Sami Akbulut

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a clinical condition characterized by the presence of endometrial glands outside the uterine cavity. While its incidence remains mostly uncertain, endometriosis impacts around 180 million women worldwide. Despit…

BackgroundAcute appendicitis (AAp) is the most frequent cause of acute abdominal pain, and appendectomy is the most frequent emergency procedure that is performed worldwide. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused delays…

ObjectiveTo assess the clinicopathological features of liver transplant recipients underwent incidental appendectomies.MethodsBetween September 2002 and July 2019, 2500 patients underwent liver transplantation at our Liver Transplant Instit…

Background/aimsTo determine the histopathological features of incidental appendectomy specimens obtained from living liver donors (LLDs) Materials and Methods: Between September 2005 and November 2018, 1910 LLDs underwent living donor hepat…

Background/aimsTo analysis the appendiceal mucinous lesions according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2019 classification of tumors of the digestive system (non-neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix vermiformis)Materials and methodsC…

BackgroundIncidental appendectomy can be defined as the removal of a clinically normal appendix during another surgical procedure unrelated to appendicitis or other appendicular diseases.AimTo compare the demographic, biochemical, and histo…

AimTo review the literature on idiopathic sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis (SEP), also known as abdominal cocoon syndrome.MethodsThe PubMed, MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and Google databases were searched using specific key words to identif…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to discuss the macroscopic and microscopic properties of gallbladder specimens obtained from living liver donors. METHODS: The study retrospectively analyzed the clinical and histopathological data of …

The objective of this study was to analyze the clinical benefit of histopathologic analysis of appendectomy specimens from patients with an initial diagnosis of acute appendicitis. We retrospectively analyzed the demographic and histopathol…

AimTo investigate the prevalence and implications of unusual histopathological findings in appendectomy specimens from patients with suspected acute appendicitis.MethodsThe demographic and histopathological data of 1621 patients (≥ 16 years…

INTRODUCTION: While endometriosis is a common disorder in women of reproductive age, appendiceal endometriosis accounts for less than 1% of all pelvic endometriotic lesions. Appendiceal involvement may present as acute appendicitis and defi…

AimTo give an overview of the literature on intussusception due to inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP).MethodsWe present a new case of ileal intussusception due to IFP and a literature review of studies published in English language on intussu…

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue outside the lining of the uterine cavity. It occurs most commonly in pelvic sites such as ovaries, cul-de-sac, and fallopian tubes but also can be found associated with …

AimTo document unusual findings in appendectomy specimens.MethodsThe clinicopathological data of 5262 patients who underwent appendectomies for presumed acute appendicitis from January 2006 to October 2010 were reviewed retrospectively. App…

AimTo give an overview of the literature on left-sided acute appendicitis (LSAA) associated with situs inversus totalis (SIT) and midgut malrotation (MM).MethodsWe present a new case of LSAA with SIT and a literature review of studies publi…

PURPOSE: Endometriosis in surgical scars develops in 0.1% of those women who undergo Caesarean section or other obstetric surgery. Herein we analyse and discuss the clinico-pathological characteristics of 15 patients with scar endometriosis…

While endometriosis is a common disorder in women of reproductive age, appendiceal endometriosis accounts for less than 1% of all pelvic endometriotic lesions. Involvement at this site may present as acute appendicitis and be diagnosed only…