Congenital vertical talus associating tarsal coalition, which is a very anomalous condition and causes severe rigid flat foot, is presented with literary reviews. This case was treated with soft tissue release and triple arthrodesis.
Arthrodesis ; Flatfoot ; Talus

PURPOSE: The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the diagnostic ability of a CCD-based digital system (CDX-2000HQ) in the detection of incipient dental caries. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 93 extracted human teeth with sound proximal surfaces and interproximal artificial cavities were radiographed using 4 imaging methods. Automatically processed No. 2 Insight film (Eastman Kodak Co., U.S.A.) was used for conventional radiography, scanned images of conventional radiograms for indirect digital radiography were used. For the direct digital radiography, the CDX-2000HQ CCD system (Biomedisys Co. Korea) was used. The subtraction images were made from two direct digital images by Sunny program in the CDX-2000HQ system. Two radiologists and three endodontists examined the presence of lesions using a five-point confidence scale and compared the diagnostic ability by ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) analysis and one way ANOVA test. RESULTS: The mean ROC areas of conventional radiography, indirect digital radiography, direct digital radiography, and digital subtraction radiography were 0.9093, 0.9102, 0.9184, and 0.9056, respectively. The diagnostic ability of direct digital radiography was better than the other imaging modalities, but there were no statistical differences among these imaging modalities (p> 0.05). CONCLUSION: These results indicate that new CCD-based digital systems (CDX-2000HQ) have the potential to serve as an alternative to conventional radiography in the detection of incipient dental caries.
Dental Caries* ; Humans ; Radiographic Image Enhancement* ; Radiography ; ROC Curve ; Tooth

The Warthin tumor is a benign neoplasm that occurs mostly in the parotid gland. The tumor frequently occurs in the tail of the parotid gland. A 75-year-old man was referred to Wonkwang dental hospital with a chief complaint of swelling on the right submandibular area. Numerous salivary stones were observed in the right submandibular gland on computed tomography(CT). And the two tumorous lesions were incidentally found in the parotid gland bilaterally. The tumorous lesions showed homogeneous enhancement on the CT and intermediate signal intensity on both T1- and T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images. This tumorous lesions also showed contrast enhancement on fat suppressed T1 weighted MR images. We report common CT and MR features of this case of Warthin tumor in the parotid gland with literature review.
Adenolymphoma ; Aged ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Parotid Gland ; Submandibular Gland

No abstract available.
Cervix Uteri* ; Female ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging*

No abstract available.
Liver* ; Mesenchymoma*

Embolization of a carotid cavernous fistula(CCF) by means of a detachable balloon is a well-established method for treating CCFs while preserving a patent parent internal carotid artery(ICA). However, failure to embolize the CCF may occur on a few occasions. Herein we describe a stent-assisted Guglielmi detachable coil embolization that completely occludes the fistulous opening rather than fills the cavernous sinus. By applying this technique, we successfully treated a CCF, without compromise of the parent ICA in patients who has failed with balloon technique previously.
Cavernous Sinus ; Embolization, Therapeutic ; Fistula* ; Humans ; Parents ; Stents*

The conventional glycemic indices used in management of diabetic patients includes A1c, fructosamine, 1,5-anhydroglucitol, and glycated albumin (GA). Among these indices, A1c is currently used as the gold standard. However, A1c cannot reflect the glycemic change over a relatively short period of time, and its accuracy is known to decrease when abnormalities in hemoglobin metabolism, such as anemia, coexist. When considering these weaknesses, there have been needs for finding a novel glycemic index for diagnosing and managing diabetes, as well as for predicting diabetic complications properly. Recently, several studies have suggested the potential of GA as an intermediate-term glycation index in covering the short-term effect of treatment. Furthermore, its role as a pathogenic protein affecting the worsening of diabetes and occurrence of diabetic complications is receiving attention as well. Therefore, in this article, we wanted to review the recent status of GA as a glycemic index and as a pathogenic protein.
Anemia ; Deoxyglucose ; Diabetes Complications ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Fructosamine ; Glycemic Index ; Hemoglobins ; Humans ; Serum Albumin

Since 2005, the American Diabetes Association has published the annual Clinical Practice Recommendations, which include the "Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes." This publication has been recognized as one of the primary references for medical care in diabetes. In this paper, I provide a summary of the "Executive Summary on Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes-2016" in Korean. This Korean version of the executive summary will be a good reference for daily clinical practice of diabetes care.
Diabetes Mellitus ; Publications ; Standard of Care

In the management and treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ranging from hepatic steatosis (HS) to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the goals in patients without NASH or hepatic fibrosis are weight reduction through lifestyle modification such as nutritional and exercise intervention and control of associated metabolic morbidities including obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes. Weight reduction of at least 3% to 5% could improve steatosis, and the characteristics of NASH histopathology with a dose-response curve between the degree of weight loss and improvement of histopathology. The patients with NAFLD could achieve weight reduction with hypocaloric diet with or without exercise, but not with exercise alone. Despite the absence of a weight loss effect of exercise alone, it may prevent or alleviate HS and associated metabolic parameters.
Diet ; Fibrosis ; Humans ; Life Style ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease* ; Obesity ; Weight Loss

Since 1990, the Korean Diabetes Association has published Clinical Practice Recommendations, which include the “Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes.” The position statement of the Korean Diabetes Association on diabetes care and management has been recognized as one of the primary references for medical care in diabetes. This English version published in 2017 will be a good reference for daily clinical practice of diabetes care. In this paper, I provide an executive summary of insulin therapy for adult patients with type 2 diabetes in Korea.
Adult* ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* ; Humans ; Insulin* ; Korea ; Standard of Care