New Onset Absence Status Epilepticus in Pregnancy: A Case Report.

Absence status epilepticus may occur in persons diagnosed with idiopathic/genetic epilepsy as well as in adult and elderly patients. Despite being a rare phenomenon, pregnant women with no previous history of epileptic seizures may be presented with new onset status epilepticus. In this report, we describe the case of a 22-year-old pregnant female with no prior history of seizures.

Rituximab-Associated Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Patient With Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System.

During or after rituximab treatment, various serious side effects may occur. Cerebrovascular diseases are relatively limited among these side effects, and whether they are contingent on rituximab treatment is unclear. This case report highlights an unusual and severe event after rituximab treatment.

Association between trace elements and cognitive function among hemodialysis patients in Turkey.

Introduction: Cognitive impairment is common among patients with hemodialysis. Hemodialysis patients have theoretical risks for both deficiency and accumulation of trace elements. We aimed to investigate the relationship between cognitive dysfunction and whole blood levels of trace elements in hemodialysis patients.

Late Component of the Trigemino-Cervical Reflex: Clinical and Neuroradiological Correlations.

Introduction: The authors aimed to analyze the possible relationship of the late response of trigemino-cervical reflex (TCR) with various clinical conditions having brainstem lesions and lesion localizations in the brainstem.

Methods: The authors enrolled 30 healthy subjects, 16 patients with stroke, 14 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), and 9 patients with neuro-Behçet disease. All patients had at least one MRI, and lesion localization was classified into midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata, or their combinations.

Treatment of multiple sclerosis-related trigeminal neuralgia with onabotulinumtoxinA.

Background: The effectiveness of onabotulinumtoxinA (BTX-A) has been established in primary trigeminal neuralgia (TN). However, to the best of our knowledge, the efficacy of BTX-A in secondary TN has not yet been studied.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of BTX-A treatment in patients with multiple sclerosis-related trigeminal neuralgia (TN-MS) and compare the efficacy of BTX-A treatment between patients with primary trigeminal neuralgia (TN-P) and patients with TN-MS.

Prepulse inhibition and recovery of trigemino-cervical reflex in patients with cervical dystonia.

Objective: We aimed to analyze the prepulse inhibition (PPI) and recovery rate (R) of the trigeminocervical reflex (TCR) in patients with cervical dystonia (CD).

Methods: We enrolled 15 patients with CD and 16 healthy subjects. TCR was recorded over splenius capitis after infraorbital nerve stimulation.

Brainstem reflexes in neuro-Behçet disease.

We hypothesized that brainstem responses may allow detection of functional brainstem changes in patients with neuro-Behçet Disease (NBD). Thus, we recorded electrically-induced blink reflex (eBR), auditory blink reflex (aBR) and electrically-induced masseter inhibitory reflex (eMIR) in 16patients with NBD. However, these neurophysiological tests proved to have a poor overall sensitivity compared to neuroimaging for the diagnosis of brainstem lesions.

Ulnar Neuropathy at Elbow in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Purpose: In diabetes mellitus (DM), upper extremity entrapment neuropathies are suggested to be a component of polyneuropathy (PNP). Our aim is to examine the presence of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE) and its relation to other findings including PNP in symptomatic and asymptomatic type-2 DM patients who were admitted for routine examinations.

Methods: The study included all cases referred for electromyography because of type-2 DM between November 2017 and May 2018.

Persistent anterograde amnesia due to the artery of Percheron occlusion: a case report.

Bilateral thalamic infarction involving the artery of Percheron (AOP) can cause diagnostic difficulties due to the varying clinical presentations. AOP infarcts presented with isolated memory impairment are not common and the factors affecting the persistence of memory disorders are still unknown. A 41-year-old male patient was hospitalized with acute unconsciousness.