Tıp Fakültesi / Faculty of Medicine
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Item Is Availability of Anti-EGFR Therapy for The Colorectal Adenocarcinomas Showing Fascin Expression Limited?(2014) Kocer, Nazim Emrah; Kayaselcuk, Fazilet; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5943-9283; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1180-3840; 23588415; AAM-5436-2021; AAE-2550-2021Colorectal adenocarcinoma (CRC) is a major cause of death. Fascin expression in CRCs was proved to be related with higher metastatic rates and poor prognosis, while metastatic patients with only wild type K-RAS gene are the candidates of recent molecularly targeted anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) therapies. This study is designed to investigate the correlation between the fascin expression status and the K-RAS mutational status of CRCs in order to assess the availability rate of anti-EGFR therapies for patients with fascin-expressing CRCs. Immunohistochemical expression of fascin and mutational status of K-RAS were investigated in the archival materials of randomly selected 50 metastatic colorectal carcinoma patients. Strength of fascin expression and tumor percentage stained with fascin were scored semi quantitatively. c.34 > C (p.G12R), c.35 g > C (p.G12C), c.34G > A (p.G12S), c.35G > A (p.G12D), c.35G > T (p.G12V), c.35G > C (p.G12A), and c.38G > A (p.G13.D) mutations in K-RAS gene were studied by using RT-PCR. In immunohistochemical evaluation, 32 of the 50 cases stained positive with fascin, while 21 were positive for K-RAS mutations in codon 12 (10 patients) or in codon 13 (3 patients). The correlation between the positivity of fascin and the presence of K-RAS mutations, the strength of fascin staining and the presence of K-RAS mutations, and the tumor cell percentage stained with fascin and the presence of K-RAS mutations were found statistically significant. The results of this study suggest that patients with fascin-expressing CRCs have a greater tendency to carry an activating K-RAS mutation which will prevent them from taking targeted anti-EGFR therapies. Larger series are needed to confirm these results.Item Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive T-Cell Lymphoma Characterized by Intestinal Involvement With Multiple Perforation in an Adult Renal Allograft Recipient: Two Case Reports(2022) Bayik, Pelin; Ozdemir, B. Handan; Ozgun, Gonca; Kayaselcuk, Fazilet; Yildirim, Sedat; Haberal, Mehmet; 0000-0002-3462-7632; AAJ-8097-2021Item Brain Metastasis of Penile Angiosarcoma(2018) Kardes, Ozgur; Aydemir, Fatih; Suner, Halil Ibrahim; Durdag, Emre; Civi, Soner; Tufan, Kadir; Kayaselcuk, Fazilet; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2854-941X; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5957-8611; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6939-5491; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1055-5152; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1509-4575; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1180-3840; 29150829; P-5895-2018; AAJ-5381-2021; AAK-1734-2021; U-2400-2018; AAK-1686-2021; AAE-2550-2021Angiosarcoma is a rare malignancy originating from vascular endothelial cells. Brain metastasis of aniosarcomas are uncommon up to the literature. Penile angiosarcomas are also seldom among all anjiosarcomas. A case with penile angiosarcoma with confirmed brain metastasis is aimed to be reported and contribute to the literature for similar cases.Item Pathology, Classification, Clinical Manifestations and Prognosis of Langerhan's Cell Histiocytosis: A Single Center Experience(2022) Hasbay, Bermal; Kocer, Nazim Emrah; Kayaselcuk, Fazilet; Canpolat, Emine Tuba; Buyukkurt, Nurhilal; Erbay, AyseObjective: The aim of the study is to raise awareness about clinical features, histopathological and radiological analyzes and treatment details of this rare disease. Methods: A total of 55 Langerhans cell histiocytosis patients, diagnosed between the year 2006 and October 2020 in our department were included in the study. The patients were evaluated in terms of age, gender, tumor localization, risk groups, treatment modalities, recurrence, and outcome of the disease. Results: Twenty-three out of 55 patients were children and 32 were adults. The ages of the patients were between 7 months and 72 years. Thirty-seven of the cases were male and 18 were female. The most common clinical complaint in both groups was pain and swelling. The duration between the onset of the patient complaints and admission to the hospital varies between 7 days-12 months in children, and 10 days-23 years in adults. Forty-three of the cases had single organ involvement and 12 had multiorgan involvement. The most