Post-caval or retrocaval ureter is a congenital anomaly of the vascular system. This anomaly almost. always involve the rt. ureter and occurs more frequently in male We have reported a 36 years male of rt. postcaval ureter that was resulted marked hydronephrosis due to compression of rt. ureter by vena cava. Three months after the operation, excretory urogram showed previous caliectasis and pyelectasis were moderately reduced and previous dislocated ureteral course was corrected.
Humans ; Hydronephrosis ; Male ; Pyelectasis ; Retrocaval Ureter ; Ureter*

Yellow nail syndrome is characterized by yellow discoloration of nails, chrnnic lymphedema and respiratory dieorders such as chronic bronehitis, bronchiectasis, pleural effusion and chronic sinusitis. Other changes of nail in this syndrome are the exaggerated lateral curvature and disappearance of lunula and cuticle. These nail changes are caused by greatly slow nail growth than in normal due to the defective lymphatic drainage. We report a case of yellow nail syndrome in a 55 year-old woman who has pulmanary edema, congestive heart failure for 3 years, and yellow naiIs of all fingers and toes for 1 year.
Bronchiectasis ; Drainage ; Edema ; Female ; Fingers ; Heart Failure ; Humans ; Lymphedema ; Middle Aged ; Pleural Effusion ; Sinusitis ; Toes ; Yellow Nail Syndrome*

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Bacillus* ; Humans ; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms* ; Urinary Bladder*

We present a case of nevus flammeus associated with angiokeratoma of Fordyce and lymphangioma circumscriptum in a 26 year-old Korean man. We have known that the congenital hemangiomas may be associated with many syndromes such as Kasabacb-Merritt syndrome, Sturge-Weber syndrome and etc. Recently the congenital hemangiomas associated with angiokeratoma or lymphangioma were reported in several literatures, Watson and McCarthy reported that it seemed to be established that three types of benign vascular tumors had a common origin and grew in an identical fashion by projecting buds of endothelial tissue. So the congenital hemangiomas may have a close association with angiokeratoma or lymphangioma.
Adult ; Angiokeratoma* ; Hemangioma ; Humans ; Lymphangioma* ; Nevus* ; Port-Wine Stain* ; Sturge-Weber Syndrome

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Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone* ; Gonadotropins*

Reflex ileus in acute abdominal disease were produced frequently due to cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, abscess in pelvic, appendiceal and diaphragmatic etc. But we found that a functional type of paralytic ileus due to ureteral stonetr renal stone was commonly seen on the plain roentgenogram. In these functional type of reflex ileus due to urinary stone, distension of the small intestine withgas may interfere with an accurate detection of the stone. It may lead to confusion in detecting ureteral stone and obstructive ileus. In this report, we analyzed how many cases would show a functional type of reflex ileus in urinary stone cases. 1. In 200 cases of urinary stone, reflex ileus with urinary stone were produced in 49 cases(21. 5%) 2. Many cases of ureteral stone were found on lower third of the ureter. (99 cases) 28 reflex ileus cases in 99 cases were produced (29.2%) 3. In reflex ileus due to urinary stone, we classified them by sex, age, location and stone size. The stone was often masked by nausea, vomiting, abdominal distention and reflex ileus on plain roentgenogram. So it is necessary to perform a complete urological study to detect urinary stone.
Abscess ; Cholecystitis ; Cholelithiasis ; Ileus* ; Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction ; Intestine, Small ; Masks ; Nausea ; Reflex* ; Ureter ; Urinary Calculi* ; Urolithiasis ; Vomiting

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Female ; Ovary* ; Ultrasonics*

BACKGROUND: This study was designed to evaluate the antihypertensive efficacy and safety of benidipine hydrochloride, a Ca(++)-channel blocker, in patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension. METHODS: Benidipine was administered in 2-8mg once daily for 10 weeks in 16 hypertensive patients with diastolic blood pressure over 95mmHg and adverse effects were checked every two weeks after benidipine administration. Chest X-ray, ECG, funduscopy, and laboratory examination were performed before and after benidipine administration. RESULTS: The antihypertensive effect of benidipine was evaluated in 15 patients and the safety in 16 patients. The blood pressure significantly reduced from 170+/-12mmHg/102+/-5mmHg to 137+/-15mmHg/86+/-8mmHg at 10-week administration of benidipine and the overall effective rate was 100%. Heart rate was not affected by benidipine. The slight increase of total protein, BUN, potassium, and glucose was observed at 10 weeks of benidipine administration. Four cases of headache and 1 case of frequent urination were observed and the medication was discontinued in one patient due to headache. CONCLUSION: Benidipine proved effective and safe in the treatment of essential hypertension.
Blood Pressure ; Electrocardiography ; Glucose ; Headache ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Potassium ; Thorax ; Urination

PURPOSE: We intended to evaluate the results of arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament(ACL) reconstruction using Bone-achilles tendon-bone composite allograft by analyzing the results clinically and radiologically. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From May 1996 to June 1999, we followed 23 patients who had arthroscopic ACL reconstruction using bone-achilles tendon-bone composite allograft for minimum 24 months, and measured laxity using KT-2000 arthrometer, Lysholm score and enlargement of tibial tunnel width on plain radiograph. RESULTS: In KT-2000 arthrometer test, there was only side-to-side differences of 1.67 +/-0.7 mm between the involved and contralateral limb. Lysholm score was 61.7 +/-10.2 preoperatively and 89.3 +/-5.1 at the last follow up. And there was no tibial tunnel enlargement more than 5 mm at the last follow up. CONCLUSION: Arthroscopic ACL reconstruction using bone-achilles tendon-bone composite allograft has advantage of preservation of anatomic structure and secure bone-to-bone fixation like the bone-patel-lar tendon-bone graft that bone-achilles tendon-bone composite allograft is a reasonable choice in ACL reconstruction.
Allografts* ; Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction* ; Anterior Cruciate Ligament* ; Extremities ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Transplants

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Burns* ; Humans ; Interleukin-2*