The report(study) concerns four casses of subretinal cysticercosis cellulosae, all reported in Korea during the last 15 years to the best of my Knowledge. The patients were yeung men of 19 to 29 years of age and had been infected with the cysticercus. They were from Seoul, Choon-chun, Kwang-Ju and East-manchuria respectively. Three cases were observed in the left eye, and one in the right eye, all cysticerci were localized near the posterior pole of fundus. The author stated how to differentiate the changes of the fundus of this condition from that of retinal detachment and malignant melanoma, and how to treat this affection, and finally the prophylaxis was mentioned.
Cysticercosis* ; Cysticercus ; Gwangju ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Melanoma ; Retinal Detachment ; Seoul

A case of Wegener's Granulomatosis of 35 year old Korean male having 38 months duration with typical clinical symptoms and coular manifestations had been treated and observed in our clinic form April to November 21, 1958. The diagnosis was confirmed by the histopathological studies on biopsy specimen and by postmortem examination. The ultimate cause of the death in this case was thought to be massive cerebral hemorrhages as a result of systemic involvement of necrotizing angitis which is one of the characteristic features of this disease. Uremia and hypertension were not observed in this case to the end of the course. There is no report dealing with Wegener's Granulomatosis in Korean literatures to the best of our knowledge at this moment.
Adult ; Autopsy ; Biopsy ; Cerebral Hemorrhage ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Male ; Uremia ; Wegener Granulomatosis*

The protooncogene c-myc is known to be associated with both cell proliferation and apoptosis. The possible cellular affects of castration on the ventral prostate gland of rat as well as the relationship to a castration induced c-myc expression were examined. Levels of c-myc mRNA in the ventral prostate gland peaked at 6 h (early induction) and 48 h (late induction) after castration, respectively. Castration-induced DNA fragmentation was not observed at an early induction of c-myc mRNA. DNA fragmentation appeared to be testosterone-dependent. On the other hand, cellular DNA synthesis measured by [3H]thymidine uptake in the ventral prostate gland was increased to maximum at 6 h after castration. These results suggest that an early induction of c-myc mRNA in ventral prostate gland after castration is closely associated with cell proliferation of the gland.
Animal ; Apoptosis ; Cell Division ; DNA Fragmentation ; Male ; *Orchiectomy ; Prostate/*cytology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/biosynthesis/*genetics ; RNA, Messenger ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley