About 20 or more cases of seminal vesicle cyst were reported up to nowadays, but CT findings are not yetdescribed. Seminal visicle cyst is often associated with ipsilateral renal agenesis, and the mechanism ofdevelopment is based on embryogenesis. A 26 year old male was confirmed as seminal vesicle cyst in S.N.U.H. inNov. 1981. CT of the seminal vesicle cyst revealed huge, globular and homogeneous mass with well-circumscribedsmooth margin between urinary bladder and rectum. Adilated tubular structure was also found lateral to the hugecystic mass. The ipsilateral kidney was not found in any level of abdomen from the diaphragmetic dome to thesymphisis pubis.
Abdomen ; Embryonic Development ; Female ; Humans ; Kidney ; Male ; Pregnancy ; Pubic Bone ; Rectum ; Seminal Vesicles ; Urinary Bladder

Rabies is a fetal viral encephalitis to which all mammals, including man are susceptible. This virus, the genus of Rhabdovirus, is usually present in the saliva of infected animals and is transmitted by their bite. As a rule the virus enter the CNS by ascending along peripheral nervous system and extremely variable in extent. Negri bodies are appear in about 75% of cases. These bodies are eosinophilic, usually rounded inclusions and is located in the cystoplasm of the neurons, most frequently in the pyramidal neurons of the Hippocampus and the Purkinje cells of the cerebellum. We have experienced a case of canine rabies that showed Negri bodies in the Purkinje cells along with diffuse degenerative encephalitis and perivascular mononuclear cells infiltration. The Negri bodies were best demonstrated by Negri body staining although routine H-E staind was also useful. There inclusion bodies were located exclusively in the cytoplasm, and were found occasionally. Electron microscopic findings of the Negri bodies showed aggregates of bulletshaped nucleocapsids. We report a Negri body found in the brain of rabid dog with the light and electron microscopic findings.
Male ; Humans ; Dogs ; Animals

No abstract available.
Hemorrhage* ; Hepatoblastoma* ; Rupture*

In 1929, Bailey first described an intracranial sarcomatous tumor as a term of perithelial sarcoma. The term of microgliomatosis was introduced by Benedek and Juba, 1941. In recent period, malignant lymphoma was widely used rather than many other terms such as reticulum cell sarcoma, malignant reticulosis, etc. An autopsy case of microgliomatosis was presented. She was a 33-year-old woman with headache, ataxia, memory disturbance, defecation and micturition difficulty. She was relatively well until 3 months earlier before admission. She visited first St. Vincent Hospital due to memory disturbance, and a tumor was found in her left frontal lobe by CT scanning of her brain. She was transferred to Kang Nam Sacred Heart Hospital for further evaluation of the tumor mass. She ws given steroid therapy and somewhat improved in her symptoms. By follow-up CT scannings, the tumor could not be found. Her general conditions were progressively deteriorated and died on 85th day of her admission. Brain limited autopsy was performed. The external features of her brain were grossly unremarkable. Cut surfaces revealed multiple ill-defined grayish white masses, especially on deep white matter of left frontal lobe, left cingulate gyrus and white matter together with medial side of basal ganglia. The definite size was not able to be measured, but the largest one in left frontal lobe was about 2.5cm in diameter. Microscopically, the tumors have many characteristics of microgliomatosis, such as perivascular arrangement of tumor cells and concentric reticulin condensation. These microscopic features were seen not only in grossly visible masses but also in other areas, almost all cerebral hemispheres. Literature review on microgliomatosis and a case report were done.
Female ; Humans

Tumor and tumor-like lesion of the patella are extremely rare. The following have been reported: giant cell tumor; osteoblastoma; osteoid osteoma; chondroblastoma; solitary osteochon droma; chondroma; ganglion; simple bone cyst; aneurysmal bone cyst; hyperparathyrodism (brown tumor); malignant lymphoma; haemangioendothelioma; haemangima; primary osteosarcoma; plasmocytoma and metastases. Chodroblastoma in patella were very rare and first repoted by Jerone Cohren in 1963. On review of our literatures, we could not find reported case in Korea. The purpose of this paper is to present an unusual case of chondroblastoma of the patella.
Aneurysm ; Bone Cysts ; Chondroblastoma* ; Chondroma ; Ganglion Cysts ; Giant Cell Tumors ; Korea ; Lymphoma ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Osteoblastoma ; Osteoma, Osteoid ; Osteosarcoma ; Patella* ; Plasmacytoma

