A case-control study was conducted to investigate the relationship between blood cadmium, blood zinc and cadmium/zinc ratio and hypertension. Eighty-three hypertensive and seventy-seven normotensive study subjects matched for age and sex were selected from the workers who had no history of job-related cadmium exposure, in Ulsan city and it's vincinity, Korea. The blood cadmium in hypertensive group was 2.90 etag/mL, which was significantly higher than that of control group, 1.99 etag/mL(P<0.01). After stratifing for smoking and age variables, the relationship was still remained. The blood cadmium/zinc ratio in hypertensive group was 2.46, which was significantly higher than that of control group, 1.65(P<0.01). After stratifing for smoking and age variables, the relationship was still remained. There was no significant difference in blood zinc between hypertensive and control group. On multiple logistic regression analysis, the blood cadmium/zinc ratio is highly significant than blood cadmium. In conclusion, there is the possible relationship between blood cadmium level which has been known to be within normal limits and hypertension. But, further cohort studies to define the effect of cadmium on human hypertension are required.
Blood Pressure* ; Cadmium* ; Case-Control Studies ; Cohort Studies ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Korea ; Logistic Models ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Ulsan ; Zinc*

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Dental Offices* ; Dentists* ; Hair* ; Humans ; Scalp*

Behcets disease is a chronic systemic disease of unknown etiology, which is characterized by the recurrent orogenital ulcers, eye involvement and skin manifestations. In addition to the major symptoms, it includes arthritis, vasculitis, neurologic manifestations and gastrointestinal lesions. We report a case of Behcets disease associated with intestinal ulcers. The patient, a 45-year-old female, who had been treated under the diagnosis of Behcets disease for 4 years, presented with swallowing difficulty, vaginal discharge and persistent right lower abdominal pain. Colonoscopic examination showed multiple ulcers on the ileocecal region which is reported as the most common site of gastrointestinal Behcets disease. Gastrointestinal evaluation can be useful in diagnosis of Behcets disease, especially in a patient with gastrointestinal symptoms.
Abdominal Pain ; Arthritis ; Deglutition ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Neurologic Manifestations ; Skin Manifestations ; Ulcer* ; Vaginal Discharge ; Vasculitis

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Electrodes* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn*

We report a case of 64-year-old female patient who has had factitious skin lesions for 20 years. She complained formification sense and severe itching on her face. These symptoms were improved with squeezing and bleeding. There were scuare shaped ulcerated nodule on the right cheek and white depressed scar on the left cheek. She was treated with wet dressing and occlussive dressing, and skin lesions were nearly cleared within 3 weeks, but new lesion appeared. Pimozide 2mg #1 p.o were given under the diagnosis of delusion of parasitosis from June, 1984. Her symptoms were improved without recurrence till now. Treatment with pimozide in monosymptomatic hypochondriacal syndrome is discussed.
Bandages ; Cheek ; Cicatrix ; Delusions ; Dermatitis* ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Pimozide* ; Pruritus ; Recurrence ; Skin ; Ulcer

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Hemangioma* ; Liver* ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

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Hemangioma* ; Liver* ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the phenomenon of diaschisis in the cerebellum and cerebral certex in patients with pure basal ganglia hemorrhage using cerebral blood flow SPECT. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twelve patients with pure basal ganglia hemorrhage were studied with Tc-99m ECD brain SPECT Asymmetric index (AI) was calculated in the cerebellum and cerebral cortical regions as |CR-CL|/(CR-CL)x200, where CR and GL and the mean reconstructed counts for the right and left ROIs, respectively. Hypoperfusion was considered to be present when AI was greater than mean+2 SD of 20 control subjects. RESULTS: Mean AI of the cerebellum and cerebral cortical regions in patients with pure basal ganglia hemorrhage was significantly higher than normal controls (p<0.05): Cerebellum (18.68+/-8.94 vs 4.35+/-0.94, mean+/-SD), thalamus (31.91+/-10.61 vs 2.57+/-1.45), basal ganglia (35.94+/-16.15 vs 4.34+/-2.08), parietal (18.94+/-10.69 vs 3.24+/-0.87), frontal (13.60+/-10.8 vs 4.02+/-2.04) and temporal cortex (18.92+/-11.95 vs 5.13+/-1.69). Ten of the 12 patients had significant hypoperfusion in the contralateral cerebellum. Hypoperfusion was also shown in the ipsilateral thalamus (n=12), ipsilateral parietal (n=12), frontal (n=6) and temporal cortex (n=10). CONCLUSION: Crossed cerebellar diaschisis (CCD) and cortical diaschisis may frequently occur in patients with pure basal ganglia hemorrhage, suggesting that CCD can develop without the interruption of corticopontocerebellar pathway.
Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage* ; Basal Ganglia* ; Brain ; Cerebellum ; Humans ; Rabeprazole ; Thalamus ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

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