High sacral slope, lumbar lordosis, and sacral slope-to-pelvic incidence ratio are associated with new bone formation in ankylosing spondylitis.

Background/aim: Syndesmophyte formation appears to be site-specific in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and new bone formation seems to occur in regions of microtrauma that are prone to tensile forces. Pelvic and spinal parameters are unique for each individual. Pelvic tilt and sacral slope are important anatomical features that compensate in harmony in keeping the sagittal balance.

Can Qualitative Cervical Tractography Predict Clinical Findings as Effectively as It Aids Surgical Planning Today?

Aim: To investigate cervical spinal tractography (CST) and diffusion tensor imaging findings in patients with intramedullary cervical spinal cord (CSC) tumors and to evaluate the association between qualitative diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) findings and neurological examination findings (NEF).

Material And Methods: Neuroradiology case records were retrospectively evaluated to identify patients with intramedullary CSC tumors who underwent cervical spinal DTT. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and DTT were performed using a 3.

Six Years Follow-Up of an 11-Year-Old Girl with Anti-HMGCR Myopathy.

Anti-HMGCR myopathy is decribed as an immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy which is characterised by subacute, progressive proximal muscle weakness and elevated creatine kinase (CK) level. In pediatric population, anti-HMGCR myopathy has been reported solely as small case reports, albeit rare. Although treatment consensus has not yet been established, proper treatment with several immunomodulators to include IVIg can show remarkable improvement.

Discriminant analysis using MRI asymmetry indices and cognitive scores of women with temporal lobe epilepsy or schizophrenia.

Purpose: This study aims to assess the diagnostic power of brain asymmetry indices and neuropsychological tests for differentiating mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) and schizophrenia (SCZ).

Methods: We studied a total of 39 women including 13 MTLE, 13 SCZ, and 13 healthy individuals (HC). A neuropsychological test battery (NPT) was administered and scored by an experienced neuropsychologist, and NeuroQuant (CorTechs Labs Inc.

Pentoxifylline and Vitamin E Can Restrict Radiation Necrosis via Vascular Pathways, Experimental Study in an Animal Model.

Objective: Radiation necrosis (RN) is a long-term side effect of Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery that may require surgical intervention. Pentoxifylline and vitamin E have previously been shown to be effective in the treatment of RN in the published literature, but there are no data on the prophylactic use of these molecules or, more importantly, whether prophylaxis is required.

Methods: The iatrogenic RN model included 50 Sprague-Dawley rats of both sexes.

Microsurgical management of midbrain gliomas: surgical results and long-term outcome in a large, single-surgeon, consecutive series.

Objective: The authors report on a large, consecutive, single-surgeon series of patients undergoing microsurgical removal of midbrain gliomas. Emphasis is put on surgical indications, technique, and results as well as long-term oncological follow-up.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed of prospectively collected data from a consecutive series of patients undergoing microneurosurgery for midbrain gliomas from March 2006 through June 2022 at the authors' institution.

Microsurgical and fiber tract anatomy of the interthalamic adhesion.

Objective: The authors of this study aimed to define the microanatomy of the interthalamic adhesion (ITA) using microfiber dissection, magnetic resonance (MR) tractography, and histological analysis.

Methods: Sagittal, coronal, and axial MR images from 160 healthy individuals 2-82 years of age were examined. The relationships between age range and ITA morphology as well as between gender and ITA morphology were evaluated statistically.

Assessment the neurodegenaration process of post-geniculate optic pathway in thalamic tumors using optical coherence tomography: Post-geniculate optic pathway in thalamic tumors.

Purpose: To investigate the effect of thalamic tumors related to post-geniculate optic pathway and those of microsurgical removal on neurodegeneration process of visual pathway using OCT.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 30 eyes of 15 patients with thalamic tumors and data compiled from 45 eyes of 45 healthy participants. The analysis of variables was divided into ipsilateral and contralateral eye depends on the laterality of brain tumors.

Presence of axial spondyloarthritis associated sacroiliitis and structural changes on MR enterography: A direct comparison with sacroiliac joint MRI.

Introduction: To investigate the acute inflammatory and structural changes of sacroiliitis as auxiliary findings on magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) and their presence on closely timed conventional magnetic resonance imaging of the sacroiliac joint (SI joint MRI).

