Arzu Ruacan, MD, Professor of Pathology
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Arzu Ruacan, MD, Professor of Pathology
Arzu Ruacan, M.D., Professor of Pathology Koç University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Rumelifeneri Yolu, 34450 Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: +90 212 338 1171 GSM : +90 532 371 9340 E-mail : aruacan@ku.edu.tr EDUCATION 1978-1984 : Ankara University School of Medicine M.D. Medicine 1986-1990 : Hacettepe University Dept. Of Pathology Resident Pathology ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1990 Pathologist : Hacettepe University Dept. Of Pathology Attending 1992 : Hacettepe University Dept. Of Pathology Assistant Professor 1994 Professor : Hacettepe University Dept. Of Pathology Associate 1996- 1997 : Sheffield Kidney Institute Visiting Fellow 2002 : Hacettepe University Dept. Of Pathology Professor 2004-2009 : Hacettepe University Dept. Of Pathology Chair MEMBERSHIP Ankara Pathology Society European Association for Haematopathology Sheffield Kidney Institute Club Turkish Federation of Pathology Societies Haematopathology Working Group Turkish Federation of Pathology Societies Head and Neck Working Group AREAS OF INTEREST: Head and neck pathology, haematopathology, hodgkin diseases, lymphomas, viral oncogenesis, pathology of neoplasia, molecular pathology. 2 TEACHING and MENTORING 1990-2009: 2000 total hours of teaching This includes general pathology lectures, pathology of infectious diseases, nephropathology, cardiac and lung pathology, head and neck pathology. Supervised minimum of 15 PhD dissertations theses in 13 years ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES Member of Hacettepe University The Scientific Research and Development Office, Medicine and Health subcommittees 2001-2010 Editorial Board Member of the Hacettepe Medical Journal 2003-2010 Advisory Board Member of Hacettepe University School of Medicine 2004-2009 Board Member of Ankara Pathology Society 2001-2005 Chair of the Turkish Federation of Pathology Societies 2008-2010 Board Member of the Turkish Federation of Pathology Societies 2010-2012 Chair of the Turkish Federation of Pathology Societies Head and Neck Working Group 2012- CONGRESS ORGANIZATIONS 16. National Pathology Congress, 29-31 May 2003 Konya-Turkey (Secretary) XXIII. World Congress of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 26-30 May 2005 İstanbul Turkey (Secretary) 19. National Pathology Congress 7-11 Oct. 2009 The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Co-Chair) 20. National Pathology Congress 29 Sep-3 Oct 2010 Eskişehir Turkey (Co-chair) The Fourth Arkadi M. Rywlin International Pathology Slide Seminar Symposium in Anatomic Pathology 5-6 June 2010 İstanbul Turkey (Co-Chair) Turkish Regional HPV Meeting 25-28 Nov 2010 Çeşme İzmir Turkey (Co-Chair) 2 3 17th International Congress on Oral Pathology and Medicine 26-30 May 2014 İstanbul Turkey (Member of organizing committee) RESEARCH GRANTS 1. Detection of human papillomavirus by immunohistochemistry and in-situ hybridisation in cervical neoplasia of Turkish women. TAG-1009 2. The prognostic significance of the biological characteristics of the breast cancer TAG-1215 3. Polimorphic marker analysis in mutant allels in Retinoblastoma cases TAG-1225 4. Evaluate the presence of Epstein-Barr virus in Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma by immunoperoxidase and in situ hybridization methods in Turkish population SBAG-1441 5. The relationship between oncogene- apoptosis-proliferation in mycosis fungoides and the effectiveness of of PUVA Roche Research Grant 6. Bcl-2, Bax and mcl-1 expression analysis pre-treatment bone marrow samples of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Eczacıbaşı Researh Grant. 7. The importance of vascular endothelial growth factor in acute and convalescent vasculitides SBAG –1873 8. Epstein-Barr virus and p53 protein in Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients. Hacettepe University The Scientific Research Grant 9. Histomorphological and immunohistochemical evaluation of postradiotherapy prostate needle biopsies. Hacettepe University The Scientific Research Grant HONORS AND AWARDS: Best Poster Award Farshi FS, Özer AY, Hastürk H, Sungur A, Hıncal AA. “ In vivo studies on dexamethasone sodium phosphate liposomes on the treatment of human aphthous stomatitis ” The fourth Liposome Research Days Conference Freiburg Germany 30 August-2 September 1995 Sedat Simavi Health Sciences Award 2000 İskit A, Sungur A, Gedikoğlu G, Güç MO. “The Effects of Bosentan, Aminoguanidine and L-canavanine on mesenteric blood flow, spleen and liver in endotoxaemic mice” (European Journal of Pharmacology 1999;379: 73-80.) Hacettepe University Research Award 2001 Novartis Pharmaceutica Technology Award (Second Price) 2003-2004 Pelin Aksungur, Arzu Sungur, Serhat Ünal, Alper İskit, A. Christopher Squier, Sevda Şenel. 3 4 “Chitosan delivery systems fort he treatment of oral mucositis:in vitro and in vivo studies” BOOK AND BOOK CHAPTERS 1.Şevket Ruacan, Arzu Sungur, translations editors. TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours. (in Turkish) 6.ed, Turkish association for cancer research and control publications, Ankara, 2002. 2.Arzu Sungur. Pathology of the cancers of the salivary gland (in Turkish) Kayıhan Engin, Levent Erişen, eds. Cancer of the head and neck, Nobel Publications, 2003;416423. 3.Ayşegül Üner, Arzu Sungur, Şevket Ruacan. Haematopoietic ve lymphoid system. Gamze Mocan Kuzey, ed. Basic Pathology, Güneş Publications, 2007;343-354. 4.Şevket Ruacan, Arzu Sungur, translations editors. TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours. (in Turkish) 7.ed, Turkish association for cancer research and control publications, Ankara, 2012. PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS: 1. Doğan A, Sungur A, Isaacson PG . Primary B-cell gastrointestinal lymphoma in Turkey . A review of 12 cases. Journal of Pathology 1989;158(4):341A. 2. Saygı S, Tan E, Kansu T, Önol B, Sungur A, Erbengi A, Zileli T. Bilateral internuclear ophtalmoplegia as an initial sign of metastatic breast carcinoma Neuroophtalmology 1990; 10(4): 181-185. 3. Sungur C, Sungur A, Akpolat T, Yasavul Ü, Turgan Ç, Çağlar Ş. Unresponsiveness to human recombinant erythropoietin in an epileptic dialysis patient secondary to valproic acid toxicity. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 1992; 26:1156. 4. Çelebi İ, Özen H, Tekgül S, Ruacan Ş, Sungur A , Koçal C, Remzi D. Occurence of epidermal growth factor receptors and their prognostic value in bladder cancer. Urology Edited by Monduzzi, S.p.A. Bologna, Italy 1992, pp. 395-398. 5. Sungur C, Sungur A, Arık N, Akpolat T, Arınsoy T, Yasavul Ü, Turgan Ç, Çağlar Ş. Bone marrow involvement in systemic amyloidosis. Another mechanism for erythropoietin resistance. Nephron 1993; 63:232-233. 6. Sungur A, Ruacan Ş, Güngen Y, Dalkara T. Myasthenia gravis and primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thymus. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1993; 117: 937-938. 7. Sungur A, Özbay G, Doğan A, Özyılmaz F, Ataman M. An endodermal sinus tumor of the head and neck region. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryng 1993; 26: 177-180. 4 5 8. Sungur C, Sungur A, Ruacan Ş, Arık N, Yasavul Ü, Turgan Ç, Çağlar Ş. Diagnostic value of bone marrow biopsy in patients with renal disease secondary to Familial Mediterranean Fever. Kidney International 1993; 44:834-836. 9.Sungur C, Sungur A, Ergen A, Yasavul Ü, Turgan Ç, Çağlar Ş. Urinary tract infection requiring nehrectomy in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease despite ciprofloxacin therapy. Nephron 1993;65:638-639. 10. Anlar B, Sungur A, Ruacan Ş, İmir T. An indirect immunofluorescence test for the detection of acetylcholine receptor antibodies. Muscle and Nerve 1993; 16:1266-1267. 