189-192 Six male patients with typical symptoms of Behcet's syndrome were subjected to a clinical examination. One of these was a Chinese patient. The age when the disease started was between 20 to 39 years. All of them became blind but no one was dead.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Behcet Syndrome* ; Humans ; Male

Pseudomonas scleral abscess is characterized by acute onset and rapid progression to scleral perforation, and has a subsequent risk of endophthalmitis. After control of infection with appropriate antibiotics, graft surgery should be performed for reinforcing the defected sclera. We performed a scleral homograft on the eye with large necrotic sclera caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection after pterygium excisIon. And the results were remarkably good.
Abscess* ; Allografts* ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Endophthalmitis ; Pseudomonas ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa ; Pterygium* ; Sclera ; Transplants

The results of 234 cataract extractions by freezing method are presented. An important advantage of cryoextraction is the reduced incidence of accidental capsular rupture. Good results can be achieved even by the begginner. Cryoextraction of cataract has proved well suited as a routine method.
Cataract ; Cataract Extraction ; Freezing ; Incidence ; Rupture

Vitelliform macular dystrophy, adult type, is a type of pattern dystrophies of the pigment epithelium characterized by autosomal daminant inheritance, mid-life onset and small, round or oval, yellow deposits located at the level of the pigment epithelium. The authors report a case of this dystrophy which showed small yellow round lesion measuring 1/4-1/3 D.D. within the macula, normal electroretinogram, subnormal electrooculogram light-peak/dark-traugh ratio. typical irregular ring-like transmitted fluorescence surrounding the central non-fluorescent Iesion and leakage from perifoveal capillaries on fluorescent angiogram.
Adult* ; Capillaries ; Electrooculography ; Epithelium ; Fluorescence ; Humans ; Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy* ; Wills

The authors have experienced a case of Takayasu's arteritis associated with Takayasu's retinopathy which is confirmed by aortography and fluorescent angiography in a 14 year old female.
Adolescent ; Angiography ; Aortography ; Arteritis* ; Female ; Humans ; Takayasu Arteritis

PURPOSE: To determine the relation between clinical results and correction angle in proximal tibial osteotomy through the retrospective study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy-two valgus osteotomies of the tibia were performed in forty-nine patients from 1985 to 1992; average follow-up period was 7 year 11 months(range, 5 to 12 years). We classi- fied the patients into three groups according to the tibiofemoral angle measured at the last follow-up. Group I includes patients with less than valgus 6 degrees of tibiofemoral angle, Group II with from valgus 7 degrees to 9 degrees and Group III with more than valgus 10 degrees. RESULTS: The Insalls Hospital for Special Surgery knee score was gradually decreased in time as 95 at postoperative 2 years, 92 at 5 years and 82 at the last follow-up. The average preoperative tibiofemoral angle was varus 3.4 degrees and the average postoperative tibiofemoral angle was corrected as valgus 8.0 degrees, 7.9 degrees at two years, valgus 7.0 degrees at five years and valgus 5.4 degrees at the last follow-up. The group I, 40 cases(mean 9 year 7 month follow-up), showed postoperative valgus 6.4(3-15) degrees and val- gus 2.6 degrees at the last follow-up. Loss of correction was 3.8 degrees and knee score was 76 at the last fol- low-up. The group II, 21 cases(8 year 1 month), showed postoperative valgus 9.0(7-11) degrees and 7.6 degrees at the last follow-up. Loss of correction was 1.4 degrees and knee score was 83.5 at the last follow- up. The group III, 11 cases(7 year 7 month) showed postoperative valgus 11.4(10-15) degrees and 10.9 degrees at the last follow-up. Loss of correction was 0.5 degrees and knee score was 97 at the last follow-up. The group III showed better maintenance of postoperative correction angle and clinical results than the other gf OUpS. CONCLUSION: Deductively, it is essential to correct tibiofemoral angle more than 7, especially ranged from 10 to 15 degrees for the best long-term clinical results.
Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Knee ; Osteotomy* ; Retrospective Studies ; Tibia

