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Dislocations* ; Elbow*

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Femur*

Clinical study has been carried out on the 108 cases (108 eyes) of nonperforating traumatic hyphema who had been admitted to Kyungpook National University Hospital during the past five years. Male patients were 95(87.9%) of 108 and the third decade occupied about 40% of all cases. Grade I hyphema(less than one third of the height of the anterior chamber) was 66 cases(61.1%). Various projectiles accounted for nearly one third of the injuries. The most commonly associated ocular injuries included angle re cession, retinal edema, and eyelids laceration. Secondary hemorrhage occurred in 7.4% of all cases, and it seems that rebleeding increased the risk of secondary glaucoma. Although the final visual acuities were worse in eyes with larger hyphema and secondary hemorrhage, the associated ocular injuries such as vitreoretinal disorder, cataract, etc. accounted for the decreased visual acuity.
Cataract ; Eyelids ; Glaucoma ; Gyeongsangbuk-do ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Hyphema* ; Lacerations ; Male ; Papilledema ; Visual Acuity

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1. Sixty five cases of the tumors in the eye and adnexa(one to 78 old age) were observed at the National Medical Center in Korea, between 1959 and 1961. Those are analyzed and studied from the clinical view point. 2. Fifty-two tumor cases were primary and thirteen cases were secondary. The most frequent malignant tumor was retinoblastoma(15 cases) in childhood group and cancers(11 cases) in older age group. The malignant melanoma case(1 case) was definitely few in number. 3. The most frequent origin was the eye ball(19 cases) and next the lid(12 cases). The secondary tumors camed mostly from paranasal sinuses(12 cases). 4. Among the clinical diagnostic methods, it is revealed that the X-ray tomography with air insufflation into the orbit was most reliable. 5. The visual disturbance, exophthalmos, displacement of the eye, and impaired ocular movement were the most frequently seen as the clinical symptoms and of value for diagnosis.
Diagnosis ; Exophthalmos ; Humans ; Insufflation ; Korea ; Melanoma ; Orbit ; Tomography, X-Ray

1. 110 cases of optic atrophy from 7 months to 67 years old, 82 bilateral with 28 unilateral involvement observed at the National Medical Center in Korea Between 1959 and 1961 were analyzed for etiologic factors which were which were also based on a a review of literature. 2. Of the 110 cases, the largest single cause of optic atrophy af all type was brain tumor(18 cases, 16.4%) with exogenous poisoning(11 cases, 10%) second in frequency. 3. Cases of atrophy due to tuberculous meningitis(10 cases, 9.1%) were found in the age group of one to 15 years as the most frequent cause in childhood. 4. The retrobulbar neuritis was one of the most frequent causes(9 cases, 8.2%) in the adult. Also the traumatism(8 cases, 7.3%) as to the prevalent acuses of post-war blindness. 5. A characteristically low incidence of syphilis (4 cases, 3.6% without congenital syphilis) as the cause of the optic atrophy is one of the subject to be evaluated in the future.
Adult ; Aged ; Atrophy ; Blindness ; Brain ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea ; Optic Atrophy* ; Optic Neuritis ; Syphilis

BACKGROUND: A clinical study of rosacea has never been reported in Korea. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to elucidate the clinical observations of rosncea. METHODS: During a 5-year-period from Jan. 1990 to Dec. 1994, 133 patients were evaluated with regard to age, sex, location of skin lesions, clinical type, duration, and precipitating factors. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. Of the 7,787 cases amongst outpatients, 133 cases(1.7% ) were dignosed with rosacea. Of there 46 were male patients and 87 females, giving a sex ratio of 1:1.9 in favor of females. 2. The most common type of rosacea was vascular rosacea(60.2%) 3. The average duration of rosacea was 3.4 years. 4. Rosacea afflict persons aged 40-49 most frequently. 5. The predilection sites of the rosacea were : cheek(42.9%), nose(23.3%), entire face(11.3%), cheek & nose(9%), zygomatic area(6.8%), extra-facial area(3.8%), forehead(2.9%). 6, The aggravating factors of rosacea were : unknown cause(32.3%), coffee & tea(18%), alcohol(13.5%), emotional stress(10.5%), sun exposure(9.8%), multi-factoral(7.5%), drugs(steroids)4.6%).
Cheek ; Coffee ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Outpatients ; Precipitating Factors ; Rosacea* ; Sex Ratio ; Skin ; Solar System

Ecthyma Gangrenosum is a rapidly progressing skin infection charact,erized by edema, hemorragic bullae and necrosis. Ecthyma Gangrenosum occurs almost exclusively in severely imrnunocompromised patients during the course of pseudomanas aeruginosa septisemia. A 5 month-old boy was transferred to our department because of multiple well defined central necrotic black-colored large erythematous bullae. In the bacterial cultures of skin, stool and liver aspiration fluid, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was grown. In the abdominal ultrasonogram and computed tomogram, the multiple liver abscess, hepatomegaly and ascites were shown on both hepatic lobes. Herein we report a case of ecthyma gangrenosum associated with liver abscess.
Ascites ; Ecthyma* ; Edema ; Hepatomegaly ; Humans ; Infant ; Liver Abscess* ; Liver* ; Male ; Necrosis ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa ; Skin ; Ultrasonography

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Coronary Circulation*

BACKGROUND: A stenosis of left main coronary artery has critical prognostic importance. Recent reports on successful left main stenting are now challenging traditional treatment patterns for this lesion. We evaluated recent four-year trends in incidence, clinical, angiographic findings and treatment modalities in patients with left main coronary artery stenosis(LMS). METHODS: Patients who were diagnosed as a significant LMS at Yonsei cardiovascular hospital between 1996 and 1999 were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS: The incidence of LMS during the period of 1996 to 1999 was 3.3%(n=24) and it was significantly higher than that of previous 15 years before 1996(p<0.01). The incidence of isolated ostial lesion was 0.28% and this lesion was more prevalent in young female patients with less risk factors compared with other types of LMS(p<0.01). After exclusion of the patients with an isolated ostial lesion, patients were grouped according to the lesion site: ostium, shaft, and shaft lesion extended to distal vessels. There were no differences in clinical and hemodynamic findings among these groups. Coronary artery bypass graft was performed in 141 patients(63%) and stent implantation in 16 patients(14%). CONCLUSION: The incidence of LMS has been increased. There was no difference in clinical and hemodynamic findings according to the types of LMS. Surgery is still a standard treatment, but in selected patients percutaneous coronary intervention can be another treatment option.
Constriction, Pathologic ; Coronary Artery Bypass ; Coronary Stenosis* ; Coronary Vessels* ; Female ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Incidence ; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Stents ; Transplants