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                                                                <journal-id>med j west black sea</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Medical Journal of Western Black Sea</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2822-4302</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2587-0602</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29058/mjwbs.1106162</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Health Care Administration</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>The Prevalence of Azygos Lobe Incidentally Detected on Lung X-ray in Male Police Vocational School Students: A Cross-sectional Study</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>Erkek Polis Meslek Yüksek Okulu Öğrencilerinde Akciğer Grafisinde Tesadüfi Olarak Saptanan Azigos Lobu Prevalansı: Kesitsel Bir Araştırma</article-title>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5204-2099</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Tosun</surname>
                                    <given-names>Mustafa</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4153-9953</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Ölmez</surname>
                                    <given-names>Hasan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20220831">
                    <day>08</day>
                    <month>31</month>
                    <year>2022</year>
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                                        <volume>6</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>137</fpage>
                                        <lpage>141</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20220420">
                        <day>04</day>
                        <month>20</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20220808">
                        <day>08</day>
                        <month>08</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2017, Medical Journal of Western Black Sea</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Medical Journal of Western Black Sea</copyright-holder>
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                            <p>Aim: Azygos lobe (AL) is a rare congenital anomaly that is usually located at the apex of the right lung. Itis mostly asymptomatic and does not require special treatment. However, it should be kept in mind in thedifferential diagnosis of lung lesions and its presence should be determined before thoracic operations.In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the prevalence of AL in a sample of male police vocational highschool students.Material and Methods: 1623 male police vocational high school students who applied to ErzincanBinali Yildirim University Faculty of Medicine Chest Diseases Polyclinic between October 1, 2020 andOctober 31, 2021 were included in our study. The presence of AL was investigated in the posteroanteriorchest X-ray of the students and the prevalence was calculated. In addition, the regional distributionof the students according to their place of birth, and other chest deformities detected in the physicalexaminations were determined and their relationship with the frequency of AL was investigated. Results: The mean age of 1623 students included in the study was 25.6±2.4. AL was detected in 29 people and the prevalence of ALwas calculated as 1.8%. Although 21 (72.4%) of 29 students with AL were students from the Black Sea and Eastern Anatolia regions, nosignificant difference was found between the regions(p=0.101). The most common other chest deformity was pectus excavatum. However,no significant relationship was found between the frequency of AL and the presence of other chest deformities. (p=0.057).Conclusion: In our study, AL was detected at a higher rate compared to the prevalence studies performed with thorax CT in our country. Atthe same time, it was seen that AL could be detected easily with PA X-ray.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Amaç: Azigos lobu (AL), genellikle sağ akciğerin apeksinde yerleşen ve nadir görülen konjenital biranomalidir. Çoğunlukla asemptomatiktir ve özel bir tedavi gerektirmez. Ancak akciğer lezyonlarınınayırıcı tanısında akılda tutulmalı ve toraks operasyonları öncesi varlığı saptanmalıdır. Bu çalışmada,erkek polis meslek yüksek okulu (PMYO) öğrencilerinden oluşan bir örneklemde AL prevalansınındeğerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmamıza 1 Ekim 2020-31 Ekim 2021 tarihleri arasında Erzincan Binali YıldırımÜniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Göğüs Hastalıkları Polikliniği’ne başvuran 1623 erkek PMYO öğrencisi dahiledildi. Öğrencilere çekilen Posteroranterior akciğer (PA) grafisinde AL varlığı araştırılarak prevalanshesaplandı. Ayrıca öğrencilerin doğum yerlerine göre bölgesel dağılımları ve fizik muayenelerindesaptanan diğer göğüs deformiteleri belirlenerek bunların AL sıklığı ile ilişkisi araştırıldı.Bulgular: Çalışmaya alınan 1623 öğrencinin yaş ortalaması 25.6±2.4 idi. 29 kişide AL tespit edildi ve ALprevalansı %1.8 olarak hesaplandı. AL saptanan 29 öğrencinin 21’i (%72.4) Karadeniz ve Doğu Anadolubölgelerinden gelen öğrencilerden oluşsa da bölgeler arasında anlamlı fark saptanmadı (p=0.101).En sık saptanan diğer göğüs deformitesi pektus ekskavatum idi. Ancak AL sıklığı ile diğer göğüs deformitelerivarlığı arasında anlamlı bir ilişki bulunamadı (p=0.057).Sonuç: Çalışmamızda ülkemizde toraks BT ile yapılmış prevalans çalışmalarına göre daha yüksekoranda AL saptandı. Aynı zamanda PA grafisi ile AL’nin kolaylıkla tespit edilebildiği görüldü</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Azigos ven</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Azigos lobu</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Prevalans</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Akciğer grafisi</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Keywords: Azygos vein</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Azygos lobe</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Prevalence</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Chest X-ray</kwd>
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