PURPOSE: The number of patients waiting for kidney transplantation is incessantly increasing, but the number of cadaveric kidney transplantations or ABO-compatible donors is so insufficient that ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation is being performed as an alternative. There are overseas studies and research showing that the 5-year survival rate and 5-year graft survival rate of ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation are not much different from those of ABO-compatible kidney transplantation. However, domestic research on the subject is rare. Therefore, we report the results of 22 ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation cases performed in our hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research was from 22 patients in our hospital who underwent ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation from 15 February 2007 to 20 May 2010. RESULTS: As yet, there have been no donor graft losses and no deaths after transplantation. The results of the two groups were analyzed by analysis of covariance of the creatinine value of the recipients at 6 months after the operation, corrected for the preoperative value in order to statistically identify whether there were differences in renal function after the operation between ABO-compatible and ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation. The results of the analysis of covariance showed no statistical difference in renal function after the operation between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: Even though there were not many cases, our initial results for ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation were positive. Considering the increasing number of patients waiting for kidney transplantation, longer-term domestic research studies of ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation are necessary.
ABO Blood-Group System ; Cadaver ; Creatinine ; Graft Survival ; Humans ; Kidney ; Kidney Transplantation ; Living Donors ; Survival Rate ; Tissue Donors ; Transplants

Primary malignant lymphoma of lung is a very rare disease, only 0.34% of all malignant lymphomas. In our case, a 76 year old male patient had a solitary mass without lympha-denopathy at chest CT scan. He underwent right middle lobectomy through a posterolateral thoracotomy incision. Pathologic study confirmed a diagnosis of malignant lymphoma and chemotherapy was started by an oncologist.
Aged ; Diagnosis ; Drug Therapy ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; Lung* ; Lymphoma* ; Male ; Rare Diseases ; Thoracotomy ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Transfer of large quantities of fetal blood across the placental barrier to the maternal circulation is a rare occurrence which results in severe anemia in the newborn infants. This phenomenon is believed to occur most often during labor and delivery and apparently, is more frequent when abnormal obstetric conditions are present. However, fetal erythrocytes have been identified in the naternal circulation throughout most of pregnancy indicating some degree of constant or intermittent transplacental transfusion. We experienced a case of stillbirth due to large amount of fetomaternal transfusion. Acid elutionl test of maternal blood was positive and direct and indirect Coombs test was negative. Ultrasonographic finding on abdomen and cranium to rule out the internal hemorrhage was normal. We report a case of stillbirth due to fetomaternal transfusion with a brief review of related literatures.
Abdomen ; Anemia ; Coombs Test ; Erythrocytes ; Female ; Fetal Blood ; Fetomaternal Transfusion* ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Pregnancy ; Skull ; Stillbirth*

BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken to test the validity of M-mode and a new cross sectional cehocardiographic quantification of pericardial effusion. METHODS: This study was performed in 12 patients with large pericardial effusion of whom hed M-mode and 2-D echocardiography just before therpeutic drainage of the effusion. The volume of Pericardial fluid removed by pericardiocentesis was compared with te echo-free space estimated by M-mode echocardiography and the volume estimated by new 2-D echocardiographic method. The pericardial sac volume and the cardiac volume were calculated by applying the formula for the volume of a prolate ellipse. RESULTS: 1) There was a good correlation between 2-D echocardiographic estimate and the actual volume removed by pericardiocentesis(r=0.72, p<0.05). 2) The correlation between the echo-free space estimated by M-mode echocardiography at the level of mitral valve and the actual volume was also good(r=0.81,p<0.001). CONCLUSION: The M-mode and 2-D echocardiographic method is successful in helping to estimate large pericardial effusion.
Cardiac Volume ; Drainage ; Echocardiography* ; Humans ; Mitral Valve ; Pericardial Effusion* ; Pericardiocentesis ; Phosmet