No abstract available.
Animals ; Dogs* ; Lung*

PURPOSE: Medical schools and graduate medical schools should understand the personality and psychological qualities of graduate medical students, medical students, and premedical students and link them with the curriculum. METHODS: In this study, through June 2010 we analyzed medical papers that were published in Korea. The search terms were psychological terminology, including emotion, cognition, intelligence, social ability, stress, motivation, judgment, and learning style. RESULTS: In the cognitive and learning aspects, preliminary doctors were under the influence of prior knowledge; cumulative learning; self-efficacy; and visual, logical, non-self-led learning types and had external learning motivation. In the emotional adaptive aspects, they appeared to be the ISTJ (introversion, sensing, thinking, judging) personality type with regard to the Myers-Briggs indicators and perfectionists, suffering from severe academic stress. Their motivation on matriculation was associated with their interests and aptitudes, and through community service, they adapted to the learning and living environment of medicine. In the social and moral aspects, they did not have high moral judgment, felt devaluated about their job than before, and tended to have an open and flexible doctor-patient relationship. CONCLUSION: Medical graduate students, medical students, and premedical students have greater likelihood to cultivate their character and capacity for adaptation.
Aluminum Hydroxide ; Aptitude ; Carbonates ; Cognition ; Emotional Intelligence ; Humans ; Judgment ; Korea ; Learning ; Logic ; Motivation ; Schools, Medical ; Social Welfare ; Sociology ; Stress, Psychological ; Students, Medical ; Students, Premedical ; Thinking

No abstract available.
Aneurysm*

Membranous lipodystrophy is a peculiar type of fat necrosis, present in patients with various types of skin diseases. It is charaeterized by the presence of microcysts and macrocysts lined by amorphous eosinophilic material with a crenelated arabesque appearance and microgranules in the subcutis with massive fat necrosis. The eosinophilic lining and microgranules stain positively with periodic acid-Schiff, are resistant to diastase, and also stain with Sudan black B. We report three cases of subcutanous membranous lipodystrophy in patients with erythema induratum, posttraumatic panniculitis and morphea with typical clinical and histopathologic findings.
Amylases ; Eosinophils ; Erythema Induratum ; Fat Necrosis ; Humans ; Lipodystrophy* ; Panniculitis ; Scleroderma, Localized ; Skin Diseases ; Sudan

Here we report a case of Strongyloides stercoralis infection of the gastric and pancolonic mucosa in a 79-year-old female with a monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. Endoscopic biopsies were performed in gastric antrum, cecum, distal ascending colon, and hepatic flexure of the colon. On microscopic examination, there were many adult worms, larvae and eggs in the gastric and colonic mucosa. Worms, larvae, and eggs were located in the crypts and within the lumen of the crypts. The body wall of the adult worm was composed of cuticle and a weak muscle layer. A routine stool examination failed to detect larvae or ova. Based on the histopathologic examination, these parasites were confirmed as S. stercoralis.
Adult ; Aged ; Biopsy ; Cecum ; Colon ; Colon, Ascending ; Eggs ; Female ; Humans ; Larva ; Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance ; Mucous Membrane ; Muscles ; Ovum ; Paraproteinemias ; Parasites ; Pyloric Antrum ; Stomach ; Strongyloides stercoralis ; Strongyloidiasis

Here we report a case of Strongyloides stercoralis infection of the gastric and pancolonic mucosa in a 79-year-old female with a monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. Endoscopic biopsies were performed in gastric antrum, cecum, distal ascending colon, and hepatic flexure of the colon. On microscopic examination, there were many adult worms, larvae and eggs in the gastric and colonic mucosa. Worms, larvae, and eggs were located in the crypts and within the lumen of the crypts. The body wall of the adult worm was composed of cuticle and a weak muscle layer. A routine stool examination failed to detect larvae or ova. Based on the histopathologic examination, these parasites were confirmed as S. stercoralis.
Adult ; Aged ; Biopsy ; Cecum ; Colon ; Colon, Ascending ; Eggs ; Female ; Humans ; Larva ; Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance ; Mucous Membrane ; Muscles ; Ovum ; Paraproteinemias ; Parasites ; Pyloric Antrum ; Stomach ; Strongyloides stercoralis ; Strongyloidiasis

