Browsing by Author "Odabas, Omer Faruk"

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Atypical Presentation of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
(Kare Publ, 2012) Milanlioglu, Aysel; Odabas, Omer Faruk
Autonomic Symptoms in Migraineurs: Are They of Clinical Importance
(Galenos Yayincilik, 2011) Milanlioglu, Aysel; Tombul, Temel; Sayin, Refah; Odabas, Omer Faruk; Sahin, Musa
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of autonomic symptoms in migraine patients with and without aura and to investigate whether there is an association between expression of autonomic symptoms and disease duration, headache side, attack duration and frequency. Methods: The study sample comprised 82 subjects in headachefree phase including 20 migraine with aura patients and 62 - without aura; 61 were females (74.39%) and 21 were males (25.61%). The mean headache frequency was 2.63 +/- 1.29 per month and the mean duration of headache occurrence was 10.04 +/- 7.26 years from the first episode. The subjects were asked whether or not they had autonomic symptoms like diaphoresis, diarrhea, eyelid oedema, pallor, flushing, syncope or syncope-like episode, constipation, palpitation, diuresis, blurred vision, sensation of chills and coldness during each migraine headache. Results: Of all 82 migraine patients, 50 (60.98%) experienced at least one of the autonomic symptoms during the attack periods. The most common symptom was flushing (39.2%). Among the autonomic symptoms, syncope or syncope-like episode was significantly more in patients without aura compared to those with aura (p< 0.05). In this study, patients who experienced autonomic symptoms during their headache attack had statistically significantly higher attack frequency (p= 0.019). Conclusion: This result indicate that migraine patients with autonomic nervous system involvement have more frequent headaches, therefore these patients should be particularly and cautiously investigated.
A Cause of Intractable Epilepsy: Bilateral Posterior Agyria-Pachygyria
(Yerkure Tanitim & Yayincilik Hizmetleri A S, 2015) Tombul, Temel; Milanlioglu, Aysel; Odabas, Omer Faruk
In this case, we presented the electro-clinical findings in a patient with mental retardation, epilepsy and bilateral posterior agyria-pachygyria. Clinical findings were characterized by frequent tonic generalized and scarcely with myoclonic and absence seizures. Interictal electroencephalography (EEG) showed synchronous and asynchronous delta waves in the posterior region, spike activity predominantly on the right side and fast alpha rhythms. Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral, symmetric thickened cortex in the parieto-occipital lobes and reduced volume of white matter. These findings were compatible with agyria and pachygyria of posterior regions of the brain. Consequently, in the patient with mental retardation and intractable epilepsy characterized by interictal EEG with posterior focal epileptiform abnormalities, diffuse polyspike-wave paroxysms, bilateral parieto-occipital agyria-pachygyria should be considered as a possible etiology.