Betul Akdal

Unilateral Hypoplasia of the Internal Carotid Artery

Lale Pasaoglu, Ugur Toprak, Betul Akdal, Gokhan Yagiz, Dilek Acar & Fatih Gurel · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2015

Hypoplasia of the internal carotid artery (ICA) is a rare congenital anomaly. Most of the patients are asymptomatic. When clinically symptomatic it presents as cerebral ischemia or hemorrhage. Carotid artery hypoplasia should not be confused with other conditions which may have a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/16686

Multidedector CT Assessment of Sinus Venosus Type Atrial Septal Defect Combined with Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return

Lale Pasaoglu, Ugur Toprak, Betul Akdal, Gokhan Yagiz, Mutlu Gulbay & Ozgul Ucar · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2015

We present two cases of sinus venosus type atrial septal defect associated with right anomalous pulmonary venous return to the superior vena cava with echocardiography and computed tomography angiography. Sinus venosus type atrial septal defect is a rare anomaly and can be diagno...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/16820

Abdominal Aortic Hypoplasia, a Rare Cause of Hypertension

Lale Pasaoglu, Ugur Toprak, Betul Akdal, Dilek Acar & Suha Koparal · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Hypoplasia of the abdominal aorta is an exceedingly rare vascular abnormality. Congenital, acquired, infectious and inflammatory etiologies have been described. Hypertension is the most common presenting symptom. Besides hypertension, lower extremity claudication and mesenteric i...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17402