No abstract available.
Colorectal Neoplasms*

No abstract available.
Knee* ; Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis*

Bacterial meningitis results in significant neurologic dificits despite in spite of much effort in the treatment of the disease. This study was performed to determine the incidence of caustive organisms and to correlate between the organisms and computed tomographic (CT) findings with clinical outcome of bacterial meningitis in newborns and infants. We analyzed the brain CT and clinical records of 15 infants who had been diagnosed as bactrial meningitis by CSF culture. We found that the most common organisms were Group B streptococcus in neonates withou no neurologic complications in all but one and Hemophilus influenza in infants whose clinical outomes were poor in all except one. CT findings related with poor prognosis in this study were cerebral edema, basal cistermal obliteration & enhancement, and cerebral infarction on initial CT and ventriculomegaly on follow-up CT. We concluded that CT diagnosed intracranial complications of bacterial meningitis well and could contributed to better treatment of bacterial meningitis.
Brain ; Brain Edema ; Cerebral Infarction ; Follow-Up Studies ; Haemophilus ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant* ; Infant, Newborn* ; Influenza, Human ; Meningitis ; Meningitis, Bacterial* ; Prognosis ; Streptococcus

No abstract available.
Animals ; Atrophy* ; Electric Stimulation* ; Muscle, Skeletal* ; Rats* ; Sciatic Nerve*

We report a case of penile lymphangioma circumscriptum developed in a 22- year-old male soldier. Rice-sized papule on glans penis was noted at birth and progressed to yellow straw-colored, peanut-sized, asymptomatic grouped papulovesicles resembling frog spawn. The predilection sites of lymphangioma circumscriptum are the abdomen, axilla and tongue. Glans penis is a very rare site. Histopathologic findings showed papillornatosis, hyperkeratosis and cystically dilated lymph vessels lined by a single layer of endothelial cells.
Abdomen ; Axilla ; Endothelial Cells ; Humans ; Lymphangioma* ; Male ; Military Personnel ; Parturition ; Penis ; Tongue

No abstract available.
Spine*

No abstract available.
Decompression* ; Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament*

BACKGROUND: To obtain reference values for the ambulatory blood pressure, 30 normotensive Korean young males, aged 22-28 years(mean age: 25 years) were investigated. METHODS: The ambulatory blood pressure was recorded with SpaceLabs Model 90207 monitor over 24 hours at 20 minutes intervals during day-time(6 am-10pm) and at 30 minutes intervals during night-time (10 pm-6 am). RESULTS: The ambulatory blood pressure of the 30 subjects averaged 119/74mmHg over 24 hours, 122/78 mmHg during day-time and 112/68 mmHg during night-time. The upper limit of normal ambulatory blood pressure was suggested as the value of mean+/-2SD which revealed 131/84mmHg for 24 hours, 134/90 mmHg for day-time and 126/80 mmHg for night-time. CONCLUSION: Reference values for the ambulatory blood pressure, in normotensive Korean young men, were obtained by SpaceLab model 90207 monitor.
Blood Pressure* ; Humans ; Male ; Reference Values*

Clothing dermatitis is a rare disease. The distribution of the eruption coincides with the places on the skin where the garment fits most snugly. It is developed by the chemicals and the dyes rather than textile itself. We experienced 2 cases of clothing dermatitis, one of which was caused by formaldehyde in clothing.
Clothing* ; Coloring Agents ; Dermatitis* ; Formaldehyde ; Rare Diseases ; Skin ; Textiles

We treated 74 fractures of the tibia by Interlocking intramedullary nail from Jan. 1982 to Mar. 1988. 58 of the fractures were fresh, 11 of these were open fractures. The other had 14 delayed union and nonunion and 2 ostetomy for malunion. Mean follow-up was 12.4 month and we analysed as follows: 1. Of 74 fractures, 73 fractures united and then the union rate was 98.5%. 2. Interlocking IM nail could be used to the majority of fractures of the shaft of tibia from 6cm below the knee joint to 5cm above the ankle joint. 3. Interlocking nail had rigid rotational stability and was appropriate for the treatment of severe unstable fractures. 4. Delayed union or nonunion was a good indication for intramedullary nsilling. 5. The major complication was deep infection. When the fixation was rigid with intramedullary nail, bone union was progressed in spite of infection. 6. Interlocking Intramedullary nailing provided rigid fixation of fracture and then it made possible early joint motion exereise and ambulation.
Ankle Joint ; Bone Nails ; Follow-Up Studies ; Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary ; Fractures, Open ; Joints ; Knee Joint ; Tibia ; Tibial Fractures ; Walking