827,"journal":{"name":"Gaziantep Medical Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126176165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Mizrak, R. Saruhan, Levent Şahi̇n, Vahap Saricicek, Zeliha Beyza Bayrak, S. Ganidağli, S. Göksu
{"title":"İnterskalen brakiyal pleksus blok uygulamalarında ultrason ve sinir stimülatörü tekniklerinin etkinliklerinin karşılaştırılması","authors":"A. Mizrak, R. Saruhan, Levent Şahi̇n, Vahap Saricicek, Zeliha Beyza Bayrak, S. Ganidağli, S. Göksu","doi":"10.5455/GMJ-30-2012-122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/GMJ-30-2012-122","url":null,"abstract":"There are potential advantages and disadvantages during ultrasonographic and peripheral nerve stimulating techniques in interscalen plexus blockade. In this study, we aimed to compare the sensory and motor blockade onset time and the duration of postoperative analgesic requirement during interscalen blockade performed with ultrasound and peripheral nerve stimulating techniques. Sixty patients in ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologysts) 1-2 groups were accepted in this prospective and double blind study for the shoulder surgery. Twenty-five ml 0.5% Levobupivacaine was administered to each patient group. The sensory blockade was evaluated with Pinprick test and the motor blockade was evaluated with the Bromage Scale. The duration of the sensorial and the motor blockade and the duration of postoperative first analgesic requirement were noted. The demographic data were similar between the groups. The onset time of sensorial and the motor blockades in group U was significantly shorter than in group S and the first analgesic requirement time in group U was significantly longer than in group S. During the interscalen blockade performed with ultrasound and peripheral nerve stimulator, it was observed that the sensorial and motor blockade was developed faster and the duration of first analgesic requirement was longer with ultrasound technique. Furthermore, it was determined that postoperative patient comfort score was more satisfied by ultrasound technique.","PeriodicalId":290827,"journal":{"name":"Gaziantep Medical Journal","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124773481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sevgi Akova, Kahraman Yakut, Nurhayat Yakut, Şirin Güven, Ahmet Yazar, Selime Aydoğdu, Aytekin Kaymakçi
{"title":"Çocuk acil polikliniğine karın ağrısı şikayeti ile başvuran hastaların değerlendirilmesi","authors":"Sevgi Akova, Kahraman Yakut, Nurhayat Yakut, Şirin Güven, Ahmet Yazar, Selime Aydoğdu, Aytekin Kaymakçi","doi":"10.5455/GMJ-30-2012-107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/GMJ-30-2012-107","url":null,"abstract":"Bu calismada, karin agrisi sikâyeti ile hastaneye basvuran hastalarin karin agrisi nedenlerini, eslik eden semptomlari, etken patojenlerin belirlenmesi ve gerekli tedavi yaklasimlarinin tartisilmasi planlandi. Cocuk acil poliklinigine karin agrisi sikâyeti ile basvuran, yaslari 2 ile 16 yil arasinda olan 626 hasta retrospektif olarak incelendi. En sik karin agrisi nedeni olarak, %40,8 oraninda akut gastroenterit saptandi. Bunu, uriner sistem enfeksiyonu %15, kabizlik %9,3, ust solunum yolu enfeksiyonu % 3,6 ve parazitozlar %3,6 orani ile izledi. Acil cerrahi tedavi gerektiren akut karin agrisi nedenleri %6,2 oraninda bulundu. Karin agrisi yaninda 512 hastada (%81,8) ek semptom bulunmaktaydi. Karin agrisina en sik eslik eden semptomlar, ishal %38, istahsizlik %29, kusma % 24, bulanti %16, ates %16 olarak bulundu. Hastalarin, klinigimize basvuru sirasinda alinan anamnezlerinde, karin agrisinin %55 hastada 0-24 saat, %22 hastada 24-72 saat, %11 hastada 72 saat-1ay, %7 hastada 1-6 ay ve %5 hastada 6 aydan fazla surdugu saptandi. Karin agrisi sikâyeti, cok genis bir hastalik grubunun semptomu olarak ortaya cikabilir. Karin agrisi sikâyeti ile basvuran hastalarin ayrintili anamnezlerinin alinmasi ve dikkatli bir sekilde fizik muayenelerinin yapilmasi, hastalarin buyuk bir kisminda taniyi koymada ve tedaviyi belirlemede yeterli olmaktadir.","PeriodicalId":290827,"journal":{"name":"Gaziantep Medical Journal","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123261386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ali Bay, Murat Özcan, Elif Aktekin, A. Doğan, Fatih Yılmaz