Materials And Methods: We screened axial spondyloarthritis patients for the simultaneous presence of MREs and SI joint MRIs. Two blinded radiologists evaluated SI joint MRIs and MREs on two separate occasions.

Neurodevelopmental Findings and Epilepsy in Malformations of Cortical Development.

Aim: The purpose of this study is to classify the malformations of cortical development in children according to the embryological formation, localization, and neurodevelopmental findings. Seizure/epilepsy and electrophysiological findings have also been compared.

Material And Methods: Seventy-five children (age: 1 month-16.

Acute flaccid myelitis outbreak through 2016-2018: A multicenter experience from Turkey.

Aim: We aim to describe the demographic characteristics, etiology, neurophysiology, imaging findings, treatment, prognosis, and prognostic factors of acute flaccid myelitis.

Methods: The clinical data, laboratory test and, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results of pediatric patients diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis according to the Centers for Disease Control criteria between August 1, 2016, and December 31, 2018, from 13 centers in Turkey were reviewed.

Results: Of the 34 cases identified, 31 were confirmed (91.

Prognostic factors in progressive high-grade glial tumors treated with systemic approach: A single center experience.

Purpose: Malignant high-grade gliomas are the most common and aggressive type of primary brain tumor, and the prognosis is generally extremely poor. In this retrospective study, we analyzed the outcome of systemic treatment in recurrent high-grade glioma patients and the impact of prognostic factors on survivals.

Methods: Data from 114 patients with recurrent high-grade glioma who received systemic treatment and followed in our clinic between 2012 and 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.

The effectiveness of ultrasonography and ultrasonographic elastography in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome and evaluation of treatment response after steroid injection.

Purpose: To evaluate if there is a place for ultrasonography (US) and ultrasonographic elastography (UE) in the diagnosis and follow up of carpal tunnel syndrome treatment.

Materials And Methods: The study was performed on 25 patients (study group) and 17 healthy volunteers (control group). Measured US and UE criteria were median nerve area (MNA), proximal median nerve area (pMNA), difference between MNA and pMNA (dMNA) and strain values of carpal tunnel content (CTC) and median nerve (MN).

Neuroimaging and clinical findings in a case of linear scleroderma en coup de sabre.

Linear scleroderma "en coup de sabre" is a subset of localized scleroderma with band-like sclerotic lesions typically involving the frontoparietal regions of the scalp. En coup de sabre and Parry-Romberg syndrome are variants of linear morphea on the head and neck that can be associated with neurologic manifestations. On imaging, patients may have lesions in the cerebrum ipsilateral to the scalp abnormality.

Risk of hemorrhage in ischemic stroke and its relationship with cerebral microbleeds.

Objectives: Stroke is an important public health problem in most countries. Therefore, the treatment of stroke and its complications is important. Intracerebral hemorrhage is one of the complications of ischemic stroke.

A Possible Role of Prolonged Whirling Episodes on Structural Plasticity of the Cortical Networks and Altered Vertigo Perception: The Cortex of Sufi Whirling Dervishes.

Although minutes of a spinning episode may induce vertigo in the healthy human, as a result of a possible perceptional plasticity, Sufi Whirling Dervishes (SWDs) can spin continuously for an hour without a vertigo perception.This unique long term vestibular system stimulation presents a potential human model to clarify the cortical networks underlying the resistance against vertigo. This study, therefore, aimed to investigate the potential structural cortical plasticity in SWDs.

Global aphasia without hemiparesis may be caused by blunt head trauma: An adolescent boy with transient aphasia.

Global aphasia without hemiparesis is a rare condition often associated with embolic stroke. Posttraumatic causes have not been reported, in the literature, to our knowledge. We report a 15-year old boy with transient global aphasia without hemiparesis due to blunt head trauma.

Transient Splenial Lesion of the Corpus Callosum Related to Migraine with Aura in a Pediatric Patient.

Background: Transient splenial lesions of the corpus callosum are rare radiological findings first described in association with epilepsy, antiepileptic drugs and viral encephalitis. However, subsequently more cases were described associated with diverse clinical conditions.

Case Report: We describe a 13-year-old girl suffering from migraine with aura presenting with headache, right-sided hemiparesis and encephalopathy.