No abstract available.
Incidental Findings*

findings ; Laboratories ; Food Poisoning

Cervical spondylolysis is a rare vertebral anomaly defined as a corticated cleft between the superior and inferior articular pillar, the cervical equivalent of the pars interarticularis in the lumbar spine. Recognition of this anomaly and differentiation from acute traumatic fractures is of great importance because this lesion is usually diagnosed in patients after minor trauma or as an incidental finding on routine radiographs. The authors present two cases of this anomaly.
Humans ; Incidental Findings ; Spine ; Spondylolisthesis ; Spondylolysis*

No abstract available.
Anesthesia, Spinal* ; Arachnoid* ; Headache* ; Humans ; Incidental Findings*

No abstract available.
Anesthesia, Spinal* ; Arachnoid* ; Headache* ; Humans ; Incidental Findings*

Lumbar spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis are common spinal disorders that most of the times are incidental findings or respond favorably to conservative treatment. In a small percentage of the patients, surgical intervention becomes necessary. Because too much attention has been paid to novel surgical techniques and new modern spinal implants, some of fundamental concepts have been forgotten. Identifying that small but important number of patients with lumbar spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis who would really benefit from lumbar surgery is one of those forgotten concepts. In this paper, we have developed an algorithmic approach to determine who is a good candidate for surgery due to lumbar spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis.
Humans ; Incidental Findings ; Lumbosacral Region ; Spondylolisthesis* ; Spondylolysis*

A giant Lingzhi mushroom newly found in DaLat, Central Highland of South of Vietnam (alt. 1330m) was determined as a new species: Ganoderma dalatense Th¸m sp. nov., with laccate crust developed irregularly on the lower surface of the pilei (as chimeras on the hymenium surfaces) as a distinguished macrocharacter from other know Ganoderma species, with extraordinary sizes: 106 cm in length, up to 31 cm in thickness, 31kg in weight. This holotype specimen would be largest in Ganoderma in the world, recorded up to date. Detailed diagnosis was given and thoroughly discussed with related other taxa.
Agaricales ; Incidental Findings ; Plants, Medicinal ; Pharmaceutical Preparations

The first time the Stephania viridiflavens H.S. Lo et M. Yang has been discovered in North Vietnam (SonLa province).
Stephania ; Incidental Findings ; Plants, Medicinal ; Medicine, Traditional

We report on 3 patients who presented with symptoms of Ki obstruction, Ki deficiency, and disorder of the body's fluid metabolism, successfully treated with bukuryoingohangekobokuto. In our experience, bukuryoingohangekobokuto has been effective in 25 of the 30 patients (6 men and 24 women) to whom is has been administered, who also presented with Ki obstructions, Ki deficiencies and disorders of the body's fluid metabolism as mentioned above. The most common subjective symptom in all these effectively-treated patients was hot flashes. Other signs were epigastric pain or discomfort accompanied by chest signs and symptoms, such as palpitations, heartburn, chest oppression or dyspnea. The most common objective findings in these effectively-treated patients were pulsation at the pit of the stomach and navel, and a fluid sound in the stomach upon palpation. Based on our experiences, we believe that prescription of bukuryoingohangekobokuto is best indicated when the presence of the above-mentioned symptoms and findings has been confirmed.
symptoms <1> ; Liquid substance ; Cases ; seconds ; findings

Boiogito, which has been used for obesity, edema and arthritis by using flabby constitution as a clinical indication, is mentioned in Jin Kui Yao Lue (Synopsis of the Golden Chamber). We experienced five cases of wind-wetness syndrome or edema caused by the pathogen Wind successfully treated with boiogito. There were common findings in these cases, i.e., heavy sweating or perspiration while sleeping, chilly feelings and worsening of the evening subjective symptoms and pulse diagnoses, such as floating, string-like and congested pulse in objective findings. On the basis of these cases, we investigated the efficacy of boiogito extract in 10 patients having the all of common findings mentioned above. As a result, boiogito improved symptoms in 8 patients. This suggests that medical examination by interview and distinctive pulsation are important in deciding the Kampo diagnosis for boiogito.
findings ; Clinical ; symptoms <1> ; Indication of ; CONSIDERATION