Skull base chordomas presenting with abducens nerve deficits: clinical characteristics and predictive factors for deficit improvement or resolution.

Objective: Skull base chordomas (SBCs) often present with cranial nerve (CN) VI deficits. Studies have not assessed the prognosis and predictive factors for CN VI recovery among patients presenting with CN VI deficits.

Methods: The medical records of patients who underwent resection for primary chordoma from 2001 to 2020 were reviewed.

Ocular morphological changes in patients with restless legs syndrome analyzed by optical coherence tomography.

Background: Two leading hypotheses for restless legs syndrome (RLS) pathophysiology are dopaminergic dysfunction and sympathetic overactivity. Ocular changes occur with both dopaminergic and sympathetic pathologies, and thus may provide unique insights into the pathophysiology of RLS.

Methods: Thirty-five patients with RLS and 35 healthy individuals were enrolled in the study.

Relationship Between Contact Lens and Pinguecula.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of contact lens (CL) on the frequency of pinguecula, and the relationship between dry eye disease and pinguecula.

Methods: Two hundred and 33 cases of soft CL wearers and 230 age-matched nonwearers were enrolled in the study. Schirmer I test (ST) scores and tear break-up time (TBUT) were determined in all participants.

Choroidal thickness alterations in diabetic nephropathy patients with early or no diabetic retinopathy.

Purpose: To assess changes in choroidal thickness (CT) in diabetes patients with and without diabetic nephropathy using enhanced depth imaging spectral domain optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT).

Methods: Thirty-five type 2 diabetes patients with a diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy (DNP) in nephrology department and 35 type 2 diabetes patients without nephropathy (non-DNP) were included in our prospective study consecutively. The control group comprised 34 healthy individuals.