Effects of Chronic Migraine on Male Sexual Health.

Objective: To investigate the clinical implication of the sexual functions of male patients diagnosed with chronic migraine (CM) compared with the healthy population.

Study Design: Observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Departments of Urology and Neurology, Hitit University Hospital, Turkey, from August 2019 to August 2020.

Clinical Manifestations of Overactive Bladder With Migraine as a Comorbidity: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical manifestations of overactive bladder (OAB) with migraine as a comorbidity and to shed light on possible new treatment strategies.

Methods: This study included patients aged 18 years and older who were admitted to urology and neurology outpatient clinics between March 1, 2019 and March 1, 2020 for OAB and migraine. The study questionnaire contained 3 sections: (1) questions on demographic characteristics, (2) a migraine ID test, and (3) the Overactive Bladder Inquiry Form - V8 (OAB-V8) form.

Migraine-like headache in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.

A 20-year-old female, university student presented with severe, throbbing, unilateral headache, nausea and vomiting that started 2 days ago. The pain was aggravated with physical activity and she had photophobia. She had been taking contraceptive pills due to polycystic ovary for 3 months.

The prevalence of migraine in restless legs syndrome.

Objective: While previous studies have investigated the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in patients with migraine, we aimed to explore the prevalence and characteristics of migraine in adult patients diagnosed with RLS.

Backgrounds: The association of primary headaches, especially of migraine, with RLS has recently attracted much attention. Migraine prevalence was reported to be higher in patients with RLS than in the general population, and the role of dopamine was strengthened.

Bilateral non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy following second-trimester spontaneous abortion-related haemorrhage.

Bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy is a rare complication of massive haemorrhage and related hypotension and anaemia in young individuals. We report a 34-year-old woman with bilateral non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) after a massive spontaneous abortion-related haemorrhage who presented with sudden painless visual loss in her left eye. Visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye with only hand motion discernible in the left eye.

Use of botulinum toxin type A for the treatment of masseteric muscle hypertrophy.

We investigated the effectiveness of botulinum toxin A intramuscular injection for the management of masseteric muscle hypertrophy. Five patients with masseteric muscle hypertrophy were treated with botulinum toxin A (Dysport, Beaufour Ipsen, France). Clinical photographs were obtained before and between 3 and 6 months after application.

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the thalamus in essential tremor patients.

Background And Purpose: Although essential tremor (ET) is one of the most common movement disorders, its pathogenesis remains obscure. The ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus (VIM nucleus) is suggested to play an important role in the occurrence of disease. In this study, the authors investigated the presence of biochemical or metabolic alterations in the thalamus of patients with ET using magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy.

Ankylosing spondylitis and multiple sclerosis in an HLA-B27 negative patient.

A 41-year-old man presented with vertigo and gait disturbance. He gave a 10-year history of definite ankylosing spondylitis with low back pain, limitation of spinal mobility, decreased chest expansion and radiological evidence of bilateral sacroiliitis. The vertigo attacks started 3 years before and he had insidious evolution of bilateral leg weakness, increased muscle tension and walking disability during the past 2 years.

Color Doppler imaging in optic neuritis with multiple sclerosis.

Purpose: To evaluate the retrobulbar hemodynamics in eyes with optic neuritis with multiple sclerosis and to compare these values with those of the unaffected fellow eyes and healthy control eyes.

Methods: Thirty-four eyes of 17 patients with unilateral optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis and 16 eyes of 16 normal healthy subjects were recruited from the Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology. The peak systolic and end-diastolic blood flow velocities and resistivity indices of the ophthalmic artery, posterior ciliary arteries and central retinal artery were measured in each eye with optic neuritis, using color Doppler imaging.

MR spectroscopy of cervical spinal cord in patients with multiple sclerosis.

MR spectroscopy (MRS) of the brain in patients with multiple sclerosis has been well studied. However, in vivo MRS of the spinal cord in patients with MR spectroscopy has not been reported to our knowledge. We performed MRS of normal-appearing cervical spinal cords in multiple sclerosis patients and in healthy controls.

Dual benefit from intramuscular interferon-beta treatment in a patient with multiple sclerosis and chronic hepatitis-C virus infection.

In patients with hepatitis C virus infection interferon-beta therapy is most effective when administered by the intravenous route. However we would like to present a patient with multiple sclerosis and chronic hepatitis C virus infection who obtained dual benefit from intramuscular interferon-beta therapy. Intramuscular interferon-beta 1a (Avonex) 6 million U/week was started for prevention of attacks in a 32-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis.