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To establish whether the Ischemia-Modified Albumin [IMA], a new parameter of oxidative stress, has diagnostic role in experimental acute pancreatitis. Randomized controlled trial. Experimental Animal Center, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey, from May to September 2013. Sixteen Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into two groups [n=8 each]: Sham and AP groups. AP was induced by ligation of pancreatic duct. Serum IMA, amylase, lipase, AST, ALT and CRP were determined. The severity of pancreatitis was scored by a blinded pathologist under microscope. Serum IMA levels in the AP group increased significantly compared with the control group [p < 0.05]. There was also a strong positive correlation between amylase and IMA levels. The present study showed in a rodent model that serum IMA might serve as an additional marker to monitor inflammation during pancreatitis
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Most bladder tumors are derived from the urothelium. Benign mesenchymal tumors are rare. Leiomyomas account for less than 0.43% of all bladder tumors. Genitourinary leiomyomata may arise in any anatomic structure containing smooth muscle. They have been reported to involve single or multiple organs. Since they may also mimic malignant lesions, they should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of any pelvic mass, with a possibility of being asymptomatic and discovered incidentally by radiographic imaging. We, herein, report a case illustrating clinical and pathological features in particular immunohistochemistry, and discuss its etiology and differential diagnosis