
Mustafa Fatih ErkoçBozok University · Department of Radiology
Mustafa Fatih Erkoç
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Introduction
Mustafa Fatih Erkoç currently works at the Department of Radiology, Bozok University. Mustafa does research in Radiology. T
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April 2017 - April 2017
December 2003 - June 2009
April 2014 - present
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Radiologists manually interpret magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for the detection of intervertebral cervical disc degeneration, which are often obtained in a primary care or emergency hospital context. The ability of computer models to work with pathological findings and aid in the first interpretation of medical imaging tests is widely ackn...
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has a devastating impact on people’s daily lives and healthcare systems. The rapid spread of this virus should be stopped by early detection of infected patients through efficient screening. Artificial intelligence techniques are used for accurate disease detection in computed tomography (CT) images. This article...
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Hypomymia is one of the diagnostic features in Parkinson's disease, and freezing blocks may also occur with the degenerative process. We investigated that the thickness of the cranial facial nerve that innervates facial expressions, and the relationship between bradymimia and freezing phenomena in these patients.
Methods
We included 70 p...
Background and Design: This study aimed to compare neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), epicardial fat tissue (EFT), and arterial stiffness values of psoriatic patients with healthy subjects and to determine the relation of these parameters with the severity of psoriasis.
Materials and Methods: This study includ...
It is difficult to differentiate acute from chronic rhinosinusitis clinically, and to date they are assessed radiologically via air-fluid level or opacification, which can appear similar in both cases. Our purpose was to examine whether air density analysis combined with classical radiological approaches can be used as a new tool to differentiate b...
Aim: The risk of difficult airway is high in obstetric anesthesia, and weight gain above physiological limits further increases this risk. Ultrasonography (USG) has often been used recently in airway evaluation of all patient groups. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of weight gain beyond physiological limits on the measurement of...
Tuberosclerosis complex is a genetic disorder that can affect several organs (such as the brain, lungs kidneys, eyes, the heart, bones and the skin). Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a disease that is mostly seen among young adult women. It is characterized primarily by the non-neoplastic atypical proliferation of smooth muscle cells in the lu...
Akciğerin karsinoid tümörleri daha çok endobronşial veya intraparankimal yerleşim gösterirler. Tedavilerinde öncelikli olarak parankim koruyucu cerrahi prosedürleri tercih edilir. Postoperatif patoloji sonucunda lenf nodu metastazı ve tümörün proliferasyon durumuna göre de adjuvan tedavi yöntemleri uygulanabilir. Biz burada sağ majör fissürde yerle...
Amaç: Bu çalışmada amaç travmaya bağlı gelişen kot fraktürü ile hemopnömotoraks ilişkisinin saptanmasıdır. Gereç ve yöntemler: Hastanemiz acil servisine 2014-2017 yılları arasında göğüs travmasıyla gelen ve kot kırığı bulunan 280 hastanın toraks BT filmleri retrospektif olarak taranmıştır. Bulgular: 130 hastada deplase(%46,4) 150 hastada nondeplase...
Introduction:
In patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), minimizing the reperfusion time is the goal of therapy worldwide. However, the differential diagnosis is critical and when a patient is encountered with chest pain and ST elevation, STEMI should not be the only diagnosis considered. By detailed history and focused physical...
Objective:
To assess cardiovascular risk factors and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Materials and methods:
One hundred and twenty three patients who were evaluated for the presence of benign prostatic hyperplasia with accompanying symptoms were included in the study. Patients were also examined by c...
Objectives: Segmental hypoplasia of the great saphenous vein (GSV) is a common condition which may cause chronic venous insufficiency. Despite the high incidence thereof, few studies have investigated GSV hypoplasia. We evaluated the presentations of patients with GSV segmental hypoplasia. Design: Prospective study Setting: Bozok Universty, School...
Background
The aim of this study was to assess the atheromatous plaque, in the abdominopelvic arteries as a marker of cardiac risk in patients with or without gallstone disease (GD).
Materials and Methods
A total of 136 patients were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. Forty-eight patients had GD and the remaining 88 patients did not. The pres...
Background:
Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most commonly encountered baldness pattern in men. Epicardial fat tissue is found on the cardiac surface between the myocardium and visceral pericardium. Both AGA and epicardial fat thickness (EFT) are related to coronary artery disease, which is also reflected by an increase in carotid intima media t...
Partial or complete agenesis of the hemidiaphragm is a rare anomaly that is typically discovered during the neonatal period. Late presentation is very rare when elderly patients have been asymptomatic for a long time. Partial agenesis of the hemidiaphragm is extremely rare, with only a few reported cases. It is usually associated with herniation of...
