E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 17, Issue 4 (2007)
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Original Investigation
Pages: 235-242
AIM: The purpose of this study was to investigate the time course(s) of the cerebrospinal
fluid and serum chitotriosidase changes in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid
hemorrhage and to show whether cerebrospinal fluid and/or serum chitotriosidase levels
might be used as a specific marker for ...
Pages: 243-246
OBJECTIVE: The current progress in diagnostic and screening methods and surgical
equipment technologies facilitates the accessibility to numerous anatomic structures
through various interventional approaches. Consequently, the exact knowledge of the
anatomic locations of neurovascular structures ...
Pages: 277-282
AIM: The aim of this clinical study was to evaluate the benefits of ultrasonographic
imaging in the surgical treatment of upper extremity peripheral nerve lesions.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Peripheral nerves in the upper extremity were
evaluated by using real-time ultrasonographic examination. The ca...
Case Report
A 28-year-old female patient presented with severe neck and back pain in 2003.
No abnormality was observed at neurological examination. Syringomyelia in
the cervical region was determined at MRI. MRI examination of the cranial,
thoracal and lumbosacral regions was normal. The patient refused surg...
Pages: 251-254
We report on syringomyelia of the thoracic spinal cord in two sisters without a
Chiari or any other malformation. In both cases syringomyelia was determined
by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Spinal MRI showed a syringomyelia
between T6-T8 levels in the first sibling and between T7- T9 in the s...
Spinal epidural abscess is rare but serious medical condition which may cause
permanent neurological deficits, or even death, if not treated. Staphylococcus
aureus is the responsible microorganism in most spinal abscess cases. However,
rarely other microorganisms like Brucella may be responsible....
BACKGROUND: Symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis produces gradually
progressive back and leg pain with standing and walking, relieved by sitting or
lying. One of the uncommon symptoms is involuntary intermittent penile
erection due to spinal canal stenosis. This symptom is very rare and often
forg...
Pages: 264-268
Transsphenoidal encephaloceles are rare and the transsellar variety is the least
common. We present a 1-year-old male patient with transsellar transsphenoidal
encephalocele which herniated into the oral cavity through the congenital split
palate. The patient was operated on using a combined trans...
Pages: 269-272
OBJECTIVE: To present a radiculopathy case due to unilateral facet hypertrophy
developing three years after a lumbar disc hernia operation.
CASE REPORT: A fifty two-year-old female patient, who had been operated on for a left
L5-S1 herniated lumbar disc three years ago, was hospitalized and re-op...
Pages: 273-276
We present a rare case of agenesis of the left internal carotid artery in a 43-yearold
woman, associated with an aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery
and presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage. The left internal carotid artery
was not visualized on the left carotid angiogram. The left m...
Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) is defined as the entrapment of the posterior tibial
nerve in the tarsal tunnel of the ankle. The etiologies of tarsal tunnel syndrome
are mainly the presence of a ganglion, osseous prominence with tarsal bone
coalition, trauma, varicose veins, neurinoma, hypertrophy ...
Pages: 286-288
A chloroma or granulocytic sarcoma is an extramedullary leukemia. It can be
encountered at any anatomical location, but until now only three cases have
been reported in the cerebellopontine angle. We present an 8-year old patient
with an extraaxial chloroma of the cerebellopontine angle to highli...
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is an effective and rather safe treatment for
noncommunicating hydrocephalus secondary to aqueductal stenosis and other
obstructive pathologies. It has become a popular alternative to ventricular shunts for
noncommunicating hydrocephalus. Although it is a sa...
Pages: 294-296
Idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia is the most common type of cranial neuralgia.
Trigeminal neuralgia is a form of facial pain characterized by proximal
lancinating pain confined to the somatosensory distribution of the trigeminal
nerve. Bilateral trigeminal neuralgia is a rare situation with an inc...