11. Sungur C, Sungur A, Gedikoğlu G. Usubütün A. Yasavul Ü. Turgan Ç. Çağlar Ş. Fatal brucella melitensis endocarditis in a hemodialysis patient. Nephron 1994;67:234-235. 12.Palaoğlu S, Bavbek M, Peker S, Önol B, Sungur A, Erbengi A. Ossified somatotropinoma. Surg Neurol 1994;41:143-146. 13.Palaoğlu S, Sungur A, Atasever A, Ruacan Ş Akalın S, Özgen T, Erbengi A. Morphological assessment in pinealectomy and fetal pineal gland transplantation in rat . Acta Neurochirurgica -Wien 1994;128(1-4):1-7. 14.Demiroğlu H, Özcebe O İ, Özdemir O, Sungur A, Dündar S. Pancytopenia with hypocellular bone marrow due to miliary tuberculosis . An unusual presentation. Acta Haematologica 1994;91(1):49-51. 15. Uygur C, Özen H, Sungur A, Şahin A, Remzi D. A solitary and synchronous metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to the bladder. Int Nephrology and Urology 1994;26:529533. 16. Sungur C, Sivri A, Sungur A, Akpolat T, Yasavul Ü, Turgan Ç. Early detection of carpal tunnel syndrome by electroneurophysiologic studies in chronic hemodialysis patients. Nephron 1994;67:114. 17. Sennaroğlu L, Önerci M, Turan E, Sungur A. Infratemporal hydatid cyst - unusual location of echinoccosis: a case report. The Journal of Laryngology and Otol . 1994;108(7):601-603. 18. Sarıoğlu T, Yılmaz T, Sungur A, Gürsel B. The effect of lymphocytic infiltration on clinical survıval in cancer of the tongue. Europ Arch Oto-rhino-laryngol 1994;251: 366-369. 19. Şahin S, Özkaya Ö, Sungur A, Yüksel N, Ekşioğlu M. Juvenile bullous pemphigoid responding to dapsone. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 1994;4:173-175. 20. Giray B, Sungur A, Atasever A, Araz K. Comparison of silk sutures and n-butyl-2cyanoacrylate on the healing of skin wounds: A pilot study. Australian Dental Journal 1995;40(1):43-45. 5 6 21. Sungur C, Bozdoğan Ö, Sungur A, Oymak O, Yasavul Ü, Ruacan Ş, Turgan Ç, Çağlar Ş. Lymphadenopathic aggressive Kaposi’s sarcoma in a renal transplant recipient with HLADR2 and HLA-DR5 antigens Nephron 1995;69:122-123. 22. Çolakoğlu M, Sungur C, Sungur A, Akpolat T, Kansu E, Yasavul Ü, Turgan Ç, Çağlar Ş. Pattern of proteinuria in patients with renal amyloidosis secondary to familial Mediterranean fever. Nephron 1995;69:124. 23. Acaroğlu E, Göğüş T, Ercan M, Sungur A . Experimental induction of osteosarcoma by subperiostal radioactive phosphorus injections in rats. Nucl Med Biol 1995; 22(2):231234. 24. Sökmensüer C, Sungur A, Tokgözoğlu M, Ruacan Ş. Lymphangiomatosis of bone A case report . International Orthopaedics 1995;19:63-64. 25. Açıkgöz B, Özgen T, Özdoğan F, Sungur A, Tekkök İ H. Angiotensin II receptor content within the subfornical organ and organum vasculosum lamina terminalis increases after experimental subarachnoid haemorrhage in rats. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1996;138:460-465. 26. Emre S, Sungur A, Bilgiç S, Büyükpamukçu M, Günalp İ, Özgüç M. Loss of heterozygosity in the VNTR region of intron 1 of p53 in two retinoblastoma cases Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 1996;13:253-256. 27. Turgut M, Ekin Özcan O, Sungur A, Sargın H. Effect o Nd:YAG Laser on experimental disc degeneration Part II. Histological and MR imaging findings. Acta Neurochir(Wien) 1996;138(11):1355-1361. 28. Şahin A, Demirbaş M, Özen H, Sungur A, Küçükali T, Aygün N, Remzi D. Primary carcinoid of the kidney. Scand J Urol Nephrol 1996;30(4):325-327 29. Emre S, Sungur A, Hazar V, Bilgiç S, Büyükpamukçu M, Günalpİ. A linkage analysis in two families with bilateral retinoblastoma. Turk J Pediatr 1996;38(4):413-417. 30. Sungur C, Sungur A, Akpolat T, Arık N. Diagnostic value of bone marrow biopsy in patients with AA-type renal amyloidosis secondary to ankylosing spondylitis. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1996;11(12):2520-2521. 31. Böke E, Sarıgül A, Sungur A, Uzunalimoğlu B. Benign mesenchymoma of the esophagus European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 1997;11:196-198. 