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Bender-Gestalt Test* ; Hallucinations*

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Animals ; Meperidine* ; Mice* ; Morphine* ; Naloxone*

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Leg* ; Skin*

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Aorta*

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Child* ; Humans ; Typhoid Fever*

Allogenic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation could be used instead of allogenic bone marrow in treatment of leukemia in children. This 10-year-old female patient with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia received a myeloablative regimen followed by allogenic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation from an HI A-identical sibling donor. Neutrophil recovery to greater than 500/pL occurred at day 11 and platelets recovered to greater than 20,000/pL at day 13. Allogenic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation can be performed safely and may result in a rapid neutrophil and platelet engraftment, without any apparent increased risk of acute graft versus host disease.
Blood Platelets ; Bone Marrow ; Child* ; Female ; Graft vs Host Disease ; Humans ; Leukemia ; Neutrophils ; Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation* ; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma* ; Siblings ; Tissue Donors

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Hyperplasia*

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Leg*

PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) is a computer-based image storage and retrieval system that can store, recall and display medical images rapidly on high resolution workstations. The image acquisition system consists of direct digital interface to computed radiography (CR) system. We reviewed X-rays of 84 patients who had both studies of Dual energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) and AP, lateral views of lumbar vertebrae between January and December of 1995. We tried to verify the clinical implication of pixel values on PACS for DXA by comparing pixel values and bone mineral density (BMD) of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th lumbar vertebrae. They were all female between 44 and 72 years old, average age of 59. Bone mineral density (BMD), represented in DXA of a total of 252 vertebrae were mostly in the range of between 0.228 (22%) and 1.318 (121%). Pixel values of the AP and lateral views of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th vertebrae in the PACS workstation were closely correlated to bone mineral density (p=0.0001). The values of the DXA (bone mineral density and T score) get comparatively lower as the pixel values get smaller. In conclusion, the pixel value on PACS interfaced to CR could be utilized as an easy, speedy and economical tool for screening of osteoporosis.
Absorptiometry, Photon* ; Aged ; Bone Density ; Female ; Humans ; Lumbar Vertebrae ; Mass Screening ; Osteoporosis ; Radiography ; Spine

Thirteen cases of lengthening of short tubular bone by gradual axial distraction using an unilateral external fixator(Orthofix M-100, Orthofix CP0089) are reported. This study aims to prove effective- ness of gradual distraction for lengthening of short tubular bone and usefulness of the newly designed external fixator. Nine patients had brachymetatarsia and four brachymetacarpia. The etiology was consisted of post-traumatic physeal injury in two and congenital in eleven cases. The average amount of lengthening was 14.5mm(37.0%) in metacarpal bone, and 17.3mm(37.5%) in metatarsal. Complications were angular deformity in 3, pin loosening in 2 cases, and premature consolidation, nonunion and pin site infection in one case, respectively. Cosmetical and functional satisfactory results were obtained in all cases. We believe that callotasis is effective for short tubular bone lengthening. Also we confirmed the newly designed external fixa- tor(Orthofix CP0089) useful.
Bone Lengthening ; Congenital Abnormalities ; External Fixators ; Humans ; Metatarsal Bones ; Osteogenesis, Distraction