TALASEMİ HASTALARINDA ABDOMİNAL ULTRASONOGRAFİ BULGULARI
AMAÇ:Bu çalışmanın amacı, Denizli Devlet Hastanesi Talasemi Merkezinde izlenen talasemi major vetalasemi intermedia hastalarının rutin abdominal ultrasonografik incelemeleri seyrinde görülenhepatosplenomegali dışındaki abdominal solid organlar ile ilgili bulgularını değerlendirmektir.GEREÇ ve YÖNTEMLER:Bu çalışmaya, 73'ü talasemi major, 5'i talasemi intermedia olmak üzere, yaşları 2ile 30 yıl arasında, 40 kız, 38 erkek hasta alınmıştır.BULGULAR:Safra kesesinde taş ve çamur (%8.9) en sık görülen bulgu idi. Aksesuar dalak 6 hastada (%7.7),karaciğerde ekojenite artışı 2 hastada (%2.6), karaciğerde hemanjiom 1 hastada(%1.3), portal ven trombozu 1hastada(%1.3) saptandı. Bir talasemi major hastasında, bilateral renal kist ve sağ renal taş ve beraberinde safrakesesinde taş görüldü.SONUÇ:Talasemi hastalarında abdominal ultrasonografik inceleme, komplikasyonların önlenmesi ve etkiliklinik izlem için düzenli aralıklar ile yapılmalıdır
Abdominal Ultrasonographic Findings in Patients with Thalassemia
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the type and prevalance of abdominal ultrasonographic abnormalities except hepatosplenomegaly in patients with thalassemia major and thalassemia intermedia. MATERIAL and METHODS: Seventy-eight patients; 73 thalassemia major, 5 thalassemia intermedia followed in Denizli State Hospital Thalassemia Center were included in the study. The patients' ages ranged from 2 to 30 years, with 40 females, 38 males. RESULTS: The most frequent ultrasonografic findings were cholelithiasis (8.9%), accesory spleen (7.7%), hepatic grade I-II echogenity (2,6%), hepatic hemangioma (1.3%) and portal vein thrombosis (1.3%). One case was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease with coexisting nephrolitiasis and cholelithiasis. CONCLUSION: Abdominal ultrasonographic imaging of patients with thalassemia patients should be done regularly to prevent complications and for effective clinical observation.
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