Publications by authors named "Alp Sarıteke"

Introduction: In this study, we aimed to investigate the clinical effects of COVID-19 infection and vaccines on Myasthenia gravis (MG) during the pandemic.

Methods: A total of 141 MG patients between April 2020 and December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Data including demographic and clinical characteristics of patients, COVID-19 test results, and vaccine types (mRNA-BNT162b2 and/or inactivated-CoronaVac) were recorded.

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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that predominantly affects the spinal cord and optic nerves. We describe a 19 years old woman with left Horner syndrome (HS), who was diagnosed as NMO with characteristic longitudinally extensive myelitis and positive serum aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G antibodies (AQP4-IgG). Our report describes one of the very rare ocular motor symptoms in NMO patients.

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Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS) is described as painful ophtalmoplegia caused by nonspesific inflammation of cavernous sinus or superior orbital fissure, which is response to steroid theraphy. Cranial neuropathies in diabetic patients are extremely rare and occur in older patients with poorly controlled diabetes. A 56-year-old diabetic female patient who developed simultaneous right VI.

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