Browsing by Subject "hand paresthesia"

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    Differences in individual susceptibility affect the development of trigeminal neuralgia
    (Editorial Board of Neural Regeneration Research, 2013) Duransoy Y.K.; Mete M.; Akçay E.; Selçuki M.
    Trigeminal neuralgia is a syndrome due to dysfunctional hyperactivity of the trigeminal nerve, and is characterized by a sudden, usually unilateral, recurrent lancinating pain arising from one or more divisions of the nerve. The most accepted pathogenetic mechanism for trigeminal neuralgia is compression of the nerve at its dorsal root entry zone or in its distal course. In this paper, we report four cases with trigeminal neuralgia due to an unknown mechanism after an intracranial intervention. The onset of trigeminal neuralgia after surgical interventions that are unrelated to the trigeminal nerve suggests that in patients with greater individual susceptibility, nerve contact with the vascular structure due to postoperative pressure and changes in cerebrospinal fluid flow may cause the onset of pain.
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    Miller Fisher Syndrome/pharyngeal-cervical-brachial variant of GBS overlap and human herpes Virus-6 reinfection: May there BE a relationship?; [MFS/ Faringeal-Servikal-Brakial variant GBS Çakışması ile human herpes Virüs enfeksiyonu arasında bir ilişki var mı?]
    (Ege University Press, 2016) Mavioğlu H.; Kisabay A.; Sari S.; Akçali S.; Oktan B.
    Miller Fisher Syndrome (MFS) is a rare variant of Gulliain Barre syndrome (GBS) characterized by external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, areflexia, and usually by positive anti GQ1b antibody. It occurs through an autoimmune mechanism most frequently after Campylobacter jejuni, followed by Haemophilus influenzae infection. Although occurrence with other viruses and bacteria has been reported, the concurrence of MFS and Human Herpes Virus-6 (HHV-6) has not been reported so far. There are a few publications reporting association of GBS with HHV-6. In the present study, HHV-6 DNA with PCR was detected in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a 59 year-old female patient diagnosed with MFS/pharyngeal-cervical-brachial variant of GBS overlap from clinical findings and positive anti-GQ1b antibody in the serum. This article aims to create awareness of a possible relationship between MFS, GBS and HHV-6. © 2016, Ege University Press. All right reserved.