Evaluation of the Clinical Features, Management, and Prognoses of Patients With Charles Bonnet Syndrome.

Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) is characterized by visual hallucinations with preservation of cognitive abilities. The hallucinations consist mostly of vivid (realistic) objects and tend to reoccur. Here, we evaluate the etiologies, symptoms, treatments, and prognoses of 13 CBS cases.

Effects of Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Patients With Alzheimer Disease and Caregivers' Depression on Caregiver Burden.

Objective: We investigated the effects of inappropriate sexual behaviors (ISBs) and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD), and of caregivers' depression, on the caregiver burden.

Method: One hundred forty three patients with AD and their caregivers were included in the study. Sixty-five patients without AD who needed care due to their disability and their caregivers were enrolled for the comparison.

Evaluation of burden and depression among caregivers of stroke patients: The role of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding tube.

Background & Aims: Malnutrition problems are very common after a stroke. Several clinical studies have shown the contribution of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding after stroke in terms of improving nutritional status and reducing mortality. The aim of this study is to compare the burden and depression among caregivers of ischemic stroke patients fed with PEG and orally.

Evaluation of the Retrogasserian Opioid Application in the Treatment of Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia.

Aim: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of the retrogasserian opioid application in patients with type 1 trigeminal neuralgia.

Material And Methods: A total of 37 patients (12 male, 25 female; average age 56.2 ± 5.

Frequency of subclinical peripheral neuropathy in cases of untreated brucellosis.

Introduction: Brucellosis is a common zoonotic disease in some areas of the world. It may affect several organs and is known to involve the nervous system in 2.7-17.

Clinical Outcomes of Patients over 75 Years of Age with Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Following Bilateral Decompression via Unilateral Approach.

Aim: To investigate the clinical outcomes of bilateral decompression via unilateral approach (BDUA) on degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis in patients over 75 years of age.

Material And Methods: Elderly patients (n=41; average age=79.3±2.

Ultrasonographic and Electrophysiological Evaluation of the Ulnar Nerve in Patients Diagnosed With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Purpose: In this study, we evaluated the ulnar nerve of patients diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) using electrophysiology and ultrasonography.

Methods: The study included 86 patients (136 hands) and 39 controls (78 hands) with normal electrophysiological assessment. According to Bland's classification, patients were divided into group 1 (grades 1-3 CTS) or group 2 (grades 4-6 CTS).

Prevalence of personality disorders in patients with chronic migraine.

Background: The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of personality disorders (PDs) in patients with chronic migraine (CM).

Methods: This study included 105 CM patients who were diagnosed according to the criteria of the International Headache Society (IHS) and 100 healthy volunteers. PDs were diagnosed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM, Revised Third Edition Personality Disorders, and pain severity and level of disability were assessed with the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) test.

Major Depression in Long-Term Oxygen Therapy Dependent Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the frequency of major depression (MD) in long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) dependent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and the effect of depression on patients' compliance with the treatment.

Design And Methods: Fifty-four consecutive patients were enrolled in the study and diagnosed as stage 4 COPD according to Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease guideline. MD was diagnosed with the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition/Clinical Version.

Sexual dysfunction, mood, anxiety, and personality disorders in female patients with fibromyalgia.

Background: We aimed to investigate the current prevalence of sexual dysfunction (SD), mood, anxiety, and personality disorders in female patients with fibromyalgia (FM).

Methods: This case-control study involved 96 patients with FM and 94 healthy women. The SD diagnosis was based on a psychiatric interview in accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition criteria.

Electrophysiological assessment in patients with long term hypoxia.

Objective: To evaluate visual evoked potentials (VEP) patterns in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients who were compliant with supplemental oxygen treatment relative to non-compliant COPD patients.

Methods: This prospective study protocol was reviewed and approved by the local ethical committee of Selcuk University and the research was performed in the Department of Neurology, Elbistan State Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey from May to October 2014. Blood gas measurements and pulmonary function tests were carried out in patients with advanced stage COPD.

Alterations in semen parameters in men wıth epilepsy treated with valproate.

Background: Besides the well-known adverse effects of valproate (VPA), disorders related to male reproductive functions have been reported. Furthermore, only a limited number of previous studies have reported the relationship between VPA dose and impairment of the hormonal axis and semen quality. A patient with reversible changes that occurred in the sperm parameters after a dose increment of VPA.

Assessment of cognitive impairment in long-term oxygen therapy-dependent COPD patients.

Background: A number of studies have shown that COPD, particularly in its later and more severe stages, is associated with various cognitive deficits. Thus, the primary goal of the present study was to elucidate the extent of cognitive impairment in patients with long-term oxygen therapy-dependent (LTOTD) COPD. In addition, this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of two cognitive screening tests, the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), for COPD patients and the ability of oxygen therapy to mitigate COPD-related deficits in cognitive function.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder concurrent with Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome: a case report.

Objective: To describe a case of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) comorbid with Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome (MRS).

Methods: We present a case study of comorbid OCD and MRS in a 13-year-old girl.

Results: She admitted to doubt obsessions and a control compulsion.

Reflex Epilepsy Triggered by Smell.

Reflex epilepsies can be provoked by various types of external stimuli, but triggered by smell is rare in the literature. In this case report, we present a patient whose reflex epilepsy is triggered by smell. Physical examination findings and electrophysiologic studies of the patient are discussed.

Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum and Generalized Epilepsy.

The corpus callosum is the main band of interhemispheric axonal fibers in the human brain. Corpus callosum agenesis has widely varying symptoms, mainly associated with epilepsy, cognitive failure, and different neuropsychiatric disorders. Our case of corpus callosum agenesis includes eyelid myoclonia with absences.

Levatiracetam for the management of Lance-Adams syndrome.

Chronic post-hypoxic myoclonus, also known as Lance-Adams syndrome (LAS) is a neurological complication characterized by uncontrolled myoclonic jerks following cardiac arrest. In this article, clinical manifestation and symptomatic treatment options are discussed especially concerning the rationale of use of levatiracetam in patients with Lance-Adams syndrome. Clinical presentation is action myoclonus associated with cerebellar ataxia, postural imbalance, and very mild intellectual deficit.

Alice in Wonderland syndrome as aura of migraine.

Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS), named for Lewis Carroll's titular character, is a disorder characterized by transient episodes of visual hallucinations and perceptual distortions, during which objects or body parts are perceived as altered in various ways (metamorphopsia), including enlargement (macropsia) or reduction (micropsia) in the perceived size of a form. Migraine aura is a transient neurological symptom that most commonly involves the visual fields and occurs before the headache phase. Aura symptoms include the perception of flashing lights that begin in the center of vision and expand in jagged patterns out into the periphery.