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    Deficits in peripheric and central olfactory measurements in smokers: evaluated by cranial MRI
    (Springer, 2023) Sarikaya, Pelin Zeynep Bekin; Muluk, Nuray Bayar; Baser, Selcuk; Ozdemir, Adnan; Yilmazsoy, Yunus
    Objectives Cigarette smoking remains a serious health problem all over the world. We investigated the peripheral and central olfactory pathways in young male smokers to determine whether there is a relationship between the amount of cigarettes smoked and duration of smoking and the dimensions of the olfactory areas. Methods In this retrospective study, cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images of adult male smokers aged <= 40 years (n = 51) and 50 healthy male adults were analyzed. The olfactory bulbus (OB) volumes and olfactory sulcus (OS) depths, insular gyrus, and corpus amygdala areas were measured via cranial MRI. In the smoker group, the number of cigarettes smoked and duration of smoking were noted and the Brinkmann index was calculated. Results OB volume, OS depth, and the insular gyrus areas of the smokers were lower than in the control group (p < 0.05). There were no differences between the groups in terms of the corpus amygdala measurements (p > 0.05). No significant correlations were found between the number of cigarettes smoked daily, smoking duration, and the Brinkmann index and the peripheral and central olfactory measurements in our study (p > 0.05). Conclusions In smokers, OB volumes, the OS, and the central areas decrease bilaterally, regardless of smoking duration and number of cigarettes smoked daily. This could be related to inflammatory mediators that may be harmful to the olfactory neuroepithelium, gray matter atrophy in the brain, or endothelial damage related to smoking and its effects on blood support to the brain and olfactory regions.
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    Evaluation of optic nerve sheath complex by magnetic resonance imaging in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus
    (Asean Neurological Assoc, 2023) Yilmazsoy, Yunus; Ozdemir, Adnan; Arslan, Serdar
    Background: We aimed to evaluate the optic nerve and optic nerve sheath diameter of patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus with magnetic resonance imaging and to compare with the normal population. Methods: Magnetic resonance images and clinical records of the patients were retrospectively evaluated between 01.01.2015 and 01.01.2020. Twenty one patients in the normal pressure hydrocephalus group and 47 patients in the control group were included. Measurements were performed from the images obtained by creating multiplanar reconstructions from thin-slice Fast Spin Echo T2-weighted images. Measurements were made of optic nerve from the 3 mm posterior to the optic globe, on the plane which is oriented perpendicular to the nerve. Results: There was no difference between the two groups in terms of optic nerve diameters. Optic nerve sheath diameters are significantly higher in the normal pressure hydrocephalus group (p<0.0001). Conclusion: Morphological analysis of the optic nerve sheath complex which contains cerebrospinal fluid will contribute to the diagnosis and understanding chronic effects of normal pressure hydrocephalus, a disease in which changes in brain compliance and cerebrospinal fluid absorption are suspected in its etiology.
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    Relation between optic and carotid canals with sphenoid sinus in patients with communicant hydrocephalus: a computed tomography evaluation study
    (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2020) Sencan, Ziya; Muluk, Nuray Bayar; Yilmazsoy, Yunus; Özdemir, Adnan; Mutlucan, Havva Meltem
    Background There are neuro-ophthalmologic findings in patients with communicant hydrocephalus (CH). Purpose To investigate the relationships of the optic canal and carotid canal classifications at sphenoid sinus and anterior clinoid process (ACP) pneumatization in patients with CH. Material and Methods In this multicentric retrospective cross-sectional study, the cranial computed tomography (CT) images of 38 patients with CH (20 men, 18 women) and 40 controls (25 men, 15 women) were included. Optic and carotid canal classification at sphenoid sinus, ACP pneumatization, and sphenoid sinus septation were evaluated. Results In the CH group, type 3 optic canal was detected in 21.1% of the patients and type 4 optic canal was detected in 2.6% of the patients on the left side which was significantly different from the control group (P<0.05). In the CH group, type 3 carotid canal was detected in 21.1% of the patients (left) and 18.4% of the patients (right). ACP pneumatization was present in 13.2% of the patients in the CH group bilaterally. There were positive correlations between optic canal classifications and ACP pneumatization (P<0.05). There were also positive correlations between the right and left carotid canal classifications and ACP pneumatization (P<0.05). Conclusion To avoid complications, CT should be evaluated carefully in patients with CH before surgical interventions in sphenoid sinuses and surgeons should work carefully in the sphenoid sinus or adjacent structures. The protrusion possibility of the optic canal or carotid canal to the sphenoid sinus may be higher in pneumatized ACP patients.