Early stage osteonecrosis of femoral head is a major therapeutic dilemma in orthopedics. Many joint preserving treatment modalities have been proposed, but none of them is entirely satisfactory. Among them, core decompression has been widely performed. The results of twenty two core decompression procedures that were performed for osteonecrosis of the femoral head in fifteen patients were retrospectively reviewed to evaluate the effectiveness of the procedure. From January 1990 to December 1993, we had treated twenty two cases of the osteonecrosis of femoral head. The average follow-up was 31 months, ranging from 12 months to 58 months and the average age at operation was 39.6 years, ranging from 21 to 58 years. By Ficat-Arlet stage, the stages I were 1 case,IIa 6 cases, IIb 7 cases and III 8 cases. The functional and radiological evaluation was done preoperatively and at final follow up by the Harris Hip score and Ficat stage. The results were as follows. The improved cases were 10 cases and the progressed were 12. Radiologically, none of 1 hip(0%) with stage I, two of 6 hips(33%) with stage IIa, four of 7 hips(57%) with stage IIb, and six of 8 hips(75%) with stage III have progressed. Mean preoperative Harris Hip score was 57 points and it improves to 69 (the improved 13 cases; 85, the progressed 9; cases; 49)at final follow up. In six of the progressed 9 cases, the arthroplasties were performed. Among them, five cases are being observed. In conclusion, the core decompression is not only highly effective in preventing further change in femoral head, but also relieving pain and delaying time for arthroplasty at late stage osteonecrosis of femoral head.
Arthroplasty ; Decompression ; Follow-Up Studies ; Head ; Hip ; Humans ; Joints ; Orthopedics ; Osteonecrosis ; Retrospective Studies

The most common cardiac cause of massive hemoptysis is mitral stenosis. Mitral regurgitation is rarely complicated by massive hemoptysis. A 48-year-old man with no significant medical history was admitted to our hospital with hemoptysis and production of 500 mL of blood within 24 hours. A pan-systolic murmur was found on chest examination. A chest computed tomography showed airspace consolidation in the right upper and middle lobes, with faint bilateral ground glass opacity. Echocardiography revealed mitral valve prolapse and grade IV mitral regurgitation. The patient was diagnosed with sporadic primary mitral valve prolapse. After mitral valve repair surgery, the patient recovered fully.
Echocardiography ; Glass ; Hemoptysis* ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Mitral Valve Insufficiency* ; Mitral Valve Prolapse* ; Mitral Valve Stenosis ; Mitral Valve* ; Thorax

No abstract available.
Barium* ; Child* ; Humans ; Intussusception* ; Ultrasonography*

Intracranial nerve sheath tumors unrelated to the cranial nerve roots are extremely rare, and the origin of the tumors are debatable. We report a case of pathologically-proven neurofibroma inside the lateral ventricle. A 49-year-old man presented with headache of 6 months duration, urinary incontinence, visual disturbance and right hemiplegia. Brain CT scan showed a well defined isodense mass with homogenous contrast enhancement and marginal calcification. At surgery the tumor was found to be a 4cm-sized lobulated mass attached only to the choroid plexus. Histologically, the tumor masses consisted of fasciculating bundles of wavy spindle cells, with a considerable collagen laydown.
Brain ; Choroid Plexus ; Collagen ; Cranial Nerves ; Headache ; Hemiplegia ; Humans ; Lateral Ventricles ; Middle Aged ; Nerve Sheath Neoplasms ; Neurofibroma* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Urinary Incontinence

No abstract available.
Anaphylaxis* ; Animals ; Hypersensitivity* ; Immunoglobulin E* ; Interferons* ; Mice*