frequently affected organ in both groups was bone. Forty of the 55 patients had follow-up data and the treatment modalities are as follows: Nine patients radiotherapy, 8 patients chemotherapy+steroid, 7 patients chemotherapy, 2 patients chemotherapy+radiotherapy+steroid, 1 patient steroid, 2 patients chemotherapy+radiotherapy. Eleven patients were followed up without additional treatment after surgery. Median follow-up from the time of biopsy was 45.9 months in children and 41.9 months in adults. Conclusions: As a result, diagnosis requires a high degree of suspicion and final diagnosis is based on the histological examination of the lesions and biopsies.Item Malignant Congenital Orbital Teratoma: Glioblastoma Multiforme With Primitive Neuronal Pattern And Choroid Plexus Papilloma: A Rare Diagnosis At An Unusual Age(2022) Hasbay, Bermal; Kayaselcuk, Fazilet; Kardes, Ozgur; 35435383Childhood orbital teratomas are usually congenital lesions that are most often present at birth with progressive, massive unilateral proptosis. During the routine controls of 27-year-old woman between 26-27th weeks of pregnancy her fetal ultrasonography (USG) revealed a mass in the eye of the fetus, and termination was recommended. The family refused the termination option and in the 37th week of pregnancy, vaginal delivery is performed in an external medical center. The mass in the baby's eye was surgically removed. Microscopic examination revealed disorganized ocular tissues, adipose tissue, microcalcification, nerve plexuses as well as areas of neuronal nodules including hypercellular areas, palisatic necrosis, and microvascular proliferation. The immunprofile- patchy GFAP staining in the areas of cellular epithelioid and spindled cells that also show an focal and sparse expression p53 staining and a high proliferation rate in Ki67 staining-confirmed the hematoxylin-eosin (HE) impression of a teratoma with a component of glioblastoma (GBM). In this unique presentation of a malignant orbital teratoma with a GBM, we have identified three tumor components: (1) GBM component, (2) nodules of neuroglial tissue with mature neurons and BRAF mutation, and (3) papillary proliferation possibly representing a choroid plexus papilloma.Item Medulloblastoma: Clinicopathological Correlates of SHH, WNT, and Non-WNT/SHH Molecular Subgroups Analysis and Prognostic Significance: Mono-Institutional Series(2022) Hasbay, Bermal; Kayaselcuk, Fazilet; Suner, Halil Ibrahim; Sarialioglu, Faik; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5957-8611; 000832603900001; AAJ-5381-2021AIM: To reevaluate the medulloblastoma cases according to histomorphological and molecular features, and to investigate the relationship between the prognostic factors of the new WHO classification by applying Beta-catenin, YAP1, GAP1, p53, and INI1 antibodies immunohistochemically. MATERIAL and METHODS: This study includes 41 patients who have been diagnosed with medulloblastoma between 2007-2019 in pathology department. Immunohistochemically, p53, beta-catenin, YAP1, GAP1, and INI1 immune markers were applied, and the relationship between the results and the prognostic parameters was evaluated statistically. RESULTS: When 41 patients were classified into WHO medulloblastoma histological subtype groups according to histomorphological features, 22 (53.7%) patients were classified as classical type, 11 (26.8%) patients as desmoplastic nodular type, and 8 (19.5%) patients as large cell/anaplastic type medulloblastoma. According to their molecular characteristics, 14 (34.1%) patients were in the Non-WNT/SHH group, 5 (12.2%) patients were SHH mutant, 17 (41.5%) patients were SHH wild, and 5 (12.2%) patients were in the WNT active group. There was no statistically significant correlation between age, gender, tumor size, recurrence, Ki67 proliferation index with molecular types and histopathological types. CONCLUSION: In our study, metastasis at the time of diagnosis, histological large cell anaplastic type, immunohistochemical p53 positivity, molecular SHH mutant type were the statistically significant indicators of worse prognosis and shorter survival time.Item T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Showing Aberrant Synaptophysin Expression in a Child(2020) Kocer, Nazim Emrah; Hasbay, Bermal; Kayaselcuk, Fazilet; 0000-0002-1180-3840; 0000-0002-5943-9283; 31852036; AAE-2550-2021; AAM-5436-2021Item The relationship between fibrosis and nodule structure and esophageal varices(2019) Cosar, Arif Mansur; Yakar, Tolga; Serin, Ender; Ozer, Birol; Kayaselcuk, Fazilet; 31290750Background/Aims: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the histopathological findings of cirrhosis together with clinical and laboratory parameters, and