No abstract available.
Biopsy* ; Cytoplasm* ; Follow-Up Studies* ; Glomerulonephritis* ; Kidney Transplantation*

Kasabach-Merritt syndrome is the association of thrombocytopenia, disorder of coagulation, spontaneous bleeding and enlargement of a hemangima or extensive hemangiomatosis, which can be often life threatening. We experienced a three years-old girl with suddenly enlarging hemangioma of right cheek, complicated by severe thrombocytopenia, consumptive coagulopathy and hemorrhagic cystitis. Generalized petechia and ecchymosis were noted on the overlying skin of hemangioma, trunk and extremities. But the study of MRI and angiography, hypevascular was located within the right masseter muscle extending to temporalis muscle and anterior to parotid gland. So selective embolization with PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) was performed through the distal branch of internal maxillary artery and facial artery. She was medicated with oral corticosterioid for 3 weeks. After embolizationn, blood flow to hemangioma and facial swelling were markedly decreased. Patient was followed up for 7 years and she showed normal contour of face and no bleeding diathesis.
Angiography ; Arteries ; Cheek ; Cystitis ; Disease Susceptibility ; Ecchymosis ; Extremities ; Female ; Hemangioma ; Hemorrhage ; Hemorrhagic Disorders* ; Humans ; Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Masseter Muscle ; Maxillary Artery ; Parotid Gland ; Skin ; Thrombocytopenia

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Meconium* ; Peritonitis*

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Arthritis*

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Hematocrit* ; Humans ; Renal Dialysis*

No abstract available.
Biopsy* ; Cytoplasm* ; Follow-Up Studies* ; Glomerulonephritis* ; Kidney Transplantation*

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Arachnoid* ; Arachnoiditis* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Tuberculosis*

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Arachnoid* ; Arachnoiditis* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Tuberculosis*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess the satety and effectiveness of lacrimal trephination and balloon dilatation in treatment of obstruction of the lacrimal canaliculus. METHODS: Lacrimal trephination and subsequent balloon dilation was performed in 7 eyes of 7 consecutive patients with epiphora due to lacrimal canalicular obstruction and common canalicular obstruction. RESULTS: The average age of patients was 50.3 years old and the average follow-up period was 17.7 months. Anatomical success was 7 of 7 eyes (100%) and functional success , resolution of epiphora was 5 of 7 eyes (71%) CONCLUSIONS: Lacrimal trephination and subsequent ballooning canaliculoplasty in treatment of obstruction of the lacrimal canaliculus seems to be safe and valuable as an primary procedure before Jones tube bypass surgery.
Dilatation ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Intubation* ; Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases ; Silicones* ; Trephining*

The magnetic resonance images (MRI) of 30 patients with surgically or biochemically confirmed pituitary adenomas (20 macroadenomas, 10 microadenomas) were retrospectively evaluated. Ten patients had hyperprolactinemia, another eight had acromegaly, another eight had nonfunctioning adenoma and four had Cashing disease. The examination were performed at a 1.5-T superconducting MR system using a multisection spin-echo technique with 3mm-thick sections and a 256×224 matrix. TI weighted sagittal and coronal images were obtained before and within 30 minutes after the administration of Gd-DTPA (0.1mmol/kg). Analysis of the MRI was focused on the signal intensity and enhamcement patterns of the pituitary adenoma before and after Gd-DTPA administration. Compared with endocrinologic diagnosis, macroadenoma showed heterogeneous enhacement in 55%, rim enhancement in 35% and homogeneous enhancement in 10%, Conclusively, the enhancement patterns of the pituitary adenoma did not correlate with the subtypes made according to hormone production.
Acromegaly ; Adenoma ; Diagnosis ; Gadolinium DTPA ; Humans ; Hyperprolactinemia ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Pituitary Neoplasms* ; Retrospective Studies