40 patients with bronchial asthma in Bach Mai hospital from 6/1998 to 5/1999 and 31 healthy people without allergy. Methods: finding the allergic history and skin test. The results: 52.5% of patients had his own allergic history; 42.5% of patients had a family history; 37.3% of patients had positive skin tests to foreign bodies of house dust mite; 32.5% of patients had allergic antibody against foreign bodies of house dust mite was more 30%. Among methods of specific diagnosis of allergy, there was a close relation between skin test and reaction of decomposition of mastocyte.
asthma ; Hypersensitivity

Loranthus parasiticus (L.) Merr. Loranthaceae (Vietnamese name is Tang ky sinh) was a traditional medicinal herb for treatment of back pain, hypertension, lack of sleep, etc. The chemical analysis confirmed the Loranthus parasiticus (L.) Merr. extract contained flavonoids, adjuvant heart glycosides, antraglycosids, tannin pyrocatechics and organic acids. Total flavonoid content was 0.57%. The pharmacological experiments in mice, dogs, isolated ears and isolated ileum of rabbits have revealed that the Loranthus parasiticus (L.) Merr. extract had antihypertensive, sedative and vasodilator effects. In addition, Loranthus parasiticus (L.) Merr. decrease ileum's mobility of rabbits and had a low acute toxicity
Loranthaceae ; Medicine, Traditional ; chemistry

Castlemen disease is a lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology, was first described as a distinct entity by Castlemen et al in 1956. The disease has two clinical (localized and multicentric) and two histopathological forms (hyalinevascular and plasma cell). This disease is usually, clinically misunderstood as lymphoma, carcinoma metastatic-lymph nodes, or tuberculosis. We, therefore, represent clinicopathological findings of 11 cases of Castlemen disease seen in Hanoi K Hospital. Results: Most patients are women (F:M=4.5:1), age ranges from 15-52 year old with average is 33. The affected nodes are often enlarged (3cm in 63.6%). Localized form is prominent with proportion of 63.6%. The treatment is still problematic, but complete surgical excision is the treatment of choice for localized form and is generally curative.
Lymphoproliferative Disorders ; diagnosis

Background: Deltoid fibrosis is caused by congenital disorder or complication of intramuscular injection or trauma, and can affect aesthetics and functions of shoulders. Objectives: To remark on the risk factors and pathology of deltoid fibrosis, and to evaluate the results of surgical procedure. Subjects and method: This clinical study involved 156 patients with 281 shoulder joints were surgically treated at National Hospital of Pediatrics from August 1994 to June 2005. All patients were physical and radiological examinations, and surgically treated by 1 of 4 techniques. Postoperative outcomes were evaluated. Results and Conclusion: Of 156 patients, there were 72 male and 84 female children, 62.8% in age group of 11-15 years old, and 29.5% over 15 years old. Severity of deltoid fibrosis was: severe in 95.4% of shoulder joints, moderate: 4.6%, and mild: 0%. 12.2% patients experienced deltoid fibrosis in combination with fibrosis of another muscles. The postoperative outcomes included; good: 92.5% of shoulder joints, moderate: 2.9% and bad: 4.6%. Type IV technique give best results (99%).
Deltoid Muscle/ surgery ; Child ;

Background: Contracture of the shoulder adduction caused by fibrous long head of the triceps muscle is rare. Up to now there is no one scientific article about this pathology. Objectives: (1) to remark of the clinical signs of fibrous long head of triceps muscle (2) to evaluate results of surgery. Subjects and methods: During a 2 - years - period (2005 - 2006), there were 21 patients (13 female, 08 male) aged from 06 years old to 19 years old with 34 shoulder joints. Those patients were operated by lengthening long head of the triceps, Teres major and Teres minor muscle. Results: Adduction - contracture, extension and flexion of the elbow, and scapulo humeral angles were measured in Xray. There was a fibrous band in long head of triceps muscle in ultrasound. Results of surgery were good in 31 shoulders (91.2%), fair in 02 shoulders (05.9 %) and poor in 01 (02.9%). Conclusions: Adduction contracture of the shoulders, lateral transfer of the scapula and palpable fibrous band were clinical symptoms of the fibrous long head of the triceps muscle. Evaluating the results of surgery should combines with clinical characteristics, X-ray, ultrasound and function of the shoulder and elbow.\r\n', u'\r\n', u'\r\n', u'
Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone ; Shoulder Joint