{"title":"Griscelli sendromu, iki kardeş olgu sunumu","authors":"Ali Bay, Murat Özcan, Elif Aktekin, A. Doğan, Fatih Yılmaz","doi":"10.5455/GMJ-30-2013-138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/GMJ-30-2013-138","url":null,"abstract":"Griscelli sendromu, degisik duzeyde immun yetmezlik ve parsiyel albinizm ile karakterize nadir gozlenen otozomal resesif bir bozukluktur. Sac tellerinin mikroskopisinde, gumus grisi renk ve genis kumelesen melanozomlar teshis koydurucudur. Belirli enfeksiyonlara artmis egilim mevcut olup hayati tehdit eden lenfohistiositik sendrom gelisimine de meyil vardir. Bu hastaligin 3 tipi tanimlanmistir. Biz Griscelli sendromlu iki kardeste 2 ay ara ile gelisen hemofagositik sendromu rapor ettik.","PeriodicalId":290827,"journal":{"name":"Gaziantep Medical Journal","volume":"352 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115976186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hastane dışı kardiyopulmoner arrest gelişen hastalarda temel ve ileri yaşam destek uygulamaları: 27 aylık analiz","authors":"Behçet Al, Suat Zengin, Sinem Kabul, Remzi Guzel, Emine Sarcan, Cuma Yıldırım","doi":"10.5455/GMJ-30-2012-113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/GMJ-30-2012-113","url":null,"abstract":"Bu calismada acil servisimize 112 acil servis araciligi ile getirilen hastane disi kardiyopulmoner arrest hastalarda temel ve ileri yasam destek mudahalelerinin degerlendirilmesi amaclanmistir. 30 Ocak 2009 ve 15 Mart 2011 tarihleri arasinda Gaziantep Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi Acil Tip Anabilim Dalina 112 Acil Servis ekibi tarafindan kardiyopulmoner arrest olarak getirilen 61 hasta calismaya dâhil edildi. Hastalarin cinsiyeti, yasi, tanisi; doktor esliginde olup olmadigi, endotrakeal entubasyon ve kardiyopulmoner resusitasyon gibi temel ve ileri yasam desteginin yapilip yapilmadigi degerlendirildi ve sonuclar prospektif olarak kayit edildi. Hastalarin %60.7'si (n=37) erkek, %39.3'u (n=24) kadin idi ve ortalama yaslari 65.5 (yas araligi 18–90) idi. En fazla hasta grubu (n=23) koroner arter hasligi olanlar olusturuyordu. Hastalarin %34.4'u doktor esliginde, %65.6'si paramedik esliginde acil servise getirildi. Temel yasam destegi olarak sadece hastalarin damar yolu acilmis ve oksijen verilmisti. Kardiyopulmoner arrest olup endotrakeal entubasyon yapilmadan getirilen hastalarin orani %86.9 idi (n=53). Tamami paramedikler tarafindan olmak uzere sadece 8 (%13.1) hastaya endotrakeal entubasyon yapilmisti (p=0.028). Hicbir hastaya kardiyopulmoner resusitasyon ve defibrilasyon uygulanmamisti. Acil servise giriste hicbir hastada nabiz, tansiyon, kardiyak tepe atimi alinamamistir. Acil serviste tum hastalara kardiyopulmoner resusitasyon yapilmis; sadece birisinden olumlu cevap alinmis; o da yogun bakimda 20 gun takipten sonra kayip edilmistir. 112 Acil Servis hizmetlerinde calisan saglik ekipleri temel ve ileri yasam destegi saglamada yeterli deneyime ve bilgi birikimine sahip degillerdir. Paramedikler hastane disinda kardiyopulmoner arrest olmus hastaya endotrakeal entubasyon yapma konusunda doktorlara gore istatistiksel olarak daha basarili bulunmustur.","PeriodicalId":290827,"journal":{"name":"Gaziantep Medical Journal","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122049532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mehmet Canpolat, Hüseyin Per, Ali Yikilmaz, Hakan Gümüş, Alper Ozcan, H. Poyrazoğlu, Abdulhakim Çoşkun, Sefer Kumandaş
{"title":"Sturge-Weber sendromu; klinik ve radyolojik değerlendirme","authors":"Mehmet Canpolat, Hüseyin Per, Ali Yikilmaz, Hakan Gümüş, Alper Ozcan, H. Poyrazoğlu, Abdulhakim Çoşkun, Sefer Kumandaş","doi":"10.5455/GMJ-30-2012-120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/GMJ-30-2012-120","url":null,"abstract":"In this study,we aimed to evaluate the clinical and neuroimaging features in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). Eleven patients with SWS were included in this study. Chart analysis, clinical evaluation, neurological and ophthalmological examinations, electroencephalographic and neuroimaging studies were evaluated retrospectively. The study approved by the Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine Ethics committee (07.08.2012/486). The mean age was 61.82 ± 39.73 months (range from 16 to 132 months ). The most common symptoms were convulsion and facial angioma. Port-wine stains was observed in all cases. Epilepsy, hemiparesis, psychomotor retardation and glaucoma were the most common issues. Cortical calcifications on cranial tomography (CT) scan was present in 6 cases. On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of cranial, there were cerebral atropy in 9 cases, leptomeningeal angioma in 7 cases, diploic proimence in 5 cases, enlargement of the choroid plexus in 5 cases, choroid plexus cyst in 3 cases and venous anomalies in 3 cases. Port-wine stains, epilepsy, hemiparesis, psychomotor retardation, glaucoma, cortical calcifications on CT, cerebral atrophy and leptomeningeal angiomatosis on MRI were the most frequent features of patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome in this series.","PeriodicalId":290827,"journal":{"name":"Gaziantep Medical Journal","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132603346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}