Browsing by Author "Calka, O"

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Comparison of Argon Laser Photocoagulation Induced Cutaneous Inflammation and Skin Pathergy Test in Behcet's Disease
(B M J Publishing Group, 2003) Sayarlioglu, M; Calka, O; Cinal, A; Sayarlioglu, H; Akdeniz, N; Topcu, N; Gul, A
Peripheral Nervous System Involvement in Patients With Beheet's Disease
(Elsevier, 2005) Anlar, O; Tombul, T; Akdeniz, N; Sayin, R; Calka, O; Metin, A
Plastic Surgical Solutions for Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome - Facial Liposuction and Cheiloplasty Procedures
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006) Tan, O; Atik, B; Calka, O
Objective: Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome (MRS) is a rare granulomatous disease characterized by a triad, including orofacial swelling, facial palsy and lingua plicata with usually recurrent or progressive course. Orofacial swelling, the most often sign of MRS, leads to the both esthetic and functional deformities. Because of its unknown etiology, a rational treatment is difficult and management of MRS still remains symptomatic, aiming at to remove orofacial swelling mainly. Although the many nonsurgical therapies have been mentioned in the literature, none has been proved uniformly and predictably successful to date. In this paper, we present different surgical procedures and their outcomes in a series of 4 cases with MRS. The procedures including mucosa, submucosa and tangential muscle resection, crescent shaped commissuroplasty, and facial liposuction may be considered in surgical armamentarium when orofacial swelling becomes persistent. We think that the plastic surgeons may act more effectively in the management of the syndrome in the future.
Visual Evoked Potential Findings in Behcet's Disease Without Neurological Manifestations
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2006) Anlar, O; Akdeniz, N; Tombul, T; Calka, O; Bilgili, SG
Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic, recurrent multisystem inflammatory disorder firstly described by Turkish dermatologist Dr. Hulusi Beh et in 1937. The classic triad consists of recurrent oral and genital ulcerations and uveitis. The article presents the value of visual evoked potential findings of a series of 44 patients with BD without neurological manifestations seen at the Medical Hospital in Neurology and Dermatology clinics over the past 8 years. The mean latency value of positive peak P100 in BD patients was significantly delayed compared to that of control subjects ( patients's mean: 105.6 ms in right eye and 107.7 ms in left eye; control subject's mean: 101.4 ms in right eye and 101.7 ms in left eye).