Objective:
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common developmental anomaly and is well associated with paradoxical embolism and cryptogenic stroke. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of PFO location with severity of cryptogenic stroke.
Materials and methods:
Fifty patients with cryptogenic stroke and echocardiographically pro...
Thymic cysts are divided into two groups as unilocular and multilocular cysts. Cystic wall is generally lined with squamous, transitional, cuboidal, or columnar epithelium. Unilocular cysts that are lined with ciliated respiratory epithelium are extremely rare, and there are only two reports in the literature. In this paper, we present a case, whic...
Objective: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the changes occurring in maximum flow velocity and waveform patterns of the portal and hepatic veins during pregnancy in second and third trimesters.
Methods: A total of 204 patients were randomly divided into the study and control groups. The control group was classified as group I; the study gro...
Objective:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) which is strongly correlated with obesity; has been a common worldwide health problem with the improvements in social status. Body composition studies are accepted as a simple follow-up tool for treatment of obesity. Since the correlation of body mass index (BMI) with the hepatosteatosis (HS) is we...
Brucellosis is an endemic disease in Turkey, and epididymo-orchitis is a rare complication of brucellosis. A 21-year-old
married male presented to infectious diseases clinic with 4 weeks history of swelling, increased temperature on right
testicle and acute scrotal pain for 2 days. His physical examination pointed an epididymoorchitis within his ra...
Objective: Cochlear nerve size is a prognostic factor for successful cochlear implantation. Reports about the cochlear nerve size in normal-hearing patients and differences among societies in the cochlear nerve size are not satisfactory. The purpose of this study was to determine the average cochlear nerve size in normal-hearing adults and to inves...
The aim of the present study was to examine the total orbital volume (TOV) and total orbital fat volume (TOFV) in normal orbits in different age groups and to investigate the correlation of these measurements with age, gender and body parameters by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI data were acquired retrospectively from a total of 1,453 subjec...
The cases of appendicitis take an important place in the hospital emergency departments and it must be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with abdominal pain. Related to cecum, the appendix can be found in many different positions; however, it is mostly observed descending intraperitoneally (31–74%) and at the retroce...
Amac : Akut apandisit en sik karsilasilan akut karin tablosudur. Tanisi esas olarak oyku ve fizik muayene bulgulari ile konulmaktadir. Ancak bazi vakalarda fizik muayene bulgulari yetersiz kalmakta ve arada kalinan vakalarda operasyon karari almak zorlasmaktadir. Bu asamada bilgisayarli tomografi (BT), ultrasonografi (US) gibi radyolojik tetkikler...
Aim: Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is a common health problem which is well associated with hair loss in both male and female subjects by the effect of androgens under the presence of genetic predisposition. Recent studies showed that there is an increased risk for coronary ar-tery disease in AGA patients. The aortic stiffness index (ASI) and the car...
Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) often occurs in 40- to 50-year-old men. Multiple studies discuss the correct treatment strategy based on surgical or nonsurgical intervention, including early mobilization. We aimed to compare the outcomes of bearing weight on the same day with non-weight bearing over a 4-week period of ATR patients.
Forty-seven ATR pa...
Many etiological factors such as glad bladder motility disorders, chemical component of bile and chemical content of bile have been accepted on gallstone formation; but anatomic variations of bile duct has been never discussed before. The aim of this study was to assess whether the anatomical measurements of cystic canal length, common bile duct le...
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Pleomorfik adenom parotis bezinde en sık görülen bening tümördür. Ayrıca minör tükrük
bezlerinden de köken alabilir. Pleomorfik adenomlar boyunda herhangi bir lokalizasyonda
görülebilir ve nadiren parafaringeal boşluğa doğru stilomandibüler ligament ile ramus
mandibulanın posterioruna doğru uzanırlar ve bu durumda dumb-bell pleomorfik adenom
o...
Variations of hepatic vascular system has been more important with improvements in some clinical procedures such as hepatic transplantation or radiological chemo embolization of hepatic tumors. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is a useful noninvasive imaging tool for differentiating such variations.
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Normal bronchial arteries are small vessels that arise directly from the descending thoracic aorta and supply blood to the airways of the lung, esophagus, and lymph nodes. Bronchial arteries show substantial anatomic variations with respect to their origins, branching patterns, and courses. The most important complication of an abnormal bronchial a...
Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) both harbor multiple, T2-hyperintense white matter lesions on conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).We aimed to determine the microstructural changes via diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in normal appearing thalami. We hypothesized that the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)...