32. Şahin S, Hindioğlu U, Benekli M, Sivri B, Sökmensüer C, Sungur A. Peculiar inflammatory cutaneous metastasis from stomach adenocarcinoma . British Journal of Dermatology 1997;136:650-652. 33. Akcan Y, Tuncer S, Hayran M, Sungur A, Ünal S. PCR on Disseminated tuberculosis in bone marrow and liver biopsy specimens: Correlation to histopathological and clinical diagnosis Scand J Infect Dis 1997; 29:271-274. 6 7 34. Kostakoğlu L, Elahi N, Kıratlı P, Ruacan S, Sayek İ, Baltalı E, Sungur A, Hayran M, Bekdik CF. Clinical validation of the influence of P-glycoprotein on technetium-99msestamibi uptake in malignant tumors. J Nucl Med 1997;38(7):1003-1008. 35. Beşbaş N, Saatçi Ü, Ruacan Ş, Özen S, Sungur A, Bakkaloğlu A, ELNahas AM. The role of Cytokines in Henoch Schonlein Purpura. Scand J Rheumatol 1997;26:456-460. 36. Çiftçi K, Hıncal A, Kaş S, Ercan M, Sungur A, Güven O, Ruacan Ş. Solid tumor chemotherapy and in vivo distribution of fluorouracil following administration in poly(LLactic Acid) microspheres. Pharmaceutical Development and Technology 1997;2(2):151160. 37. Oldroyd S, Sungur A, Thomas G, Douthmaite J, Johnson T, ElNahas M. Biphasic expression of TGFβ-1 m RNA and protein during experimental renal fibrosis. J.Am. Society of Nephrol 1997;8:A2915. 38. Sungur C, Sungur A, Oldroyd S, Söylemezoğlu O, ElNahas M. Immunohistochemical localization of MMP-1, MMP-3 and TIMP-1 in human renal disease. J.Am. Society of Nephrol 1997;8:A2933. 39. Güler N, Sungur A, Canpınar H, Sayek İ, Öner Z, Kılıç S, Baltalı E. Prognostic significance of the biologic features of breast tumors. The European Journal of Cancer 1997;33(8):893. 40. Üstün C, Sungur C, Akbaş O, Sungur A, Güngen Y,Ruacan Ş,Gürman G, Arslan Ö. Spontaneous splenic rupture as the initial presentation of plasma cell leukemia: a case report. Am J Hematol. 1998;57(3):266-267. 41. Goumenos D, Tsomi K, Iatrou C, Oldroyd S, Sungur A, Papaioannides D, Moustakas G, Ziroyannis P.Mountokalakis T,El Nahas AM. Myofibroblasts and the progression of crescentic glomerulonephritis. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 1998;13(7):1652-1661. 42. Bozkurt FY, Çelenligil H, Sungur A, Ruacan Ş. Gingival involvement in mucous membrane pemphigoid. Quintessence Int. 1998;29(7):438-441. 43. Zengin N, Kars A, Sungur A, Zengin Nİ, Hayran M, Tekuzman G, Kansu E, Ruacan Ş, Fırat D. The significance of the bone marrow biopsy pattern in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A prognostic dilemma. Am J Hematol. 1999;62:208-211. 44. İskit AB, Sungur A, Gedikoğlu G, Güç MO. The effects of bosentan, aminoguanidine and L-canavanine on mesenteric blood flow, spleen and liver in endotoxaemic mice. European Journal of Pharmacology 1999;379:73-80. 45. İsmailoğlu UB, Erdemli İŞ, Sungur A, İlhan M. Impairment of epithelium-dependent relaxation in coaxial bioassay by reactive oxygen species. European Journal of Pharmacology 1999;378:109-114. 46. Güler G, Altınok G, Üner AH, Sungur A. CD56+ Lymphoma presenting as a testicular tumor. Leukemia and Lymphoma 1999;36(1-2):207-211. 7 8 47. Sennaroğlu L, Sözeri B, Sungur A. Otological findings in idiopathic hyperphosphatasia. The Journal of Laryngology and Otology 1999;113:158-160. 48. Özdek A, Saraş S, Akyol MU, Ünal OF, Sungur A. Histopathological predictors of occult lymph node metastases in supraglottic squamous cell carcinomas. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2000;257:389-392. 49. Aydın ZD, Barışta İ, Canpınar H, Sungur A, Tekuzman G. Gastric Lymphomas in Turkey, analysis of prognostic factors with special emphasis on Flow Cytometric DNA content. Cancer 2000;89:12-20. 50. Topaloğlu R, Sungur A, Baskın E, Beşbaş N, Saatçi Ü, Bakkaloğlu A. Vascular endothelial growth factor in Henoch Schonlein purpura. The Journal of Rheumatology 2001;28:2269-2273. 