Surgical resection is the only option for the treatment of carotid body tumor. The tumor is characterized by its hypervascularity and adherence to the carotid artery. Neurovascular injuries have been a well known surgical complication during the procedure. We experienced a case of carotid artery injury during the resection of carotid body tumor and which was reconstructed with interposition graft using autogenous vein. Vascular injury as a complication during the resection of carotid body tumor was reviewed.
Carotid Arteries ; Carotid Artery Injuries ; Carotid Body Tumor ; Carotid Body ; Transplants ; Vascular System Injuries ; Veins

To get basic data for the development of health care toward the staff of a university, an evaluation study of the risk factors for the cardiovascular disease utilizing data from questionnaire and health examination performed in 1994 for 1233 staff of Chosun University and its affiliated Hospital. The results are as follows: 1. The mean values of systolic blood pressure was 122.0+/-14.7mmHg for the male and 111.8+/-12. lmmHg for the female. The mean values of diastolic blood pressure was 82. 5+/-12.0mmHg for the male and 73.7+/-10.0mmHg for the female. The mean values of serum total cholesterol was 185.6+/-33.4mg/dl for the male and 173.5+/-32.6mg/dl for the female. The mean values of body mass index(BMI) was 23. l+/-2.4kg/m2 for the male and 21.5+/-2.3kg/m2 for the female. The smoking rate of the male was 47. 6% and that of the female was 0.4%. 2. The systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels increased with age in both sexes. Under 55 years of age the mean blood pressures of the male were higher than that of the female, but the levels of both sexes at 55-64 year old group did not show any big difference. The mean values of serum total cholesterol and BMI also increased with age in both sexes. Under 45 years of age, the serum cholesterol and BMI levels of the male were higher than that of the female, but on the contrary, levels of the male were lower than that of the female at 55-64 year old groups. The mean cholestrol and BMI levels of both sexes at 45-54 year old group was similar. As the age increases, the rate of exsmoker increased and the rate of current smoker decreased among the male. 3. The additive cardiovascular risk scores were calculated considering the values of blood pressure, serum total cholesterol level and the smoking status. The distribution curve of risk scores for the male showed 39. 1% under 4 points and 60.9% above 4 points with the peak at 4 points. 61.7% of the female showed that the risk scores were under 4 points and the rest was more than 4 points with maximum 9 points. As a whole the risk scores of the female were lower than that of the male. 4. By the analysis of association between the risk score of cardiovascular disease and the subjective symptom under the stratification of age and sex, the prevalence of exertional dyspnea was significantly higher at 35-44 year male group and prevalence of dizziness was significantly higher at 45-64 year male group as the risk score of cardiovascular disease increased. Among 25 34 year and 45-64 year female group persons with lower risk score of cardiovascular disease showed higher prevalence of dizziness than persosns with higher risk score.
Blood Pressure ; Cardiovascular Diseases ; Cholesterol ; Delivery of Health Care ; Dizziness ; Dyspnea ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Prevalence ; Risk Factors* ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Surveys and Questionnaires

BACKGROUND: We sought to develop a novel index based on the skeletal muscle mass that reflects the change of quality of life (QOL), and is the most appropriate index for the body composition of the elderly in Korea. Whether lower extremity skeletal muscle mass index (LESMI) is an appropriate novel new index to diagnose patients with sarcopenia was also evaluated. A cut-off value for each index was reported to facilitate the diagnosis of patients with sarcopenia in a Korean population. METHODS: We used the 5th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2010. We analyzed 409 elderly patients, including 231 men and 178 women, aged ≥65 years. Patients were diagnosed by calculating their skeletal muscle index based on the skeletal muscle mass measured using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. Obesity and osteoporosis were used to screen data and EuroQOL-5 dimension as a health questionnaire. RESULTS: The prevalence of sarcopenia in each index was obtained based on its cut-off value for diagnosing sarcopenia. There was a significant difference between the obesity rate of elderly patients diagnosed with sarcopenia and those who were not based on each index. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of osteoporosis between the groups. Sarcopenia diagnosis based on the LESMI was significantly correlated with QOL. CONCLUSIONS: LESMI, a novel index based on skeletal muscle mass, reflects changes in QOL and is appropriate for the body composition of elderly people in Korea.
Absorptiometry, Photon ; Aged ; Body Composition ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Lower Extremity ; Male ; Muscle, Skeletal ; Nutrition Surveys ; Obesity ; Osteoporosis ; Prevalence ; Quality of Life ; Sarcopenia

Although the management of a colonic perforation after a colonoscopy is still controversial, conservative therapy is commonly used in those whose colonoscopy reveals a small perforation, those whose condition is relatively good, those who were diagnosed belatedly, or those who have not developed the symptoms of generalized peritonitis. We encountered a case of recurrent colonic perforation after successful conservative treatment for a colonoscopic perforation of the sigmoid colon in a 69-year-old female, who was treated with tube sigmoidostomy.
Aged ; Colon* ; Colon, Sigmoid ; Colonoscopy ; Female ; Humans ; Peritonitis

