background and aim: respiratory distress syndrome (rds) is a lung disorder, which can damage the auditory brainstem pathways because of hypoxia. the aim of this study was to evaluate brainstem auditory electrophysiology changes of neonates with rds. methods: fifteen term neonates who suffered from rds, 15 term neonates admitted in the nicu for any reason except rds, and 15 normal term neonates ...

AIM Effectiveness and safety of gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for hemorrhagic brainstem cavernous malformations (BSCM) is still an unresolved problem. The purpose of this study was to assess treatment results of GKRS for hemorrhagic BSCMs. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective review was performed of patients with hemorrhagic BSCMs who were treated at the Acıbadem Kozyatağı Hospital GKRS uni...

abstract background: high resolution ct scan has made early diagnosis of intraventricular hemorrhage (ivh) easier. posttraumatic intraventricular hemorrhage has been reported to a greater extent because of the ct scan. methods: 904 patients were admitted in the nsicu from march 2001 to march 2002 with severe closed head injury, of those only 31 patients with intraventricular hemorrhage (gcs les...

BACKGROUND Behcet's disease is a heterogeneous, multisystem, inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology. The classic triad of oral and genital ulcerations in conjunction with uveitis was originally described by the Turkish dermatologist Hulusi Behcet in 1937, but associated symptoms of the cardiovascular, central nervous, pulmonary, and gastrointestinal systems were later identified. In fact, Be...

CT is often useful for diagnosing primary or secondary brainstem hematoma. However, subacute hemorrhage may be isodense with the normal brain substance, causing a false negative CT study. MR tends to be positive during this phase of hemorrhage. We present an unusual case of an intramedullary hematoma that was not detected by CT but was detected by MR. MR has shown great promise as a neuroradiol...

A 53 year old man with no history of epilepsy was admitted to the emergency department with complaints of vertigo, nausea and a single episode of vomiting. On neurologic examination eye movements were intact, there was no nystagmus or pyramidal signs, and instability of gait was noted. On computed tomography without contrast media a hypodense lesion was observed on the right cerebellum [Figure ...