Browsing by Author "Gueven, Ahmet Sami"
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Article Congenital Hypothyroidism With Isolated Fibula Agenesis(Nobel Ilac, 2010) Dogan, Murat; Yilmaz, Cahide; Caksen, Hueseyin; Cesur, Yasar; Akpinar, Fuat; Gueven, Ahmet SamiAlthough congenital hypothyroidism is seen often as an isolated case, it can also be seen as a part of some syndromes like Schinzel-Giedion, Aicardi-Goutieres-like, cleidocranial dysplasia and deletion of 18q. It is also well known that congenital hypothyroidism may be associated with other congenital malformations, especially with cardiac heart diseases, skeletal abnormalities, Central nervous system and eye malformations. In this article, 11-years-old-girl with fibula agenesis associated with congenital hypothyroidism because of thyroid gland hypoplasia is presented. In our knowledge, both congenital hypothyroidism and isolated fibula agenesis have not been published before in the literature.Article Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome(Nobel Ilac, 2010) Okur, Mesut; Yilmaz, Cahide; Kaya, Avni; Gueven, Ahmet Sami; Dogan, Murat; Caksen, HueseyinReversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) is a clinico-radiological syndrome which includes symptoms such as headache, confusion, seizures, and visual disturbances and radiological findings of edema involving the white matter in the posterior regions of the cerebral hemispheres, and in particular bilaterally in the parietooccipital regions. RPLS was firstly described as a possible result of hypertension, eclampsia or immunsupresiye treatment. Recently reported with some other diseases that include iatrogenic and neurotoxicologycal etiologies. Usually, clinical and radiological abnormalities resolve when precipitating factors are treated with appropriate therapy. Although RPLS is reversible with early the treatment, permanent cerebral injury may occur if the treatment is delayed. In this article, we present 14 years-old-female patient who was brought with headache, fatigue, decrement at urine output complaints and at her physical examination revealed lethargy, ascite, pretibial edema and hypertension (145/ 90mmHg) and later diagnosed with chronic renal failure