Nesibe Gül Yüksel Aslıer
Dr. Yüksel Aslıer is Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at Istanbul Atlas Medical School and she is the Director of the Vestibular and Balance Disorders Unit at Bursa Doruk Nilüfer Hospital, where she maintains a full-time clinical practice.
After graduating from Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Nesibe G. Yüksel Aslıer completed her residency training at Dokuz Eylül University in Department of Otorhinolaryngology in 2015. She received Turkish Board of Otorhinolaryngology certificate of competence in 2019. Between 2020 and 2021, she completed training at the Otology and Neurotology School. She got Associate Professorship in 2021. She completed a Master of Science degree in Biostatistics in 2025.
Dr. Yüksel Aslıer has participated in numerous national and international courses and conferences and has served multiple times as an observer physician in the United States. She has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and conference presentations published in national and international journals, and her work has been widely cited. She also serves in various roles, including advisory board member, section editor, and reviewer for several academic journals.
Dr. Nesibe G. Yüksel Aslıer is fluent in English and has intermediate proficiency in German. She is married and a mother of three children.
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Diagnostic Challenges panel discussion general
This proposal presents a series of real-life clinical cases that illustrate common diagnostic errors and challenges encountered in neurotology. Despite major advances in vestibular testing and imaging, clinicians still face significant difficulties in accurately differentiating between peripheral and central causes of vertigo, as well as functional and psychogenic components. The cases selected reflect typical pitfalls seen in everyday clinical practice, such as misdiagnosis of vestibular migraine as Menière’s disease, misinterpretation of pseudospontaneous nystagmus in cupulolithiasis-type BPPV, and diagnostic complexity in multicanal BPPV with overlapping otolithic debris. Additionally, we explore a case of delayed compensation in vestibular neuritis despite early and correct treatment, suggesting the possibility of hidden pathophysiological factors.
Through this structured case-based approach, we aim to emphasize the importance of systematic clinical reasoning, detailed positional testing, and reassessment in patients who do not follow the expected recovery pattern. These cases serve not only as learning tools, but also as a starting point for discussing broader diagnostic strategies in neurotology, encouraging clinicians to adopt a flexible and integrative perspective