51. Önerci M; Yılmaz T, Doğan R, Sungur A. Pulmonary metastasectomy in the treatment of recurrent ameloblastoma of the maxilla and mandible: a case report. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2001;258:25-27. 52. Fırat P, Güler G, Sungur A. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma. Diagn Cytopathology 2001;24(3):224-225. 53. Saraç S, Akyol U, Kanbur B, Poyraz A, Akyol G, Yılmaz T, Sungur A. Bcl-2 and LMP1 expression in nasopharyngeal carcinomas. Am J Otolaryngol 2001;22:377-382. 54. Sennaroğlu L, Sungur A. Histopathology of paragangliomas. Otol Neurotol. 2002; Jan 23(1):104-5. 55. İnci K, İsmailoğlu UB, Şahin A, Sungur A, Şahin-Erdemli İ. The effect of inflamation on rat urinary bladder-dependent relaxation in co-axial bioassay system. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2003; May 367(5):547-52. 56. Durusu M Altundağ MK, Aksoy DY, Abalı H,Türker A, Sungur A. Metastatic carcinoma of the breast mimicking multipl myeloma. Tumori 2003; Jan-Feb 89(1):106-7. 57. Kilic G, Unal OF, Sungur A, Gursel B. Unusual presentation of choriocarcinoma metastasis to the neck. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003 Sep;129(3):297-9. 58. Sevgen Önder, İbrahim Barışta, Arzu Sungur, Şevket Ruacan, Ayşegül Hasegeli Üner. PTEN Expression in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphomas. Proceedıngs Of The Xvıı Meetıng Internatıonal Socıety Of Haematology (European And Afrıcan Dıvısıon) 2003:125-131. 59. Aksoy DY, Turker A, Altundag MK, Abali H, Durusu M, Erman M, Uner A, Sungur AA, Unal S, Uzun O. Concomitant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Aspergillus niger infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia. Chemotherapy. 2003 Sep;49(5):264-6. 60. Abali H, Aksoy S, Sungur A, Yalcin S. Laryngeal Involvement of Rhabdomyosarcoma in an Adult. World J Surg Oncol. 2003 Sep 17;1(1):17. 61. Onder S, Sungur A. Eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis: an unusual entity of the sinonasal tract. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2004 Jan;128(1):90-91. 8 9 62. Ismailoglu UB, Sahin-Erdemli I, Sungur A, Ilhan M. Effects of lipopolysaccharide on epithelium-dependent relaxation in coaxial bioassay. Eur J Pharmacol. 2004 Mar 8;487(13):233-9. 63. Yavas O, Altundag K, Sungur A. Extramedullary plasmacytoma of nasopharynx and larynx: synchronous presentation. Am J Hematol. 2004 Apr;75(4):264-5. 64. Yilmaz T, Kamani T, Sungur A. Alveolar soft part sarcoma on the glabella. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2004 May;68(5):569-71. 65. Unal OF, Kocan EG, Sungur A, Kaya S. Rosai--Dorfman disease with multi-organ involvement in head and neck region. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2004 May;68(5):581-4. 66. Yucel OT, Sungur A, Kaya S. c-met overexpression in supraglottic laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma and its relation to lymph node metastases. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Jun;130(6):698-703. 67. Ozdek A, Sarac S, Akyol MU, Sungur A, Yilmaz T. c-myc and bcl-2 Expression in supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Jul;131(1):77-83. 68.Aksungur P, Sungur A, Unal S, Iskit AB, Squier CA, Senel S. Chitosan delivery systems for the treatment of oral mucositis: in vitro and in vivo studies. J Control Release. 2004 Aug 11;98(2):269-79. 69.Doğan OF, Hancı D, Sungur A, Unal OF, Demircin M. unusual case of thyroid Hurtle cell carcinoma with direct extension to the right brachiocephalic vein, right auricle, and right atrium: case report. Heart Surg Forum. 2005;8(2):E114-7. 70.Dikbaş O, Altındağ K, Abalı H, Türker A, Engin H, Sungur A, Baltalı E. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the larynx. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005 Jul;133(1):160-2. 71.Üner AH, Sağlam A, Han U, Hayran M, Sungur A , Ruacan S. PTEN and p27 expression inmature T-cell and NK-cell neoplasms. Leuk Lymphoma. 2005 Oct;46(10):1463-70. 72.Hamada H, Taksın Yucel O, Engin H, Sungur A . Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the nasopharynx. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005 Oct;133(4):639. 73.Palaoglu S, Sungur A, Cila A, Özdemir N, Ruacan S. Diethylstilbestrol-induced prolactinoma: dose-related tumor growth and effect of catecholaminergic cells on prolactin tumor cells. Surg Neurol. 2005;64 Suppl 2:S42-7. 74. Saylam G, Yücel OT, Sungur A, Önerci M. Proliferation, angiogenesis and hormonal markers in juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2006Feb;70(2):227-234 . 75. Beyazıt Y, Haznedaroglu IC, Aksu S, Kekilli M, Uner A, Agbaht K, Sungur A, Koca E, Göker H, Ozcebe OI. Changing clinical manifestations of a T-peripheral lymphoma: From 9 10 hypereosinophilic syndrome to questionable Kimura's disease resulting in parotid mass. Leuk Lymphoma. 2006 Feb;47(2):357-60. 76. Tufan A, Ranci O, Sungur A, Topeli A, Haznedaroglu I, Coplu L. Concurrent presentations of the sarcoidosis, tuberculosis and lymphoma in a single patient. Respıratory Medıcıne. 2006 May;100:951-953. 77.Akyol U, Tatar EC, Sungur AA. Kimura's disease in paraglottic space. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006 Dec;135(6):989-90. 78. Ergunay K, Altinok G,Gurel B, Pinar A , Sungur A, Balci S, Ustacelebi S. Identifying the etiologic role of Parvovirus B19 non-immune hydrops fetalis by histopathology, immunohistochemistry and nucleic acid testing: a retrospective study. Central European Journal of Medıcıne 2007Sep;2:271-279. 79. Alp Usubütün, Özay Gököz, Pınar Fırat, Arzu Sungur. Utilization of College of American Pathologists checklist as a quality improvement tool for accreditation. Virchow’s Archiv. 2007;451(2):116. 80. Arzu Sağlam, Gökhan Özyiğit, Fadıl Akyol, Şevket Ruacan, Arzu Sungur. Histomorphological and immunohistochemical evaluation of postradiotherapy prostate needle biopsies. Virchow’s Archiv. 2007;451(2):409. 81.Yağci B, Varan A, Cağlar M, Söylemezoğlu F, Sungur A, Orhan D, Yalçin B, Akyüz C, Kutluk T, Büyükpamukçu M. Langerhans cell histiocytosis: retrospective analysis of 217 cases in a single center. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Jun;25(5):399-408. 82. Nazmiye Dincer, Gaye Güler Tezel, Cigdem Himmetoğlu, Kay Huebner, Gülnur Güler, Arzu Sungur. P-312FHIT and WWOX expression in mucoepidermoid and adenoid cystic carcinomas. Virchow’s Archiv 2008 May;452(1) : S175-S176 83. Ozer F, Unal OF, Atas A, Tekin O, Sungur A, Ayas K. Evaluation of the effect of dexamethasone in experimentally induced endolymphatic hydrops in guinea pigs. Am J Otolaryngol. 2008 Mar-Apr;29(2):88-93. 84. Aksoy DY, Ağbaht K, Harmanci O, Karadağ O, Aytemir K, Sungur A, Onat AM, Apraş S, Yildiz BO, Bayraktar M. Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome with atrial septal defect. Am J Med Sci. 2008 Feb;335(2):157-9. 85. Küpeli S, Cağlar K, Birgen D, Sungur A, Varan A. Desmoplastic small round cell tumor of the mandible in a child with unusual plantar metastasis. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2010 May;32(4):e155-7. 86. Dinçer N, Tezel G G, Sungur A, Himmetoğlu C, Huebner K, Güler G. Study of FHIT and WWOX expression in mucoepidermoid carcinoma and adenoid cystic carcinoma of salivary gland.Oral Oncology. 2010 Mar;46(3):195-9. 10 11 87. Turker S, Ozer AY, Kutlu B, Nohutcu R, Bilgili H, Ozturk D, Ozalp M, Sungur A. Gamma Irradiation Studies I. Dental Grafts. Journal of Medıcal Devıces-transactıons of the ASME. 2011Sep;5(3) DOI: 10.1115/1.4004647 88. Dinçer M, Altundağ K, Cengiz M, Özyar E, Sungur A, Hoşal Ş, Güllü İH. Tumor heparanase expression in predicting response to induction chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced laryngeal cancer. Journal of BUON. 2012 Apr-Jun; 17 (2): 337-342. 89. Çoşkun F, Saylam B, Külah B, Dolapcı I, Sungur A, Özer MV. Comparison of the therapeutic effects of tri-iodothyronine and methylprednisolone during early sepsis in laboratory animals. Bratislava Medical Journal-Bratislavske Lekarske Listy. 