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Germ Cells* ; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal*

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Amitriptyline* ; Humans

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Methionine*

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Animals ; Cats* ; Laminectomy* ; Spine*

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Abscess* ; Animals ; Immunoglobulin G* ; Mice*

Invasive aspergilosis or mucormycosis of the paranasal sinuses involving the cranial cavity is termed'rhinocerebral' mycosis, which is often difficult to differentiate from malignancy. Prognosis of rhinocerabralmycosis: is diastrous and usually fatal. The authors herein report 6 cases of rhinocerebral mycosis: two of themwe mucormycosis and four were aspiergillosis histopathologically. Main CT featurs are nodular mucosal thickeningin the multiple sits of the paranasal sinuses that extend to orbital apex or cavernosu sinus through focaldestruction of bony wall. In spite of their invasiveness beyond bony boundary, destruction is not so remarkableand it is always accompained by bony sclerosis. Awareness of these diseases and CT patterns discussed in thisreport should be helpful in leading to early biopsy and treamtent.
4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid ; Aspergillosis ; Biopsy ; Mucormycosis ; Orbit ; Paranasal Sinuses ; Prognosis ; Sclerosis

PURPOSE: This study is to compare the rate and pattern of anastomotic leakage (AL) for rectal cancer after laparoscopic vs. conventional open surgery at high and low rectal anastomosis and to evaluate whether the number of linear staples used for distal rectal resection is related to AL in laparoscopic group. RESULTS: One hundred ninety-seven patients who underwent a curative resection for rectal cancer between March 2002 and February 2006 were studied retrospectively (107 laparoscopic, 90 open). The proportions of patients with anastomosis above vs. below 5 cm from AV were not different between the laparoscopic and the open groups; (above/below: 54/53 and 41/49, respectively, P=0.57). The protective stoma rate, the overall rate of AL, the rate of AL according to the height of the anastomosis, and the number of distal linear staples were evaluated for both groups. RESULTS: Clinical AL occurred in 11 of 107 patients (10.3%) for the laparoscopic group and in 5 of 90 patients (5.6%) for the open group. The rates of AL in patients without protective stoma were not significantly different for high rectal anastomosis (6.0% for laparoscopic vs. 2.6% for open, P= 0.63) and for low rectal anastomosis (25.8% for laparoscopic vs. 12.1% for open, P=0.21). The risk of AL was 4.9 times higher when 3 linear staples were used than when 2 linear staples were used in the laparoscopic group. CONCLUSIONS: There was no statistical difference in AL between the laparoscopic group and the open group. The rate of AL could be reduced by using fewer linear staples for distal rectal resection in the laparoscopic group.
Anastomotic Leak* ; Humans ; Rectal Neoplasms* ; Retrospective Studies*

Concepts regarding the evaluation and management of the infertile male have evolved during the past decade primarily because of the development of new methodology. Nevertheless, the causes of male infertility is often obscure, and the clearly defined causes are infrequent or rare. Testicular biopsy findings are basic and very important in evaluating the causes of infertility. The testis biopsy findings of 30 azoospermic patients were evaluated and it was observed in aspect of testicular size and past history. Following results were obtained. 1. Among the 91 patients who underwent semenalysis, 30 cases (33%)were azospermia. 2. In testicular biopsy findings hypospermatogenesis was the most frequent finding and the more severe hypospermatogenesis was the more atrophic the seminiferous tubule is and showed frequent Leydig cell hyperplasia. 3. Testicular biopsy findings revealed no specific correlation between small testis and normal testis patients. 4. In aspect of past history 2 epididymal tubercu1osis patients showed normal biopsy findings which suggest obstruction of sperm route and one cryptorchism and one varicocele patients showed hypospermatogenesis. 5. By testicular biopsy most of the cause of infertility was testicular and 3 cases were posttesticular.
Azoospermia ; Biopsy* ; Cryptorchidism ; Humans ; Hyperplasia ; Infertility ; Infertility, Male ; Male ; Oligospermia ; Seminiferous Tubules ; Spermatozoa ; Testis* ; Varicocele

Sick sinus syndrome comprises a variety of conditions involving sinus node dysfunction and commonly affects elderly persons. Though sudden cardiac death accounts for as much as 15% of all cause mortality in uremia, requiring permanent cardiac pacing in end-stage renal disease hemodialysed patients are very few. Most cases of sick sinus syndrome are idiopathic, and the cause can be multifac- torial. A-V conducton defects were attributed to extensive metastatic calcifications, involving the cardiac skeleton, conservative to severe hyperparathyroidism and inadvertent use of calcitriol and calcium carbonate as phosphate binders. If optimal hemodialysis is provided, benefits of permanent pacing are equal in uremic or non uremic patients and pacemaker implantation should be instituted. We report a case of sick sinus syndrome derived in elderly patient on hemodialysis.
Aged* ; Calcitriol ; Calcium Carbonate ; Death, Sudden, Cardiac ; Humans ; Hyperparathyroidism ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; Mortality ; Renal Dialysis* ; Sick Sinus Syndrome* ; Skeleton ; Uremia

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Bile Ducts* ; Bile* ; Choledochal Cyst*