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We experienced two cases of Gaucher's disease of adult type in brother aged four years and two years. The patients showed hepatosplenomegaly with anemia and thrombocytopenia. Typical Gaucher cells were found in bone marrow and biopsy specimens of liver and spleen through light and electron microscopic examination. Splenectomy was followed by improvement of anemia and thrombocytopenia. A brief review of literature was made.
Adult ; Anemia ; Biopsy ; Bone Marrow ; Gaucher Disease* ; Humans ; Liver ; Siblings* ; Spleen ; Splenectomy ; Thrombocytopenia

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Colon*

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Colon* ; Diverticulitis* ; Laparoscopy*

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Audiometry, Speech* ; Otitis Media* ; Otitis*

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Child* ; Humans ; Infant*

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Chondrosarcoma, Mesenchymal

Urodynamic studies including uroflowmetry, CO2 cystometry, electromyography, urethral pressure profilometry were performed on 15 cases of the chronic prostatitis in the Department of Urology, Kyung Hee University Hospital recently. The following results were obtained: 1. The uroflowmetry was performed in 15 cases. The average of the maximum flow rates was 16.57+/-4.68ml/ sec (M+/-SD). In only 4 cases the maximum flow rate was within normal range, but the other 11 cases revealed decreased rates than normal. 2. The CO2 cystometry was performed in 14 cases. In only one case the bladder capacity was 1,003ml, but the other findings were normal. The other 13 cases revealed normal findings. In 12 cases the external anal sphincter EMG was performed with cystometry simultaneously, there was no detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia. 3. The urethral pressure profilometry was performed in 14 cases. The average of the functional profile length was 3.06+/-0.78cm (M+/-SD). The average of the maximum urethral pressure was 85.36+/-27.99cmH
Anal Canal ; Ataxia ; Contracture ; Electromyography ; Humans ; Hypertrophy ; Neck ; Prostatitis* ; Reference Values ; Urethritis ; Urinary Bladder ; Urodynamics* ; Urology

BACKGROUND: This study was performed to evaluate our experience on laparoscopic appendectomy. METHODS: Retrospective analysis was performed on 2,856 patients who had been operated by laparoscopic appendectomy under diagnosis of acute appendicitis at the Sung-Ae Hospital and Kwang-Myoung Sung-Ae Hospital from October 1991 to July 1998. RESULTS: Among 2,856 patients who had undergone laparoscopic appendectomy,2,379 patients (83.3%) were operated due to simple acute appendicitis, 275 patients (9.6%) due to perforated appendicitis. Operation time was 44.6 minutes for simple acute appendicitis and 60.3 minutes for perforated appendicitis. In perforated appendicitis, intra-peritoneal irrigation and drain insertion was performed. The length of hospital stay in patient with simple acute appendicitis was 3.7 days (5.82 days in conventional appendectomy) and patients with perfotrated appendicitis was 6.1 days (9.91 days in conventional appen-dectomy). Complications such as wound infection, intra-abdomen abscess, trocar site bleeding, subcutaneous emphysema developed in 43 (1.5%) patients (79/1,947, 4.5% in conventional appendectomy). In 202 (7.1%) patients, appendix was normal, but another diseases were detected, including acute pelvic inflammation, ovarian cyst, mesenteric lymphadenitis, enteritis, diverticulitis in order. CONCLUSION: Overall complication rate was lower in laparoscopic appendectomy compared with conventional appendectomy and the length of hospitalization of laparoscopic appendectomy was shorter. When the acute appendicitis is suspected, especially in the reproductive women, the laparoscopic approach would be better diagnostic and therapeutic value than conventional method. Therefore laparoscopic appendectomy would be replaced with conventional appendectomy.
Abscess ; Appendectomy* ; Appendicitis ; Appendix ; Diagnosis ; Diverticulitis ; Enteritis ; Female ; Hemorrhage ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Length of Stay ; Mesenteric Lymphadenitis ; Ovarian Cysts ; Retrospective Studies ; Subcutaneous Emphysema ; Surgical Instruments ; Wound Infection

Takayasu's arteritis is a chronic, granulomatous, large-vessel arteriopathy of unknown cause. A 45-year-old women developed multiple subcutaneous nodules preceded by fever, chills, weakness and weight loss. There were several developed pyoderma gangrenosum-like ulcerations which resulted from the breakdown of subcutaneous nodules on both forearms. A skin biopsy specimen from a forearm nodule revealed characteristics of polyarteritis nodosa including necrosis of the muscular arteries of the deep dermis and subcutaneous tissues destruction of the elastic lamella, thrombus formation, and an acute and chronic inflammatory cell infiltrates. Seven years later, the diagnosis of Takayasu's arteritis was suggested by the absence of the left radial pulse and confirmed by angiography.
Angiography ; Arteries ; Biopsy ; Chills ; Dermis ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Fever ; Forearm ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Necrosis ; Polyarteritis Nodosa* ; Pyoderma ; Pyoderma Gangrenosum ; Skin ; Subcutaneous Tissue ; Takayasu Arteritis* ; Thrombosis ; Ulcer ; Weight Loss