BACKGROUND: Reconstitution of hematopoiesis by means of peripheral blood stem cells(PBSC) has been widely used in patients with hematologic malignancies or solid tumors. We analyzed our experiences of PBSC collections with a MCS3p(Haemonetics Corp. Braintree, MA,USA) and investigated factors that may affect the collection of PBSC. METHOD: The forty-seven harvests in 11 cancer patients(median age 48, 4 males: 7 females) were performed during marrow recovery after administration of anticancerous regimens and and hematopoietic growth factors. RESULTS: Median number of WBC & mononuclear cells(MNCs) in preapheresis was 4,700/pl and 1,472/pl, retrospectively. A total of 11.2 x 10'(range 5.4-17.0) MNCs were collected from 7.2 l (5.5-8.9) blood processed per procedure. The mean percentage of CD34 positive cells in the product was 1.9%(0.9-2.9). Collection efficiency was 58.1%. While age of patients or total processed blood volume did not affect for total number of MNC collected, the number of WBCs including MNCs on the day of harvest was an importanr factor for higher yield of MNCs(P<0.05). CONCLUSION: We concluded that Haemonetics MCS3P. Is a fully automated blood cell separator with good collection efficiency for hematopoietic progenitor cells.(Korean J Blood Transfusion 10(1): 35-41,1999)
Blood Cells ; Blood Transfusion ; Blood Volume ; Bone Marrow ; Hematologic Neoplasms ; Hematopoiesis ; Humans ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; Male ; Retrospective Studies ; Stem Cells*

A case of aneurysmal bone cyst is reported in a 23 years old male, who complained of pain and tenderness on the right lateral aspect of thigh, This case had been treated with radical curettage and autogenous bone graft, but eight months later the radiological evidence of recurrence was present. So he was reoperated and he has been recovered relatively gradually, Roensgenograms of 7 montbs duration after reoperation showed abundent new bone formtion and no evidence of recurrence.
Aneurysm ; Bone Cysts ; Curettage ; Femur ; Humans ; Male ; Neck ; Recurrence ; Reoperation ; Thigh ; Transplants

Ewing's Sarcoma is a rapidly growing malignant neoplasm that arises from primitive cells of the bone marrow in young persons. This case, a seventeen year-old male, complained of pain and swelling on the both knee. He had been treated under the impression of osteomyelitis at several local clinics. Clinically, malaise and high fever were continued during admission period. Microspically it was confirmed as Ewing's Sarcoma and then he was discharged. Presently he is under the radiation therapy.
Bone Marrow ; Fever ; Humans ; Knee ; Male ; Osteomyelitis ; Sarcoma, Ewing

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Crowns* ; Glass*

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Korea* ; Tuberculosis*

Biologic resurfacing of the damaged joints is an area of great interest and clinical promise because of the limited potential ofdamaged articular cartilage healing. Several methods such as spongiolization. joint dehridement and ahrasion of suhchondral hone. perichondral grafts, and osteochondral grafts have heen used to repair cartilage defects, but the results were not satisfactory. Rccently autologous chondrocyle transplantation with a pcrioslcal patch was paid an altention for its advantage , the regeneration with hyalin cartilage. But it have many disadvantages such as too expensive cost. second staged operation, and technically difficult to isolatc chondrocytes from a small volume of donor site, so we performed that a definecl cartilaee delect in the ribbit patella was treated with transplanta1ion of in virto expanded allogenic chondrocvtes and then compared with an autologous chondrocytes transplantation. Adult rabbits were used to transplant autogenously and allogenously and allogenically harvested and in vitro cultured chondrocytes into patellar chondral lesions that had been made previously 3x 3mmin size , extending down to the calcified zone. Chondrocytes were isolated in the femoral condyle of the opposite knee or othe rabbit knee. And then enzymatic digestion ( collagenase A and DNase I ) was performed for 5 hours room temperature in a spinner bottle and cells were seeded in a 25cm2 culture flask in Dulheccos modified essential medium (DMEM), supplemented with l0% fetal hovine serum (FBS). The culture medium was changed twice weekly. After 14 days of culture, the cells were isolated hy irypsinization and transplanted into previously made chondral defects with an autogenous periosteal patch taken from the medial aspect of tibia. Healing ol' the defects was assessed by gross examination, immunohistochemical stain, and light microscope with hematoxylin-eosin stain at 8, 16, and 24 weeks. Allogenic and autologous chondrocytes transplantation significantly increased the amount of newly tormed repair tissue compared to that found in control knees in which the Jesion was solely covered hy a periosteal patch. The repair tissue, however, had a tendency of incomplete bonding to adjacent cartilage. This study shows that allogenic and autologous articular chondrocytes that have heen expanded for 2 weeks in vitro can stimulate the healing phase of chondral lesion. There is no signilicant diffcrence hetween allogenic and autologous chondrocytes transplantation.
Adult ; Cartilage ; Cartilage, Articular ; Chondrocytes* ; Collagenases ; Deoxyribonuclease I ; Digestion ; Humans ; Hyalin ; Joints ; Knee ; Patella* ; Rabbits ; Regeneration ; Tibia ; Tissue Donors ; Transplants

