Leiomyoma is one of the rarest solid tumor of the ovary. Approximately 50 cases have been published to date. However, most reported leiomyoma of the ovaries were small and rarely induced serious symptoms. We report a case of ovarian leiomyoma in 57-year-old woman which has been experienced in our haspital with brief review of literature.
Female ; Humans ; Leiomyoma* ; Middle Aged ; Ovary*

True hermaphroditism is a condition in which both an ovary and a testis or a gonad with histological features of both (ovotestis) is present in same individual. We present a case of 16-year-old true hermaphroditism who had an ovotestis on both gonad and female internal organs, such as fimbria. fallopian tube, uterus in the left scrotum after bilateral scrotal exploration. The patient's sex was reassigned to the male according to sex of rearing and gender role and managed with removal of ovotestis and female internal organs, bilateral subcutaneous mastectomy.
Adolescent ; Fallopian Tubes ; Female* ; Gender Identity ; Genitalia* ; Gonads ; Humans ; Male ; Mastectomy, Subcutaneous ; Ovary ; Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development* ; Scrotum* ; Testis ; Uterus

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Sepsis*

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Osteoporosis* ; Tibial Fractures*

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Adult* ; Head* ; Humans ; Necrosis*

The wrist, or carpus, is a deformable anatomic entity composed of 8 small carpal bones (scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, hamate, capitate, trapezium and trapezoid) and the surrounding soft-tissue structures. We should get radiological knowledge of normal wrist in order to identify pathology of that. So we measured the several values on AP, PA and lateral roentgenograms of 228 normal wrist(male : 124 cases, femal: 104 cases). The following results were obtained: 1. Scapholunate gap : 1.4±0.5mm 2. Ulnar variance : 1.3 ±1.7mm, Positive variance … 59.7%, Neutral variance … 25.4% 3. Carpal height ratio : 0.543 ±0.078 4. Carpal ulner distance ratio : 0.32 ±0.04 5. Scapholunate angle : 45.8 ± 8.7° 6. Capitatolunate angle : 19.3 ± 8.2° 7. Radiolunate angle : 8.9 ± 4.7° 8. Ulnar tilt: 23.5 ± 3.3° 9. Volar tilt: 12.0 ± 4.7°
Carpal Bones ; Pathology ; Wrist

We measured serum levels of CA-125 and Tissue polypeptide antigen(TPA) in 135 patients with pelvic tumors(129 benign pelvic tumors and 6 malignant ovarian tumors) preoperatively. Each tumor marker was measured by immunoradiometric assay. Serum CA-125 levels of 35.0U/ml, 65.0U/ml and TPA levels of 80.0U/ml, 100.0U/ml were determined as cut-off values. The results were evaluated by each tumor marker and two tumor markers coincidently. The results were as follows : (continue)
Humans ; Immunoradiometric Assay ; Biomarkers, Tumor

This study was performed to determine the effects of nitric oxide on human sperm cell function. Semen samples were obtained from normal healthy volunteers. Motile spermatozoas collected by swim-up method were incubated up to 24 hours in Ham's F-10 medium supplemented with a various concentration of sodium nitroprusside (nitric oxide releasing agent). Sperm motility, hyperactivation, acrosome reaction rate, and acrosin activity were determined. The results are as follows; 1. 1mM of SNP resulted in a significant decrease in sperm motility (44.8%+/- 8.9%:78.1%+/-6.3%, and hyperactivation (10.4%+/-6.4%:477%+/-9.5%) after incubation for 3 hours compared with the control group (Ham's F-10 alone), but had no effect on acrosome reaction. 2. At 100muM SNP, sperm motility was reduced after incubation for 6 hours (54.8%+/- 3.2%) compared with that of the control group (82.7% +/- 8.9%), but hyperactivation and acrosome reaction were not affected. 3. However, a lower concentration (less than 101M) of SNP had no effect on sperm motility and hyperactivation for 8 hours of incubation but significantly decreased them when incubation periods were increased up to 24 hours compared with the control group. On the other hand, 1muM and l0muM SNP significantly increased the acrosome reaction rate in both acrosomal status (17.3%+/-5.2%,23.5%+/-4.7%, respectively) and acrosin activity (34.3muIU+/- 10.5muIU, 45.6muIU+/-5.6muIU, respectively) as compared with the control group (7.0%+/-4.0%, 9.5muIU+/-3.4muIU). These results indicate that SNP, NO releasing agent, has a dose-dependent effects on the sperm cell function. Therefore it may positively affect the fertilization by promoting acrosomal reaction at a lower concentration (less than 101M).
Acrosin ; Acrosome Reaction ; Fertilization ; Hand ; Healthy Volunteers ; Humans* ; Nitric Oxide* ; Nitroprusside ; Semen ; Sperm Motility ; Spermatozoa*

PURPOSE: Spiculation pathologically correlated with irregular fibrosis, localized lymphatic spread of tumor, or an infiltrative growth pattern of tumor, and the spiculation was Observed in malignant mass. But the spiculation was also observed in benign mass, particularly in tuberculoma. We retrospectively reviewed the length of spiculation under the hypothesis that the length of spiculation could be one of differential diagnostic points between lung cancer and tuberculoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied thirty seven patients (27 men and 10 women) ranging in age from 35 to 80 years (mean, 60 years). Analysis of spiculation included (a) the number of spicules (b) the mean length of spicules (c) the mean length of the longest spicule (d) the percentage of the mean length of spicules to the longest diameter of mass (e) the percentage of the mean length of spicules to the shortest dia, meter of mass. RESULTS: The mean length of spicules of tuberculoma was 13.8 mm (S. D. 6.7) and that of lung cancer was 5.7 mm (S. D. 3.5). The percentage of the mean length of spicules to the longest diameter of tuberculoma was 63.6% and that of lung cancer was 13.7%. The percentage of the mean length of spicules to the shortest diameter of tuberculoma was 90.4% and that of lung cancer w~s 18.3%. CONCLUSION: It is hard to differentiate lung cancer from tuberculoma on the basis of the spiculation being present or not, but we suggest that the longer spiculation be more highly suggestive of tuberculoma rather than lung cancer. The length of spiculation may help us differentiate lung cancer from tuberculoma.
Fibrosis ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; Lung* ; Male ; Retrospective Studies ; Tuberculoma*