Exfoliative cytology of synovial fluid is less stressed in medical practice, but it can be a very useful tool for the differential diagnosis of various joint diseases. This report describes a case of juvenile rheumatoid arthritls in a 7 year old girl, who showed characteristic ragocytes in joint fluid. Synovial biopsy specimen confirmed the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.
Diagnosis, Differential ; Biopsy

This is to report two unusual cases of plasma cell myeloma, in each respective case presumptive diagnosis of chronic inflammatory disease of cervical spine and tuberculosis of 11th thoracic vertebra was made.
Diagnosis ; Multiple Myeloma ; Plasma Cells ; Plasma ; Spine ; Tuberculosis

No abstract available.
Dyskeratosis Congenita* ; Female ; Humans

Atresia of larynx is a rare fatal anomaly that should bring an immediate medical attention for proper managenent. We reported a case who died in neonatal period because of respiratory difficulty. His first problem was difficulty of inserting tracheal tube through the larynx. It was of interest in this case that he was presented with generalized edema and also massive lung edema. The lung was characterized by total absence of squamous and amniotic debris in the alveolar spaces and massive inflation of the alveoli by clear fluid that was thought to be amniotic fouid produced by the lung per se. Because there was no connection between oral cavity and the lungs, there would be no way the amniotic fluid outside the fetus. The laryngeal atresia was of infraglottic type and was complete with dispalced cricoid cartilage. Associated anomalies were left persistent supperior vena cava, perimembranous ventricular septal defect, spina bifida and focal cerebellar heterotopia.
Infant, Newborn ; Humans

This is to report a case of the homogeneous transplantation of the single articular surface and its supporting bone of the proximal one third of the humerus and humeral head for the treatment of the giant cell tumor involving the proximal humerus.
Giant Cell Tumors ; Humeral Head ; Humerus

Here, we report a case of artificial prosthesis of the knee joint combining with homogenous bone transplantation for the treatment of giant cell tumor of the right distal femur. At one year follow up, the patient complains almost no pain nor tenderness at operative site and ambulates with partial weight bearing with crutches. The X-ray finding shows satisfactory bony union with progressive bony remodelling.
Bone Transplantation ; Crutches ; Femur ; Follow-Up Studies ; Giant Cell Tumors ; Humans ; Knee Joint ; Knee ; Prostheses and Implants ; Weight-Bearing

The fabella, a sesamoid bone that occasionally is found in humans on the gliding surface of the lateral head of the gastrocnemius, is a sign of an atavistjc pattern. The authors examined radiograph of knees of 817 patients for the presence of fabella and determined the incidence of fabella in traumatic patients as compared with non-traumatic patients with primary osteoarthrosis or vague pain in that knees. The results were as followes: l. 31.0% of 626 adult patients had at least a unilateral fabella. 2. There was no difference in the incidence of fabella according to sex (p<0.01). 3. The youngest boy showing the fabella was aged 12 years & 8 months, the youngest girl 15 years & 2 months. 4. 87.1% of the patients who had a fabella had one bilaterally. 5. Fabellae were more common in the patients with primary osteoarthrosis or vague pain in that knees. 6. It is our opinion that the presence of fabella is more important in the clinical aspect in Korea.
Adult ; Female ; Head ; Humans ; Incidence ; Knee ; Korea ; Male ; Osteoarthritis ; Sesamoid Bones

No abstract available.
Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins* ; Dopamine* ; Humans ; Pilot Projects* ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

No abstract available.
Fistula*

Evaluations of residual renal function and the therapeutic effectiveness in renal tuberculosis have largely been dependent on intravenous pyelogram or Contrast-CT scan, even though, exact renal function are not evaluated with there methads. 99mTc-DMSA is a radiopharmaceutical that is trapped in the functioning tubular cells of the kidney and therefore, quantitative renal function could be evaluoted by ineasuring the counts of renal radioactivity and concomittant evaluation of renal morphology could be passible with the analog imapes of the radioactivity. The authors retrospectively analyzed 99mTc-DMSA scans of 75 kidndys of 67 patients with confirmed renal tuberculosis. We classified the morphologies of tuberculous kidneys as 6 types. We classified the morphologies of tuberculous kidneys as 6 types such as the type with small cortical defect, with parenchymal ulcerocavernous lesions, ulcerocavernous fistula to pelvis, mass-like defects, contracted kidney with ureter visualization, and the type with nonvisualization of kidney, corresponding to the characters of renal tuberculous pathogenesis with abscess formation, ulcerocavernous fistula, and fibrosis, and correspondings to the renal anatomy with parenchyma, and pelvocalyceal collecting system. Their mean residual renal functions measured with 99mTc-DMSA uptake rates were 19.0%, 18.4%, 7.9%, 12%, 4.1%, 3.4% respectively.
Abscess ; Fibrosis ; Fistula ; Fluspirilene ; Humans ; Kidney ; Pelvis ; Radioactivity ; Retrospective Studies ; Succimer* ; Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid ; Tuberculosis, Renal* ; Ureter