Ligamentous injury of the knee which could be easily occur in sports or traffic accidents resulted in more and severe disability than that of other joints. Rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament which restrain hyperextension, excessive rotation and anterior motion of tibia on femur is the most frequent and significant injury of the knee. Its treatment and clinical significance is one of the most controversial issue and its incidence tends to increase. From 1983 to 1985, modified Scott operation were performed on 10 patients at the department of orthopedic surgery, Chung Ang university hospital. Following results are obtained. 1. No limitation of range of motion of the knee was developed. 2. Intra-articular fixation by use of pull-out wire was done and special consideration was done for the site of fixation on tibia plateau and method of dilatation of posterior capsule. 3. Of the ten patients, nine had negative anterior drawer test, postoperatively.
Accidents, Traffic ; Anterior Cruciate Ligament ; Dilatation ; Femur ; Humans ; Incidence ; Joints ; Knee ; Ligaments ; Methods ; Orthopedics ; Range of Motion, Articular ; Rupture ; Sports ; Tibia

Backgraund : Most of the inflammatory bullous lesions in bullous pamphigoid(BP) and epidermolysis bullosa acquisite(EBA) demonstrate similar clinical and histological features. However, the specificities of the autoantibodiea reactive to the dermo-epidermal junction antigeins are different. In these two bullouk dermat loses, there are no remarkable differences in symptomaiology, there are no unique predilection sites for the lesions and they do not usually leave scars after nvolution. Considering these similarities, dermatologists could encounter some clinical confuiion in maling a provisional diagnosis. OBJECTIVE: Authors examined three patients of BP with classic inflammatory bullous eruptions and threa patients of EBA with inflammatory bullous lesions to see if here were any differences in the morphology of the immuno-fluorescence(IF) pattern. METHODS: For direct IF of vertical or semi-vertical sections, perilasional skin was obtained in each patient for indirect IF of horizontal or semi-horizonta1 sections, Ig(bound substrates were prepared from all these autoantibody-positive individuals. All specimens veri; observed at 200/400-magnification fields through an ordinary fluorescence microscopy. RESULTS: Patterns of fluorescence observed by direct IF were characterized as thin-linear in BP and thick/coarse-linear in EBA along the basement membrane zone. On the horizontal section preparations in indirect IF, the patterns of fluorescence were clean-linear in E3P hnd more fluffy-linear in EBA at the dermoepidermal junction, These patterns could be recognized aim/larly in the fields of both 200 and 400-magnification, however each minor differences were not easy to distinguish each other. CONCLUSION: The above findings of subtle differences in the pattern of IF may provide some suggestions to the examiners for the need of differential diagnosis in theae riseases.
Basement Membrane ; Blister ; Cicatrix ; Diagnosis ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita* ; Epidermolysis Bullosa* ; Fluorescence* ; Humans ; Male ; Microscopy, Fluorescence ; Pemphigoid, Bullous* ; Skin

Backgraund : Most of the inflammatory bullous lesions in bullous pamphigoid(BP) and epidermolysis bullosa acquisite(EBA) demonstrate similar clinical and histological features. However, the specificities of the autoantibodiea reactive to the dermo-epidermal junction antigeins are different. In these two bullouk dermat loses, there are no remarkable differences in symptomaiology, there are no unique predilection sites for the lesions and they do not usually leave scars after nvolution. Considering these similarities, dermatologists could encounter some clinical confuiion in maling a provisional diagnosis. OBJECTIVE: Authors examined three patients of BP with classic inflammatory bullous eruptions and threa patients of EBA with inflammatory bullous lesions to see if here were any differences in the morphology of the immuno-fluorescence(IF) pattern. METHODS: For direct IF of vertical or semi-vertical sections, perilasional skin was obtained in each patient for indirect IF of horizontal or semi-horizonta1 sections, Ig(bound substrates were prepared from all these autoantibody-positive individuals. All specimens veri; observed at 200/400-magnification fields through an ordinary fluorescence microscopy. RESULTS: Patterns of fluorescence observed by direct IF were characterized as thin-linear in BP and thick/coarse-linear in EBA along the basement membrane zone. On the horizontal section preparations in indirect IF, the patterns of fluorescence were clean-linear in E3P hnd more fluffy-linear in EBA at the dermoepidermal junction, These patterns could be recognized aim/larly in the fields of both 200 and 400-magnification, however each minor differences were not easy to distinguish each other. CONCLUSION: The above findings of subtle differences in the pattern of IF may provide some suggestions to the examiners for the need of differential diagnosis in theae riseases.
Basement Membrane ; Blister ; Cicatrix ; Diagnosis ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita* ; Epidermolysis Bullosa* ; Fluorescence* ; Humans ; Male ; Microscopy, Fluorescence ; Pemphigoid, Bullous* ; Skin

Colorectoanal intussusception is a rare and distinct entity that differs from the more common rectal prolapse. Typically the intussusception occurrs with tumor at the apex of the intussuscepted segment acting as lead point. Here we present a case and review the literature of colorectoanal intussusception. The case presented here is that of an elderly woman with a proximal sigmoid colon cancer at its apex. Anterior resection was electively performed after reduction of the intussusception. It is important to differentiate a colorectoanal intussusception from the more common rectal prolapse because treatment may differ. The anorectum remains in its normal anatomic position in colorectoanal intussusception, whereas the anal canal is effaced with the prolapsed segment of bowel in rectal prolapse. Identification of a tumor at the apex of the intussuscepted bowel should also arouse suspicion that the condition is not a rectal prolapse.
Aged ; Anal Canal ; Colonic Neoplasms ; Female ; Humans ; Intussusception* ; Rectal Prolapse ; Sigmoid Neoplasms