Otorhinolaryngological, Audiovestibular and swallowing manifestations of patients with Niemann-Pick disease Type C
adolescent; hearing; dysphagia; priority journal; school child; preschool child; prospective study; human; article; child; female; male; controlled study; clinical article; auditory response; Balance disorders; body equilibrium; endoscopy; Flexible endoscopy; hearing impairment; Hearing problems; Niemann Pick disease/di [Diagnosis]; Niemann-Pick disease; otorhinolaryngology; pure tone audiometry; stabilography; swallowing; Swallowing disorders; vestibular system; feeding difficulties; tone and motor problems; NPC; penetration; aspiration scale; trajectory; characteristics; postural imbalance; dysphagia
Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate audiovestibular and swallowing impairment of patients with NPC. Methods: Audiovestibular and swallowing evaluation were performed on patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) at Hacettepe University between 20013 and 2015 prospectively. Pure-tone audiometry (PTA), Auditory Brain stem response (ABR), Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) test and posturography were done. Hearing, swallowing and balance states were measured. Results: There were 16 patients (5 male and 11 female, with a median age of 6.5 years old). The most common ABR abnormalities observed were absent waves I and III (%70 absent I waves, %43.75 absent III waves). Twelve of sixteen patients (%75) had an ABR abnormality in at least one ear, of these, four patients had normal hearing and three of them had periferal hearing loss. 12 (75%) patients had complaint of postural imbalance. 11(69%) of patients had peripheral and one (6%) patient had central impairment. Nine of sixteen patients (56.25%) show some degree of dysphagia (either penetration or aspiration). Two patients (12.5%) showed aspiration both liquid and viscous nutrition. Three patients (18.75%) showed aspiration primarily in liquids and two of them had penetration with viscous nutrition. Three patients (18.75%) had penetration with no aspiration neither liquid nor viscous nutrition (PEN-ASP score was 3, 3, 5, respectively). Conclusion: There is no curative treatment for this devastating and fatal disorder and hearing impairment, balance and swallowing disorders can be seen especially late onset form of disease.
Senirli R T; Kuscu O; Akyol U; Topcu M; Yigit O; Aksoy S; Demir N
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
2016
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Successful treatment of cataplexy in patients with early-infantile Niemann-Pick disease type C: use of tricyclic antidepressants
tone and motor problems; NPC; pharmacologic intervention; imipramine; cataplexy
Cataplexy is a brief episode of bilateral loss of muscle tone with intact consciousness, triggered by a variety of strong emotions such as anger, laugh, humor or surprise and it is considered to represent the physiologic atonia of rapid eye movement sleep. On the other hand, Niemann-Pick type C is a neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disease, characterized by the accumulation of cholesterol and glycosphingolipids. Cataplexy is a relatively specific and common neurologic sign seen in almost 50% of all patients with Niemann-Pick type C. The aim of this report is to demonstrate the successful treatment of cataplexy with the use of a tricyclic antidepressant imipiramine, in two patients between the ages 6-9, with mild to moderate mental retardation, molecularly diagnosed as Niemann-Pick type C 1 and currently under miglustat treatment and to discuss the possible mechanisms of drug action in the light of cataplexy and Niemann-Pick type C pathophysiology.Copyright © 2014 European Paediatric Neurology Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Cak H T; Haliloglu G; Duzgun G; Yuce A; Topcu M
European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
2014
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The effect of hand splints on stereotypic hand behavior in Rett's syndrome
tone and motor problems; Rett syndrome; physical intervention; hand splints; elbow restraint; stereotypic behavior
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of hand splints and one elbow restraint on persistent stereotypic hand movements of four girls with Rett's syndrome. Among the most characteristic features of Rett's syndrome are stereotypic hand wringing and loss of previously acquired functional hand skills. Hand splints and one elbow restraint were used in this study. The subject's stereotypic hand behavior and functional hand use were calculated from five-minute segmental video tape recordings. The study consisted of three phases: baseline intervention, and withdrawal. All subjects demonstrated a decrease in stereotypic hand behavior after the application of hand splints. Although splints showed a positive effect on hand movements in Rett's syndrome, they could also lead to other, undesirable, movements, Whether splints have a positive effect on the functional use of the hand should be investigated in more subjects.
Bumin G; Uyanik M; Kayihan H; Topcu M; Duger T
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
2002
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