No abstract available.
C-Reactive Protein* ; Pregnancy*

Hemangioma of the ovary is very rare benign tumor and it is surprising that only about 40 examples have been reported. It is so rare that there is no report in Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. There are both benign and malignant lesions of various histologic types in pure mesenchymal tumors of the ovary. Hemangioma of the ovary is benign tumor of vascular origin in this pure mesenchymal tumors of the ovary. Hemangioma of the ovary is considered either a hamartomatous malformation or a true neoplasm and may be associated with hemangiomas in other parts of the genital tract and with hemangiomatosis. Nearly all ovarian hemangiomas show histologically a cavernous or a mixed cavernous-capillary pattern with large vascular spaces. The hemangiomas are usually unilateral and asymptomatic but associated findings may include abdominal swelling and awareness due to the large mass, acute abdominal pain from torsion, ascites, and thrombocytopenia. I have experienced a very rare case of cavernous hemangioma with calcification in the right ovary, combined with mature cystic teratoma in the left ovary in a 22-year-old woman and report it with brief review of literatures.
Abdominal Pain ; Ascites ; Female ; Gynecology ; Hemangioma ; Hemangioma, Cavernous* ; Humans ; Obstetrics ; Ovary* ; Teratoma ; Thrombocytopenia ; Young Adult

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Neck* ; Umbilical Cord*

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Female ; Ovary*

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Female ; Ovary*

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Leiomyoma* ; Vulva*

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Humans ; Twins* ; Umbilical Cord*

BACKGROUND: This study examined the efficacy of patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) for post-cesarean section pain control and compared the suitability of four different volumes of continuous background infusion (CBI). METHODS: Sixty patients were received 0.125% bupivacaine with 5 g/ml fentanyl by PCEA (2 ml of demand dose and 10 minutes of lockout interval) and CBI. Experimental groups were divided four groups according to the volumes of CBI; 1 ml/hr, 2 ml.hr, 3 ml/hr and 4 ml/hr of CBI during 48 hours postoperatively. RESULTS: Total amount of fentanyl and bupivacaine consumption was significantly higher in 1ml/hr of CBI group than 2 ml/hr of CBI group during first 24 hours, and in 4 ml/hr of CBI group than 1 ml/hr and 3 ml/hr of CBI group during second 24 hours. CBI/maximum hourly demand dose was 15~23%. There is no significant difference between the groups in pain score, side effects and patient's satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that two or three ml/hr of CBI can provide the most effective postoperative analgesia and the optimal ratio of CBI/maximum hourly demand dose is about 20%.
Analgesia ; Analgesia, Epidural* ; Bupivacaine ; Fentanyl ; Humans

The present study was undertaken to investigate serum carboxyhemoglobin levels in smokers according to the amount of cigarrettes. many studies have shown definite and consistent relations between smoking and ischemic heart disease. The purpose of this study is to show that COHb levels can be used to discriminate between persons having certain ischemic heart disease and persons without these disease more accurately than is possible by using smoking history alone, and thus to suggest that this may be a good indicators of risk. The results of this study are as follow : 1) The incidence of ischemic heart disease in smoker is higher than that in non-smoker. 2) For a given COHb level there is no clear increasing trend in the population of affected subjects with increasing cigarette consumption and there is no significant change cigarette consumption under duration of 10 year's smoking history. 3) For a moderate and a heavy smoking categories there is a consistent effect of an increasing proportion of affected subjects as the COHb level rises and there is a significant change with COHb level under duration of 10 year's smoking history. 4) The same results are as over duration of 10 year's history. 5) There were no significant interaction between under duration of 10 year's smoking history and over duration of 10 year's smoking history. In conclusion, it seemed that cigarette smoking may play an important factor in development of ischemic heart disease by increasing serum carboxyhemoglobin level.
Carboxyhemoglobin* ; Humans ; Incidence ; Myocardial Ischemia* ; Smoke* ; Smoking* ; Tobacco Products

Uterine sarcomas are relatively rare tumors of mesodermal origin that constitute 2-6% of uterine malignancies. Uterine sarcomas include endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS), leiomyosarcoma (LMS), malignant mixed m llerian tumor (MMMT) of both homologous and heterologous type, pure heterologous sarcomas, blood vessel sarcomas, and lymphoma. Endometrial stromal tumors are divided into three types: 1) endometrial stromal nodule, 2) low-grade stromal sarcoma or endolymphatic stromal myosis, and 3) endometrial stromal sarcoma. The low grade endometrial stromal sarcoma is very rare. It shows occasional local recurrence, which might arise from endometrial stroma, from adenomyosis, and rarely from endometriosis. We have experienced a case of low grade endometrial stromal sarcoma of the uterus in a 54-year-old woman, which is presented with a review of literatures.
Adenomyosis ; Blood Vessels ; Endometrial Stromal Tumors ; Endometriosis ; Female ; Humans ; Leiomyosarcoma ; Lymphoma ; Mesoderm ; Middle Aged ; Recurrence ; Sarcoma ; Sarcoma, Endometrial Stromal* ; Uterus*