The Education Information Network (EBA) is an important ongoing project that has been initiated in order to increase the quality of education and equality of opportunity. The success of the project is directly proportional to how well teachers and students benefit from this project. In this regard, the aim of the study is to examine the participation statistics of the EBA portal in Siirt and to determine the opinions about EBA of the teachers and students who had highest usage rates. The study group consisted of three teachers and three students with the highest EBA usage rates in Siirt. Semi-structured interview form was used and the interviews were recorded. According to the results, when teacher and student participation statistics of each level of education were examined, it is seen that teacher and student participation is very low in preschools, usage level is low in primary schools and usage rate is higher in secondary schools and high schools. On the other hand, it is seen that all of the teachers used EBA for preparing the course, ask questions and teach the course content. In addition, it was determined that EBA's social media accounts were not followed, teachers and students were inadequate to share and did not contribute to content production. Finally, the student who had a highest usage rate of EBA was a foreign national and a 5th grade student. Suggestions have been made for the more efficient use of EBA according to the results.

Pseudoxantoma elasticum is a rare, hereditary, multisystemic disease affecting the skin, eye, and cardiovascular system. A twenty-eight-year-old female has presented to emergency unit with the complaint of gastrointestinal hemorrhage. This patient, who had been monitored in the gastroenterology clinic more than 10 times in the past 8 years, noted a repetitive hemorrhage during her previous pregnancy in her history. The examination of the patient revealed the following signs and symptoms: atrophy in the epithelium of the retina pigment; typical angioid streaks and peau d'orange finding in the fundus; thinning of the retinal nerve fiber in OCT (optic coherence tomography); bilateral and reticular papillary lesions with yellowish-color in the neck region (plucked chicken appearance); presence of bleeding foci in fundus; and nephrocalcinosis in kidneys. In light of these symptoms, the patient was diagnosed with pseudoxantoma elasticum. Skin biopsy confirmed the pseudoxantoma elasticum diagnose. PXE is an uncommon, hereditary disease. Early diagnosis of pseudoxantoma elasticum cases, is important for minimalizing systemic complications and informing the other family members through genetic counseling.

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