Objectives:
To examine the degenerative changes of adjacent cartilage and bony structure, after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery.
Methods:
27 subjects, who had anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery due to various reasons at least 12 months ago, were admitted to study. MRI data of patients were acquired retrospectively....
A 35-year-old male patient was admitted with the complaint of swallowing difficulties for 20 days. Physical examination revealed a painless cystic mass lesion 1 × 1 cm in size located on the right palatine tonsil (Fig. 1). There was no additional significant finding in his physical examinations or blood investigations. Computed tomography (CT) reve...
Objective:
To estimate the kidney volume of the healthy Turkish population using ultrasound and to evaluate the relationship between kidney volume and body indexes.
Materials and methods:
Kidney ultrasound evaluation was performed on 152 patients (mean age: 42 ± 13.7 years). Kidney length, width and thickness were measured using ultrasound. Mean...
Background
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Aortic elasticity and diastolic functions are helpful parameters in assessment of CAD. In this study we aimed to learn whether diastolic function and aortic elastic properties measured by echocardiography are associated with coronary calcium score (C...
Background. The diagnosis of intestinal malrotation is established by the age of 1 year in most cases, and the condition is seldom seen in adults. In this paper, a patient with small intestinal malrotation-type intraperitoneal hernia who underwent surgery at an older age because of intestinal obstruction is presented. Case. A 73-year-old patient wh...
Dear Sir/Madame,Pelvic digit is a rare developmental anomaly that is diagnosed incidentally. It is usually asymptomatic [1, 2]. It has similar appearance with phalanx or rib in radiological examinations and located in soft tissue adjacent to the bony pelvis. These bony elements with obvious cortex and medulla may be alone or more. A pelvic digit th...
Background: Regardless of the etiology of biliary diseases, intrahepatic or extrahepatic biliary dilatation is usually observed as a result. To investigate the possible reasons, primarily, we have to determine the dilatation. At this point, the most important question is what is the limit of a normal common bile duct (CBD) size and does it really d...
Hydatidosis is an endemic parasitic disease in Mediterranean countries, often caused by the dog tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. The disease predominantly affects the liver (60-70%) and lungs (30%), and the surgical management is considered as the gold standard for treatment. Besides anaphylactic reactions, the most frequent complication of the hy...
Ureterocele is a common pediatric urologic problem, but has been reported seldom in adults. Most duplex system ureteroceles existent as urinary tract infections at an early age, with adult presentation being uncommon. Urinary stasis in the dilated distal ureter often lends to urinary infection and stone formation; precluding the most common offerin...
A 62 year old nonsmoker man presented with increasing shortness of breath, wheeze, dry cough and multiple episodes of hemoptysis from past 5 years. His clinical examination and multiple chest X-rays taken over the years were normal. Spirometry revealed a mild obstructive airway disease but bronchoscopy was not performed as the patient did not give...
I read the article published by Kilic C et all. with a great interest [1]. I congratu¬late them for this review which is successfully written. Additionally, I want to focus an important point based on structural differences of hymen; which I decided to mention through this article with an example of our clinical experiences.
A 17 years old female p...
The subarachnoid space (SAS) and ventricular width (VW) in normalinfants and children were studied with ultrasonography to provide the objectivemeasurement and define a normal range for these measurements. The additional aim was to determine the stable ratio as a SAS/VW.
A total of 100 healthy subjects, including 48 males and52 females, were studie...
Hearing loss (HL) is common in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF), but its cause is controversial. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of CRF on the bone density of the otic capsule using densitometric measurements with MDCT and to evaluate the relationship between changes in the otic capsule density and HL in patients with CRF...
Background:
A narrow internal auditory canal (IAC) is significantly associated with congenital sensorineural hearing loss. It would therefore seem likely that any patient with an IAC measured radiographically to be under the normal range represents an abnormality and probable IAC stenosis. If narrow IAC is diagnosed with routine magnetic resonance...
Mass-like lesions and anatomical variations sometimes create challenges for diagnosis in both clinical and radiology practice. We present a "pseudomass" originating from the right abdominal wall in a 75-year-old patient with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast. Age-related structural changes in the abdominal wall, as well as anatomical variatio...
Objective: To investigate the level of pediatric surgeons information about patients' radiation exposure doses during radiological examinations such as radiography, computed tomography (CT). Material and Methods: A questionnaire of demographic data (academic title, experience, and foundation) and a questionnaire of knowledge of radiation exposure d...