No abstract available.
Polycystic Kidney Diseases*

No abstract available.
Anemia, Aplastic* ; Hepatitis*

No abstract available.
Biopsy* ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* ; Liver* ; Neoplasm Metastasis*

Fifty cases of hepatocellularcarcinoma were studied using retrospective flow cytometric(FCM) and image cytometric(ICM) DNA analysis to determine the prevalence of aneuploid cell population and whether they were associated with any particular clinico-pathologic findings. At the same time, we compared the difference between FCM and ICM. The materials were prepared from 50 micrometer cut of paraffin embedded blocks. The DNA modal values, which could be defined in 42 cases by FCM with 74% aneuploidy and in 50 cases by ICM with 76% aneuploidy. So 95% of the cases had concordant DNA ploidy results by both techniques of FCM and ICM. Abnormal DNA pattern was correlated with age(<50), presence of cirrhosis, pathologic grade and some pathologic types(p<0.05), but was not correlated with presence of HBsAg, sex, alphafeto protein, and alcohol history(p>0.05). Also we found that ICM technique was easier to perform and interprete.
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

No abstract available.
Fascioliasis* ; Humans*

In the posterior fossa rarely develops oligodendroglioma and a review of the literature yields reports of two cases in the 4th ventricle in Korea. The authors present a case of 65-year-old woman patient with only the symptoms of increased intracranial pressure such as headache, dizziness and vomiting in spite of a large, irregular calcified mass occupying the cerebellar vermis on the brain CT scan. The caudal portion of the tumor attached firmly to the floor of the 4th ventricle and the complete removal of the mass, associated with a good long-term prognosis, was not feasible.
Aged ; Brain ; Dizziness ; Female ; Headache ; Humans ; Intracranial Pressure ; Korea ; Oligodendroglioma* ; Prognosis ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Vomiting

Paraquat (1, 1'-dimethy-14, 4' dipyridium chloride: Gramoxon(r)) was first discovered in England in 1955. It has been widely distributed for use in Korea since 1970 as a pesticide and also often the cause of accidental intoxications. The authors would like to report the following case of paraquat intoxicatio in a 13 year old female child admitted via emergency room with complaints of epigastric pain, vomiting and hematuria of four days duration. On admission the data of laboratory evaluation were as follows: BUN/Cr 126/11.6 mg/dl; sGOT/sGPT 641/641 IU/L; total bilirubin/direct bilirubin 3.9/2.4 mg/dl; alkaline phosphatase 396.1 U/L; fecal occult blood test-positive; pH 7.428, pCO2 26.2 mmHg, pO2 131.4 mmHg, base excess -5.0 mmol/L on arterial blood gas analysis (ABGA). Gastroendoscopy revealed esophageal ulcers, and as symptoms of renal failure could not be relieved by hemodialysis, kidney biopsy was performed on the otherwise previously healthy child to establish the cause of renal failure. The result of biopsy revealed tubular necrosis with eosinophilic infiltrations. A more detailed retrograde probe of the child's past medical history evoked that the patient had ingested paraquat in a suicidal attempt. Supportive therapy and hemodialysis were continued thereafter, but the symptoms of renal failure could not be reversed, and the patient eventually died due to acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Adolescent ; Alkaline Phosphatase ; Bilirubin ; Biopsy ; Blood Gas Analysis ; Child ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; England ; Eosinophils ; Female ; Hematuria ; Humans ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Kidney ; Korea ; Necrosis* ; Occult Blood ; Paraquat* ; Renal Dialysis ; Renal Insufficiency ; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult ; Ulcer ; Vomiting

This is a case report of double primary malignant cancer occurred aynchronously in the stomach and lymphoid tissue, We report this case with review of literatures about the criteria, age distribution, predisposing factor, inidence, immunity and susceptibility of the primary malignant neoplasms. This case was a 59-year-old man who had Hodgkins disease and tubular adenocarcinoma, of the stomach. The diagnoais was verified histologically, Although multiple primary neoplaas are rare, the possibility of that must be conaidered seriously, And its hereditary predisposition and other predisposing factor muat be researched with enthuaiasm.
Adenocarcinoma ; Age Distribution ; Causality ; Hodgkin Disease ; Humans ; Lymphoid Tissue ; Middle Aged ; Stomach

No abstract available.
Coronary Sinus* ; Mitral Valve* ; Tricuspid Atresia*

PURPOSE: To evaluate late lung parenchymal change, as seen on high-resolution CT(HRCT) in children with mycoplasma pneumonia MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-three patients [15 boys and 8 girls aged two to 13 (mean, 6) years] with mycoplasma pneumonia underwent HRCT four to 39 (mean, 10) months after initial infection. Using increased mycoplasma antibody titer(> 1:640) mycoplasma pneumonia was diagnosed, and patients were divided into two groups : high titer group (antibody titer>1: 5120), and lower titer group (<1:5120). CT scans were performed using 2mm collimation and 5-10mm interval from apex to diaphragm. In seven patients who were cooperative, both inspiratory and expiratory scans were obtained at a window width of 1600 HU and level of -700. HRCT findings of mosaic low attenuations and changes in bronchioles and bronchial walls were assessed by three radiologists and correlated with initial chest radiographic findings. RESULTS: On HRCT, 17 of 23 patients (74 %) demonstrated abnormal findings. These included mosaic attenuation of lung density alone in 11 of 17 patients (65%), mosaic attenuation associated with bronchiectasis in five ( 29 %), and bronchiectasis only in one (6 %). Mosaic attenuation was more accentuated on expiratory scans than on inspiratory. These findings were obtained in 10 of 12 high titer group and in 7 of 11 in the lower titer group. In 15 of 23 patients (65 %), involved ageas seen on HRCT exactly corresponded with initially involved areas seen on chest radiographs (CXR). Two patients in whom findings on initial CXR were normal showed mosaic attenuation on HRCT. Six patients in whom such findings were abnormal showed normal findings on HRCT, a fact which reflected their complete recovery. CONCLUSION: The most common late parenchymal change in mycoplasma pneumonia, as seen on HRCT, was mosaic attenuation of lung density followed by bronchiectasis. The latter is presumably due to bronchiolitis obliterans, a well-known complication. We believe that HRCT is very useful for the evaluation of long-term sequelae of mycoplasma pneumonia in children.
Bronchiectasis ; Bronchioles ; Bronchiolitis Obliterans ; Child* ; Diaphragm ; Female ; Humans ; Lung* ; Mycoplasma* ; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma* ; Radiography, Thoracic ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed