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    A Case with Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy
    (Derman Medical Publ, 2013) Dağ, Ersel; İnal, Elem; Türkel, Yakup; Gökçe, Nalan; Orkun, Sevim
    Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) is an autosomal dominant disease which characterized by recurrent mononeuropathies with focal sensory or motor disturbance precipitated by minor trauma or compression. Clinically, it generally presents with painless pressure palsies, typically in the 2nd and 3rd decades of life, being a rare entity in childhood. We reported a case study of a 22 year-old female who presenting with low back pain, After detection of an Achilles reflex loss in her neurological examination and electrophysiological studies and genetic investigation was done than she diagnosed with HNPP. We want to emphasize that, the diagnosis of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy is often delayed because it is rare in the practice of medicine and confused with polyneuropathy, careful neurological examination may be the most important factor in the diagnosis.
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    Evaluation of intraabdominal hypertension and genitofemoral nerve motor conduction
    (2016) Türer, Özlem Boybeyi; İnal, Elem; Günal, Yasemin Dere; Aslan, Mustafa Kemal; Aydın, Gülümser; Soyer, Tutku
    Background/aim: The aim of this study was to electrophysiologically evaluate the effect of increased intraabdominal pressure (IAP) on genitofemoral nerve (GFN) motor conduction. Materials and methods: Seven Wistar albino rats were included. After anesthetization, latency and duration of GFN conduction was recorded with a needle-probe at rest. IAP was increased to 15 mmHg by insufflating atmospheric air with a percutaneous intraperitoneal needle. At 30 min of IAP, GFN motor conduction was recorded. Abdominal pressure was then increased to 20 mmHg. At 60 min, GFN motor conduction was recorded again. The consecutive recordings of latency and duration of GFN conduction (rest, 30 min, 60 min) were evaluated statistically. Results: There was a significant difference between latencies at rest (1.90 ± 0.22 ms), at 30 min (2.3 ± 0.36 ms), and at 60 min (2.74 ± 0.57 ms) (Friedman test, P = 0.001). The latency was significantly increased at 60 min compared to rest (post hoc Tukey test, P = 0.003). No similar difference was detected between the recordings at 30 and 60 min. The duration of GFN motor conduction showed no difference between consecutive recordings (P = 0.067). Conclusion: Both increased and prolonged IAP causes prolonged latency of GFN conduction, probably due to a compression effect on GFN. Neuropraxial consequences of increased IAP are thought to be related to the compression effect of peripheral nerves.
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    Factors affecting bone mineral density in men
    (Springer Heidelberg, 2009) Atalar, Ebru; Aydin, Gülümser; Keleş, Işık; İnal, Elem; Zog, Gulfer; Arslan, Ayşe; Orkun, Sevim
    In this study, in 131 men aged 20-75 years, we investigated correlations between bone mineral density (BMD) in the lumbar spine and femoral neck and endogenous factors (age, body mass index) as well as exogenous factors (calcium intake, physical activity, smoking, caffeine, socioeconomic and educational levels). The age had a negative effect on femoral neck BMD in patients overall, and on both lumbar spine and femoral neck BMD in patients under 50. Physical activity has effects on femoral neck BMD in men above 50. Lumbar vertebral BMD negatively correlated with smoking in patients overall, and this correlation persisted when patients aged 50 and older were analyzed separately. Femoral neck BMD was positively correlated with body mass index in men aged 50 and older. Given the variety of findings in the research literature regarding risk factors for low BMD, we suggest that genetic and geographic factors should be considered.
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    Familial Mediterranean fever and ankylosing spondylitis in a patient with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a case report and review of the literature
    (Springer Heidelberg, 2006) Keleş, Işık; Aydin, Gülümser; Tosun, Aliye; İnal, Elem; Keles, Hatice; Orkun, Sevim
    The association of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) or ankylosing spondylitis (AS), most commonly with negative HLA-B27 antigen, was described in several previous reports, although the pathogenic mechanism of this association still remains unknown. Herein we report an uncommon association of FMF with HLA-B27 positive AS as an occasional coincidence in a patient who had been diagnosed as having JIA 23 years previously.