Objectives: Behçet's disease (BD) is a vasculitis characterised by eye, musculoskeletal, neurological and gastrointestinal involvement, in addition to recurrent oral ulcers. Neuro-Behçet is the term used to define the nervous system involvement in BD and is very rarely seen in childhood. This study aims to show that neuro-Behçet can manifest a clinical course involving all kinds of neurologic findings in the paediatric population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The facial colliculus is an elevated area that is formed by fibers from the motor nucleus of the 7`th cranial nerve as they loop over the abducens nucleus. Clinical signs and symptoms of facial colliculus lesions occur primarily due to injury to the abducens nerve nucleus, the facial nerve fibers around the abducens nucleus, paramedian pontine reticular formation, and the medial longitudinal fasciculus. The etiology of facial colliculus lesions varies by age.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a chronic motor neuron disease characterised by progressive weakness in striated muscles resulting from the destruction of neuronal cells. The term juvenile ALS (JALS) is used for patients whose symptoms start before 25 years of age. JALS may be sporadic or familial.
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September 2020
Objectives: Epilepsy is characterized as a tendency towards recurrent seizures and it is a significant health problem in the world and one of the most common severe neurologic disorders among children. This study aims to evaluate the outcome of magnetic resonance imaging in determining the etiology in patients with refractory epilepsy and to reveal pathologies that may have the potential to be treated with methods, such as epileptic surgery.
Methods: Data were obtained from the patient files of the patients diagnosed with epilepsy and monitored for at least two years between 01.