Sparganum mansoni is an animal parasite infesting principally in cats and dogs, but sometimes it also infests human bodies. We have experienced a case of sparganosis in scrotum. Herein we report this case with a brief review of the literatures.
Animals ; Cats ; Dogs ; Human Body ; Parasites ; Scrotum* ; Sparganosis* ; Sparganum

An ectopic pregnancy in the abdominal organs is very rare. Primary intestinal pregnancy is considered the rarest form of extrauterine pregnancy, and only a few well-documented cases have been reported. Herein, a case of an abdominal pregnancy in a 25-year-old woman, with massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding, is reported. The source of bleeding could not be identified, despite gastroscopy, ultrasonography and angiography investigations. A diagnostic laparotomy disclosed an abdominal pregnancy, causing an erosion of the jejunal wall at the site of the pregnancy, with massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding. An abdominal pregnancy is seldom included in the differential diagnosis of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. The possibility of intestinal erosion in an abdominal pregnancy should be borne in mind in cases of lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
Adult ; Angiography ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Gastroscopy ; Hemorrhage* ; Humans ; Laparotomy ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Abdominal* ; Pregnancy, Ectopic ; Ultrasonography

Anomalies of cell migration are due to various kinds of damage(vascular, infectious, teratogenic etc.) which interfere with neuronal migration between the 8th and 24th week of gestation. Periventricular heterotopias are nodular masses which protrude into the ventricular lumen. There is a high frequency of convulsive disorders. A 38-year-old woman presented to a intermittent headache, seizure-like activity and post-ictal subjective weakness on the left side. The computerized tomography findings and physical and neurologic examinations with an EEG revealed no specific abnormal findings. The MRI showed tumor-like nodular mass lesions at right periventricular area. The histological study of stereotactic excised biopsy demonstrated a composition of neuron and glia. After operation, headaches were slightly reduced and there was no reattack of seizure activity. Authors reports one case of periventricular heterotopia with a review of the literature.
Adult ; Biopsy ; Cell Movement ; Electroencephalography ; Female ; Headache ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Neuroglia ; Neurologic Examination ; Neurons ; Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia* ; Pregnancy ; Seizures

Posttraumatic cerebral infarction is a recognized complication of craniocerebral trauma, but, its frequency, cause, and influence on mortality are not well defined. During a two year period, 706 patients with head trauma were examined in our hospital with cranial CT studies. The CT findings which strongly suggested the herniation were seen in 46 patients. The posttraumatic cerebral infarction was diagnosed retrospectively in 18 of these patients. Detailed information, including CT findings were recorded from 1 to 10 days after admission. Posttraumatic cerebral infarctions were seen in the vascular territories of the middle cerebral artery(PCA) in 9 patients, posterior cerebral artery(PCA) in 4 patients, anterior cerebral artery(ACA) in 3 patients, and multiple in 2 patients. Outcomes of these 18 patients were severely disabled in 8 patients, moderate disabled in 6 patients, and death in 3 patients. Only one remaining patient was demonstrated a good recovery. These results suggest that cerebral infarction with severe head trauma might be associated with significantly bad influence on outcome of these patients when compared with those without cerebral infarction.
Cerebral Infarction ; Craniocerebral Trauma ; Humans ; Mortality ; Retrospective Studies

This study is a retrospective clinical analysis of two hundred forty-four consecutive cases of acute subdural hematoma which were confirmed by operation during the last five years at the Department of Neurosurgery of the Dong-guk University Hospital. The authors have attempted, through this analysis to identify the factors affecting the outcome of acute subdural hematoma. A favorable outcome occurred in 40%, and an unfavorable outcome in 21% of patients at the time of discharge while a death ocurred in 39% of the cases. We have concluded that initial GCS, pupillary status, systolic arterial blood pressure, FDP vaules, presence or absence of skull fracture. IICP findings on brain CT, hematoma amount, and associated intracranial lesions are all prognostic factors, although the timing of operation did not reflect a significant difference in the outcome, however the sooner the intracranial hematoma lesion is evacuated, the better the outcome will be.
Arterial Pressure ; Brain ; Hematoma ; Hematoma, Subdural, Acute* ; Humans ; Neurosurgery ; Retrospective Studies ; Skull Fractures

As the development of CT scan enabled rapid and precise diagnoses of epidural hematoma, recent efforts have been sought to reduce its mortality rate. This study is a retrospective clinical analysis of one hundred eighty-one consecutive cases of epidural hematoma treated at the Department of Neurosurgery in Dong-guk University Hospital between Jan. 1991 and Dec. 1994. The rate of unsatisfactory outcome is 10.5%, While the mortality rate is 4.9%. Delayed epidural hematoma was founded tobe 12%. The authors have attempted to identify the factors influencing the prognosis of epidural hematoma. Based on the results of the above study we concluded that age, initial Glasgow coma scale, pupillary reflex and its size, IICP findings on brain CT, hematoma amount, associated intracranial lesions, rate of development of symptoms and timing of operation after injury are all relevant prognostic factors.
Brain ; Diagnosis ; Glasgow Coma Scale ; Hematoma* ; Mortality ; Neurosurgery ; Prognosis ; Reflex, Pupillary ; Retrospective Studies ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed