The pathology of essential tremor (ET) and underlying mechanisms of the disease are still unclear, but an increasing amount of research has been conducted on the subject. Discussions are ongoing about ET's definition as a neurodegenerative disease. Optic coherence tomography (OCT) provides a window to the brain where direct visualization of central nervous system (CNS) changes may be possible, and it can help us to develop a new point of view on ET. The goal of this study was to examine OCT parameters in ET. 40 ET patients and 40 healthy controls, i.e., a total of 160 eyes were evaluated. Retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), ganglion cell layer (GCL), inner plexiform layer (IPL), and choroid thinning were analyzed using spectral domain OCT. The mean age was 25.77 ± 8.98 in the ET group and 27.25 ± 8.22 in the control group. We found a decreased global RNFL thickness for both eyes in ET patients. All GCL and IPL thickness parameters were lower in the patients with ET (P < 0.001, P 0.03). Choroid was significantly thicker in ET patients than the controls (P < 0.001). Our study's results suggest that the usefulness of OCT in detecting neurodegeneration in ET. RNFL, GCL, IPL measurements are highly reproduced findings of neurodegeneration. Increased choroid volume may indicate neuroinflammation. Eyes in ET may shed light on nature of the disease, and may be used as a diagnostic tool.
The aim of our study is to assess retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), the ganglion cell layer (GCL), inner-plexiform layer (IPL), and choroidal layer in migraine patients with white matter lesion (WML) or without WML, using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). To our study, 77 migraine patients who are diagnosed with migraine in accordance to the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD)-3 beta and 43 healthy control are included. In accordance to cranial MRI, migraine patients are divided into two groups as those who have white matter lesions (39 patients), and those who do not have a lesion (38 patients). OCT was performed for participants. The average age of participants was comparable. The RNFL average thickness parameter in the migraine group was significantly lower than in the control group (p < 0.01). However, no significant difference was detected among those migraine patients who have WML, and those who do not have. No significant difference is detected among all groups in terms of IPL, GCL, and choroidal layer measuring scales. The proofs showing that affected retinal nerve fiber layer are increased in migraine patients. However, it is not known whether this may affect other layers of retina, or whether there is a correlation between affected retinal structures and white matter lesions. In our study, we found thinner RNFL in migraine patients when we compared with controls but IPL, GCL, and choroid layer values were similar between each patient groups and controls. Also, all parameters were similar between patients with WML and without WML. Studies in this regard are required.
Karpal tünel sendromu median sinirin karpal tünel seviyesinde sıkışmasından kaynaklanan ve en yaygın görülen mononöropati şeklidir. Büyük bir kısmı idiopatik olan bu tablonun fizyopatolojik mekanizması halen tam açıklanamamıştır. Bu çalışmada karpal tünel sendromunda sistemik inflamasyonun olası rolünün nötrofil-lenfosit oranı, platelet-lenfosit oranı ve ortalama platelet hacmi değerleri ile incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmaya yaşları 20 ve 60 arasında değişen, elektrofizyoloji laboratuvarımıza refere edilen ve Amerikan Nöroloji Akademisi kriterlerine göre karpal tünel sendromu tanısı konulan toplam 55 hasta ve sağlıklı 36 kişi dahil edildi. Hastalar elektrofizyolojik bulgulara göre hafif, orta ve şiddetli olmak üzere üç alt gruba ayrıldı. Hastaların klinik açıdan fonksiyonel durumları ve hastalık şiddetleri Boston Questionnaire ile değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Çalışmaya dahil edilen 91 hastanın 71'i (%78,02) kadın ve 20'si (%21,98) erkekti. Hasta grubu yaş ortalaması 50,04±9,78 olan 43 kadın ve 12 erkekten oluşmaktaydı. Kontrol grubu yaş ortalaması 49,92 ±7,59 olan 28 kadın ve 8 erkekten oluşmaktaydı. Hasta ve kontrol grupları karşılaştırıldığında nötrofil-lenfosit oranı, platelet-lenfosit oranı ve ortalama platelet hacmi değerleri arasında anlamlı fark saptanmadı. Ölçülen değerler hasta alt gruplarında karşılaştırıldığında hastalık şiddetiyle değerler arasında anlamlı fark saptanmadı. Sonuç: Karpal tünel sendromu patofizyolojisinde sistemik inflamasyonun rolünün belirsiz olduğu, bazı mekanik ve lokal patolojilerin etyopatogenezi aydınlatmakta daha ön planda düşünülmesi gerektiği akla yatkın görünmektedir. Konu ile ilgili hasta sayısının artırıldığı çok merkezli ve uzunlamasına çalışmalara ihtiyaç olduğu kanaatine varıldı.
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