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Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the autologous blood injection (ABI) for chronic recurrent temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Materials and Methods ABI was applied to 14 patients who had chronic recurrent TMJ dislocation. MRIs of the patients were taken and compared before and one month after the injection. Results All of the patients had no dislocations of their TMJs on clinical examination one month after the injection. In the pre-injection, unilateral or bilateral TMJ dislocations were observed on MRIs in all patients. One month after the injection, TMJ dislocations were not observed in MRI evaluation of any patients. A significant structural change that caused by ABI was not observed. Conclusion The procedure was easy to perform and it caused no foreign body reaction. However, it was unclear how the procedure prevented the dislocation.

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Quinoline-2-carbohydrazide (2) obtained from quinaldic acid (1) was converted to the corresponding carbothioamide 3 and carboxamide 6 by treatment with benzyliso(thio)cyanate. The basic treatment of 3 and 6 yielded the corresponding 1,2,4-triazole derivatives 4 and 7. The synthesis of 5-(quinolin-2-yl)-1,3,4oxadiazol-2-thiol (9) was performed from the reaction of 1 with CS2 in basic media. The Mannich reaction of compounds 4, 7, and 9 resulted in the formation of aminoalkylated derivatives 5a-c, 8, and 10a,b. The condensation of 1 with thiosemicarbazide, carbohydrazide, or thiocarbohydrazide gave the corresponding 1,2,4-triazole derivatives (11-13). The treatment of 4-amino-5-(quinolin-2-yl)-4 H -1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol ( 13) with 4-chlorophenacyl bromide caused the formation of fused triazolothiadiazine 14. The condensation of 13 with 4-methoxybenzaldehyde generated the corresponding Schiff base 15.The newly synthesized compounds were characterized by elemental analyses, IR, 1 H-NMR, 13 C-NMR, and mass spectra. The antimicrobial activity study revealed that some of the newly synthesized compounds showed good to moderate activity against a variety of microorganisms.

The case history is presented of a healthy 25-year-old man who was admitted to hospital after two syncopal episodes caused by carbon monoxide poisoning after smoking narghile. Clinicians should be aware of this association when they evaluate syncope in the emergency department, especially in narghile users.