to investigate their relationship with esophageal varices that are portal hypertension findings. Materials and Methods: A total of 67 (42 male and 25 female) patients who were diagnosed with cirrhosis were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 51.6 +/- 19.0 (1-81) years. The biopsy specimens of the patients were graded in terms of fibrosis, nodularity, loss of portal area, central venous loss, inflammation, and steatosis. The spleen sizes were graded ultrasonographically, and the esophageal varices were graded endoscopically. Results: In the multivariate regression analysis, there was a correlation between the advanced disease stage (Child-Pugh score odds ratio (OR): 1.47, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.018-2.121, p=0.040), presence of micronodularity (OR: 0.318, 95% CI: 0.120-0.842, p=0.021), grade of central venous loss (OR: 5.231, 95% CI: 1.132-24.176, p=0.034), and presence of esophageal varicose veins. Conclusion: Although thrombocytopenia and splenomegaly may predict the presence of large esophageal varices, cirrhosis histopathology is the main factor in the presence of varices.Item Unusual Findings in Appendectomy Specimens of Adults: Retrospective Analyses of 1466 Patients and a Review of Literature(2014) Yabanoglu, Hakan; Caliskan, Kenan; Aytac, Huseyin Ozgur; Turk, Emin; Karagulle, Erdal; Kayaselcuk, Fazilet; Tarim, Mehmet AkinBackground: Diseases and tumors of the appendix vermiformis are very rare, except acute appendicitis. Objectives: This retrospective study was conducted to document the unusual findings in appendectomy specimens. Patients and Methods: Data of 1466 adult patients were gathered retrospectively. Appendectomy was performed in 1169 and in 297 patients following a diagnosis of acute appendicitis and during other abdominal operations, respectively. The data of 57 (3.88 %) patients who were pathologically reported to have unusual appendix findings were retrospectively collected. The records were analyzed according to patients' age, gender, clinical presentations, operative reports, pathological reports and follow up. Results: Unusual pathologic examination findings were detected in the appendectomy specimens of 57 patients with a mean age of 48.34 +/- 19. Twenty-nine patients (50.8%) were male and 28 (49.2%) were female. Normal appendix tissues were observed in specimens of 26 (45.6%) patients and inflamed appendix in 31 (54.3%). The most common unusual finding was parasitic diseases of the intestine. Pathological diagnosis of malignancy and benign features were reported in specimens of 14 and 43 patients, respectively. Macroscopic evaluation of appendectomy specimens during surgery might result in negligence of the presence of unusual pathology. Conclusions: Even if the macroscopic appearance of the specimen is normal or acute appendicitis, we suggest routine histopathological examination.Item Lack of Prognostic Significance of C-erbB-2 Expression in Low- and High- grade Astrocytomas(2014) Muallaoglu, Sadik; Besen, Ali Ayberk; Ata, Alper; Mertsoylu, Huseyin; Arican, Ali; Kayaselcuk, Fazilet; Ozyilkan, OzgurBackground: Astrocytic tumors, the most common primary glial tumors of the central nervous system, are classified from low to high grade according to the degree of anaplasia and presence of necrosis. Despite advances in therapeutic management of high grade astrocytic tumors, prognosis remains poor. In the present study, the frequency and prognostic significance of c-erb-B2 in astrocytic tumors was investigated. Materials and Methods: Records of 72 patients with low-and high-grade astrocytic tumors were evaluated. The expression of C-erbB-2 was determined immunohistochemically and intensity was recorded as 0 to 3+. Tumors with weak staining (1+) or no staining (0) were considered Her-2 negative, while tumors with moderate (2+) and strong (3+) staining were considered Her-2 positive. Results: Of the 72 patients, 41 (56.9%) had glioblastoma (GBM), 10 (13.9%) had diffuse astrocytoma, 15 (20.8%) had anaplastic astrocytoma, 6 (8.3%) had pilocytic astrocytoma. C-erbB-2 overexpression was detected in the tumor specimens of 17 patients (23.6%). Six (8.3%) tumors, all GBMs, exhibited strong staining, 2 (2.7%) specimens, both GBMs, exhibited moderate staining, and 9 specimens, 5 of them GBMs (12.5%), exhibited weak staining. No staining was observed in diffuse astrocytoma and pilocytic astrocytoma specimens. Median overall survival of patients with C-erbB-2 negative and C-erbB-2 positive tumors were 30 months (95% CI: 22.5-37.4 months) and 16.9 months (95% CI: 4.3-29.5 months), respectively (p=0.244). Conclusions: Although there was no difference in survival, C-erbB-2 overexpression was observed only in the GBM subtype.