Intestinal villi morphology in 2.5 to 6.5 month old fetus is studied with scanning electronic Microscopy (SEM). Results show that original form of intestinal villi is finger or cone shape without cross sulci on surface and tip sudden. The big finger forms are divided into small size or leaf shape. Cross sulci and tip sunder are appeared on appeared on intestinal villi in six month old fetus. After delivery, surface of intestinal villi is changed very little.
Microscopy ; Anatomy & histology ; Fetus

In the ophthalmologic emergency, the intraocular trauma frequently occurred due to the foreign bodies such as metal piece, rice seed, sand, glass piece, etc. This study introduced an intraocular trauma due to extraordinary foreign body called broken edge of knife. The patient was not thorough examined and monitored. During the first emergency, the trauma was closed because it was considered that having no the intraocular foreign body. This was the second case following the first case reported in America.
Injuries ; Life Support Care ; Foreign Bodies

Background: to assess the disturbances of blood gases in the patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), ventilation function was explored and blood gases were measured in 68 patients (mean age: 65.923.8) with COPD consisting of 40 males (58.8%) and 28 females (41.2%). Results: a large number of the patients hospitalized at late stages (32.35% at stage 1.25% at stage II and 42.5% at stage III). The main disturbance of blood gases in patients with COPD at stage I was a trivial PaO2 reduction with/ or without PaCO2 increase, on the contrary, the main disturbances of blood gases in those at stages II and III were severe exacerbation with a mixed feature (PaO2 reduction and PaCO2 increase). In the patients with COPD at stage I, PaO2 and PaCO2 did not significantly change (p>0.05); but there were significant disturbances in PaO2 and PaCO2 values in those at stages II and III (p<0.05). Conclusion: The result suggest that COPD should be identified, treated and managed at early stage because the chances of a fatal outcome are greater at late stage and, blood gases should be determined only at stage II and III COPD.
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive ; Gases

Background and Objects: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common respiratory diseases. Its etiologic factor of the first magnitude is cigarette smoking. In its course, COPD has many complications in which there are cardiovascular ones showed by ECG abnormalities. To investigate ECG abnormalities at different stages of CODP and the correlation between cigarette smoking and severity of the disease, we analyzed cigarette consumption, ventilation function tests and ECG at 68 patients with COPD, Staging of COPD was based on American Thoracic Society's criteria 1995. Results: 52.3% of the patients had ECG abnormalities (ECG abnormality rates of the patients at stage 1,2 and 3 are 29.5%, 50% and 74.1% respectively). The frequent ECG abnormalities in COPD were right atrial hypertrophy (29.23%), right ventricular hypertrophy (7.69%) or both of them (15.38%). There was a negative and high correlation between cigarette consumption and% FEV1 (r=-0.8484), and cigarette consumption increased significantly from stage 1 to stage 3 of COPD. Conclusions: COPD at the more severe stage had the higher ECG abnormalities in COPD were right atrial hypertrophy, or right ventricular hypertrophy, or the both. The patients smoking more cigarettes were of more severe stage. Therefore, it is extremely important to advise the patients to stop smoking as soon as possible to prevent and manage COPD.
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive ; tobacco

Background: Congenital muscular torticollis is a disease with influences on cosmesis and function of the face. Objectives: (1) Remarks syndrom of congenital muscular torticollis; and (2) Evaluate Ferkel\u2019s technique to treatment torticollis in children. Subjects and method: During 10 years period (from January 1996 to December 2005), there were 68 patients with congenital muscular torticollis (39 female and 29 male); Age from 02 to 14 years old. The patients were operated by Ferkel\u2019s technique. Results: All patients have a palpable contrature of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, elevating shoulders, limitation of neck mouvements more than 30 degree. Our results: Excellent in 06,6%; Good in 52,4%; Fair in 37,7% and Poor in 3,3%. Conclusion: Limitation of neck mouvements, facial asymmetry and persistence of an intramuscular tumor are the principal clinical signs. Age of surgical indication is older than 1 year old. Those patients were operated by Ferkel\u2019s technique with functionally and cosmetically good result.
Torticollis/ surgery ; Child ;