Eosinophilic panniculitis is characterized by a prominent infiltration of numerous eosinophils in subcutaneous fat, and has been identified in patients with a variety of associated clinical conditions. A case of eosinophilic panniculitis in a 20-year-old woman with a history of atopic dermatitis is reported. She later developed superior sagittal sinus thrombosis, and we stress the importance of systemic evaluations in patients with eosinophilic panniculitis.
Dermatitis, Atopic ; Eosinophils* ; Female ; Humans ; Panniculitis* ; Subcutaneous Fat ; Superior Sagittal Sinus* ; Thrombosis* ; Young Adult

No abstract available.
Lung* ; Lymph Nodes* ; Neoplasm Metastasis*

BACKGROUND: The insulin resistance is reported as the independent risk factor of the DM and the ischemic heart disease. The association between the insulin resistance and the essential hypertension was reported at the various countries and races. We performed this study to know if the hypertensive patients show the increased insulin resistance than that of the normotensive persons and factors that influence the insulin resistance and the blood pressure. METHODS: The serum lipid profiles, OGTT, body habitus measurement and abdominal CT at umbilical level were performed in 24 hypertensive patients(male : 10, female : 14) and 45 normotensive persons(male : 19, female : 26) who showed the same distributions of age, sex, weight and body mass index(BMI). RESULTS: The average age of the hypertensive group was 49.1+/-7.9 years, and that of the normotensive group was 46.1+/-7.6 years(p>0.05). The average blood pressure of the hypertensive group was 152.2+/-14.2/98.4+/-6.4mmHg and that of the normotensive group was 116.8+/-9.4/78.2+/-49.mmHg(p<0.001). The hypertensive group had significantly higher area under curve(AUC) of glucose(246.8+/-30.4 Vs 219.2+/-32.2mg/dL.hr) and AUC of insulin(88.9+/-38.2 Vs 69.6+/-34.2microU/mL.hr) than the normotensive group(p<0.05), while there were no differences in the age, sex, weight, body mass index(BMI) and waist to hip ratio(WHR) between two groups. They had nodifferences in lipid profile and plasma renin activity. In CT assessment, the hypertensive group had significantly higher visceral fat to thigh muscle area ratio(VSFTM ratio)(0.61+/-0.29 Vs 0.47+/-0.20) and visceral fat to thigh muscle and fat area ratio(VSFTMF ratio)(0.27+/-0.10 Vs 0.22+/-0.13)(p<0.05), while they had same degree of visceral fat to subcutaneous fat area(VS) ratio and visceral fat area. The visceral fat area, VSFTM ratio, VS ratio, visceral fat area to thigh fat area ratio(VSFTF ratio) were positively correlated with AUC of insulin and AUC of glucose ordinary(p<0.05). After adjustment for plasma insulin, AUC of insulin, VS ratio, VSFTM ratio, age and BMI, the AUC of glucose was positively correlated with the diastolic blood pressure(R square=0.19, p <0.05) and the AUC of glucose and WTR were positively correlated with the systolic blood pressure(R square=0.26, p<0.05). THe subgroup over the 75 percentile of AUC of glucose, AUC of insulin and VSFTM ratio in study population had significantly higher odds ratio of the hypertension(OR of AUC of glusose : 5.8, OR of AUC of insulin : 3.2, OR of VSFTM ratio : 4.5, p<0.05). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the insulin resistance is more prevalent in the hypertensive patients and associated with the hypertension.
Area Under Curve ; Blood Pressure ; Body Weight ; Continental Population Groups ; Female ; Glucose ; Glucose Tolerance Test ; Hip ; Humans ; Hypertension* ; Insulin Resistance* ; Insulin* ; Intra-Abdominal Fat ; Myocardial Ischemia ; Odds Ratio ; Plasma ; Renin ; Risk Factors ; Subcutaneous Fat ; Thigh ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Early onset cerebellar ataxia with retained tendon reflexes is clinical syndrome characterized by progressive cerebelar ataxia of unknown etiology with an onset within the first two decades. This disorder was distinguished from Friedreich's ataxia by the preservation of the tendon reflexes. We have experienced a case of early onset cerebellar ataxia with retained tendon reflexes which was diagnosed by clinical features, eletrophysiologic studies, and MRI scan. This 8 year-old male patient had suffered from gait ataxia with delayed growth and development since 3 years of age. A brief review of the related literatures was also made.
Ataxia ; Cerebellar Ataxia ; Child ; Friedreich Ataxia ; Gait Ataxia ; Growth and Development ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Reflex, Stretch* ; Spinocerebellar Degenerations* ; Tendons*