2012;113(6):339-346. ABSTRACTS 1. Doğan A, Sungur A, Isaacson PG . Primary B-cell gastrointestinal lymphoma in Turkey . A review of 12 cases. Pathologic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 159. Meeting, 5-7 July 1989, Aberdeen. (Journal of Pathology 158(4): 341A.) 2. Yücetürk A, Yazıcı M, Sungur A . Fresh-frozen tendon allografts (Experimental study in rats). V th International Congress of Hand Surgery 25-28 May 1992 Paris 3. Palaoğlu S, Özgen T, Erbengi A, Palaoğlu Ö, Ayhan İ.H, Sungur A,Ruacan Ş Atasever A. Functional and morphological assessment in pinealectomy and fetal pineal gland transplantation in rat. Nato Advenced Study Institutes Meeting 3-11 June 1993, Stromboli, Italy. 4. Sungur C, Sungur A, Ruacan Ş, Arık N, Akpolat T, Yasavul Ü, Turgan Ç, Çağlar Ş. Diagnostic value of bone marrow biopsy in the diagnosis of AA type amyloidosis in patients with FMF and other chronic inflammatory conditions and renal disease. 30 th EDTA Congress 15-18 September 1993 Glasgow, England. 5. Akyol U, Sungur A, Ergin T, Turan E, Hoşal N, Ruacan Ş. Human papillomavirus infection in laryngeal neoplasms in Turkey. III. International Congress on Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology November 7-12 , 1993 Jerusalem, Israel. 6. Sungur A, Gedikoğlu G, Ruacan Ş, Ayhan A . Detection of human papillomavirus by immunohistochemistry and in-situ hybridisation in cervical neoplasia of Turkish women. Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland Winter Meeting 5-7 January 1994, London, England. 7. Gedikoğlu G, Sungur A, Ruacan Ş, Ateş B . Bone marrow biopsy evaluation in Hodgkin's Disease and secondary amyloidosis. Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland Winter Meeting 5-7 January 1994, London,England 8. Taşar F, Giray B, Tümer C, Sungur A, Saysel M. Maxillary leiomyoma- an uncommon location. XIIth Congress E.A.C.M.F.S. 5-10 September 1994, The Hague The Netherlands. 11 12 9. Emre S, Bilgiç S, Sungur A, Günalp İ, Özgüç M. Loss of heterozygosity of VNTR in the intron 1 region of p53 in two retinoblastoma tumors. International Symposium on Genomic Imprinting and New Approaches in Identification and Mapping of Genetic Syndromes 20-22 November 1994, Firenze Italy. 10. Sungur C, Sungur A, Ruacan Ş. Role of activated macrophages in AA type renal amyloidosis secondary to familial mediterranean fever (FMF). XXXII nd Congress of the European Renal Association, European Dialysis and Transplant Association June 11-14 1995, Athens, Greece 11. Farshi F S, Özer A Y, Hastürk H, Sungur A, Hıncal A A. In vivo studies on dexamethasone sodium phosphate liposomes in the treatment of human aphthous stomatitis. The Fourth Liposome Research Days Conference Liposomes: State of the art August 30September 2 1995, Freiburg, Germany. 12. Beşbaş N, Saatçi Ü, Ruacan Ş, Özen S, Sungur A, Bakkaloğlu A, ElNahas AM. The distribution of cytokines in Henoch Schonlein purpura. IV. European Conference on Pediatric Rheumatology (Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 1996;14(4):457 ) 13. Güler N, Sungur A, Canpınar H, Sayek İ, Öner Z, Kılıç S, Baltalı E. Prognostic significance of the biologic features of breast tumors. The European Cancer Conference 1418 September 1997, Hamburg. (The European Journal of Cancer 1997;33(8):S198. ) 14. Oldroyd S, Sungur A, Thomas G, Douthmaite J, Johnson T, ElNahas M. Biphasic expression of TGFβ-1 m RNA and protein during experimental renal fibrosis. 30th Annual Meeting of American Society of Nephrology 2-5 November 1997, San Antonio, Texas (J.Am. Society of Nephrol 1997;8:625A). 15. Sungur C, Sungur A, Oldroyd S, Söylemezoğlu O, ElNahas M. Immunohistochemical localization of MMP-1, MMP-3 and TIMP-1 in human renal disease. 30th Annual Meeting of American Society of Nephrology 2-5 November 1997, San Antonio, Texas (J.Am. Society of Nephrol 1997;8:629A). 16. Şahin S, Bükülmez G, Sungur A, Atakan N. Expression of c-myc, bcl-2 , p53 and PCNA proteins and apoptosis in mycosis fungoides: before and after PUVA. 9th Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 11-15 October 2000, Geneva, Switzerland. (Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 2000;14(1): P155. ) 17. Sungur A, Azizoğlu Ç, Tezer G, Taşkın M, Kars A, Ruacan Ş. Phenotypical characteristics of sinonasal lymphomas and their association with Epstein-Barr virus. X. Meeting European Association for Haematopathology 6-12 May 2000, London. 18.Sungur A, Kars A, Ruacan Ş. Association of Epstein-Barr virus with Hodgkin’s Disease in Turkish population: Analysis with in situ hybridization. X. Meeting European Association for Haematopathology 6-12 May 2000, London. 19. Hasegeli Üner A, Zengin N, Türker A, Kars A, Barışta İ, Sungur A, Ruacan Ş. Expression of gene products which regulate apoptosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. X. Meeting European Association for Haematopathology 6-12 May 2000, London. 12 13 20. Atayar Ç, Sungur A, Üner A, Ruacan Ş. Role of immunohistochemistry in diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Fifth International Symposium on Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 22-25 September 2001, Köln, Germany. 21. Atayar Ç, Sungur A, Üner A, Ruacan Ş. Epstein-Barr virus and p53 protein in Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients in Turkey. Fifth International Symposium on Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 2225 September 2001, Köln, Germany. 22. Saylam G, Yücel OT, Sungur A, Önerci M. Proliferation, angiogenesis and hormonal markers in juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. 23rd International Symposium on Infection and Allergy of the Nose (RhiinoIstanbul 23) , June 18-23, 2004, İstanbul, Turkey 23. Üner Ayşegül H, Sağlam A, Han Ünsal, Hayran M, Sungur A, Ruacan Ş. PTEN and P27 expression in mature T-cell and NK- cell neoplasms. 20th European Congress of Pathology, September 3-8, 2005, Paris, France. (Virchow’s Archiv,447;2:151, 2005) 24. Sevgen Önder, İbrahim Barışta, Arzu Sungur, Şevket Ruacan, Ayşegül Hasegeli Üner. PTEN Expression in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphomas. Meeting of the International Society of Hematology (European and African Division) , September 7-10, 2003, Graz, Austria. 25. Pelin Aksungur, Arzu Sungur, A.Atilla Hıncal, Christopher A. Squier, Sevda Şenel. In vivo Evaluation of Chitosan Gel Fofmulations Incorporated with Nystatin for Treatment of Chemotherapy-induced Oral Mucocitis. 30th Annual Meeting of the Controlled Release Society, July 19-23 2003, Glasgow, Scotland. 26. Kösemehmetoğlu K, Önder S, Gürel B, Sungur A, Fırat P. Fine needle aspiraton cytology of salivary glands. 32nd European Congress of Cytology October 1-4 2006, Venice, İtaly 27. Alp Usubütün, Özay Gököz, Pınar Fırat, Arzu Sungur. Utilization of College of American Pathologists checklist as a quality improvement tool for accreditation. 21st European Congress of Pathology, September 8-13, 2007, İstanbul, Turkey. (Virchow’s Archiv,451;2:116, 2007) 28. Arzu Sağlam, Gökhan Özyiğit, Fadıl Akyol, Şevket Ruacan, Arzu Sungur. Histomorphological and immunohistochemical evaluation of postradiotherapy prostate needle biopsies. 21st European Congress of Pathology, September 8-13, 2007, İstanbul, Turkey. (Virchow’s Archiv,451;2:409, 2007) 29. Nazmiye Dincer, Gaye Güler Tezel, Cigdem Himmetoğlu, Kay Huebner, Gülnur Güler, Arzu Sungur. P-312FHIT and WWOX expression in mucoepidermoid and adenoid cystic carcinomas. 3rd Intercontinental Congress of Pathology, May 17-22,2008, Barcelona, Spain. 30. Selcan Türker, A.Yekta Özer, Burak Kutlu, Rahime Nohutçu, Hasan Bilgili, Didem Öztürk, Meral Özalp, Arzu Sungur. Gamma radiation studies on bone grafts-II Microbiological Examinations.The 9th Meeting of the Ionizing Radiation and Polymers Symposium, October 25-29, 2010, Maryland, College Park. 13