No abstract available.
Female ; Follicle Stimulating Hormone* ; Injections, Subcutaneous* ; Ovulation* ; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome*

No abstract available.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis* ; Mycobacterium* ; Polymerase Chain Reaction* ; Sputum*

A case report of desmoid tumor(musculo-aponeurotic fibromatosis) arising from sternum and upper part of anterior sheath of rectus abdominis muscle in a one and half years old male child is reported. The patient's parent noticed a protruding hard mass on the lower end of sternal portion two weeks previous to surgery. The mass had dense, grayish white and glistering character invading the upper part of rectus abdominis muscle and cartilagenous portion of sternum including xyphoid process. Wide excision of mass including myo-fascial tissue of the rectus abdominal apponeurosis was performed. The excised mass was 4×4×2cm in size and the microscopic findings were typical desmoid tumor. The operative wound had partial skin necrosis due to poor circulation of skin because of the mass extended up to subcutaneous tissue and biopsy scar but eventually healed. There is no any signs of recurrence of tumor on 7 months postoperative follow up but may need more observation to define it.
Biopsy ; Child ; Cicatrix ; Fibromatosis, Aggressive ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Male ; Necrosis ; Parents ; Rectus Abdominis ; Recurrence ; Skin ; Sternum ; Subcutaneous Tissue ; Wounds and Injuries

Gastritis cystica superficialis (GCS) is a rare lesion which is characterized by glandular hyperplasia with regeneration and degeneration in the mucosa and muscularis mucosa. Recently, GCS is revealed as precancerous lesion, but most report has been associated with those found at the site of a gastroenterostomy. So, we report two cases with GCS who had not previous gastric surgery. A 45-year-old woman visited for epigastric discomfort and another 4Q-year-old woman for epigastric pain. They had not undergone any gastric surgery. The gastroscopy discovered one polyp on anterior wall of greater curvature, upper body and another polyp in the center of the fold of greater curvature, lower body. We removed it by snare polypectomy and the histologic finding showed the character of GCS.
Female ; Gastritis* ; Gastroenterostomy ; Gastroscopy ; Humans ; Hyperplasia ; Middle Aged ; Mucous Membrane ; Polyps ; Regeneration ; SNARE Proteins

We experienced a case of adenocarcinoma arising in sacrococcygeal teratoma. The patient was a 52-year-old woman. She was admitted due to one month of sacral pain. She had a sacral mass since birth. On physical examination, anal fistula was present at the perianal area and pus drainage was noted. MR image showed multiple variable-sized cysts with inhomogeneous density. Resected specimen, mesuring 12.5 7.0 cm in diameter, showed multiple variable-sized cystic lesions admixed with grayish solid portion. The cysts contained mucoid material. The microscopic examination showed mature teratoma composed of cysts lined by pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium, intestinal mucosa, mature cartilage, bone, and fat tissue. A moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma developed from the cystic area in the mass.
Adenocarcinoma* ; Adult ; Cartilage ; Drainage ; Female ; Humans ; Intestinal Mucosa ; Middle Aged ; Mucous Membrane ; Parturition ; Physical Examination ; Rectal Fistula ; Suppuration ; Teratoma*

No abstract available.
Cyclosporine* ; Humans

Adenosquamous carcinoma of stomach is a mixed glandular-epidermoid tumor where both components are neoplastic. Its incidence is extremely rare. The five theories on the origin of squamous components are 1) island of ectopic squamous epithelium in the gastric mucosa, 2) squamous metaplasia of gastric epithelium, 3) squamous differentiation in a preexisting adenocarcinoma, 4) endothelial cell differentiated toward squamous elements, and 5) totipotential undifferentiated cells of the gastric mucosa. We experienced three cases of adenosquamous carcinoma. Case 1 was a 71-year-old female patient; an ulcerative lesion was present in the pylorus, measuring 5 cm in diameter. Case 2 was a 57-year-old male patient; an ulcerative lesion is present in the pylorus, measuring 6 cm in diameter. Case 3 was a 58-year-old female patient; an ulcerative lesion was present in the body and fundus, measuring 10 cm in diameter. Microscopic examination revealed a mixed malignant squamous and adenomatous component.
Adenocarcinoma ; Aged ; Carcinoma, Adenosquamous* ; Endothelial Cells ; Epithelium ; Female ; Gastric Mucosa ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Metaplasia ; Middle Aged ; Pylorus ; Stomach* ; Ulcer

In 1952, Zoon described eight cases of benign circumscribed chronic balanitis characterized by an extensive infiltration of plasma cells with no evidence of dysplasia of the overlying epidermis. Plasma cell balanitis can often be confused clinically with other conditions, such as erythroplasia of Queyrat, fixed drug eruptions, secondary syphilis, candidiasis and Reiters disease. We report a case of plasma cell balanitis in a 65-year-old man. He complained of a single, red, shiny and smooth patch involving the glans penis and adjacent prepuce. This patch was unresponsive to systemic and topical steroid treatment. Laboratory studies were negative or within the normal range. Histopathological findings showed a band-like mainly plasmacytic inflammatory infiltrate of the upper dermis. This patient was treated once daily with 2% fusidic acid cream topically for 5 weeks. The lesions resolved and no recurrence was observed during 2 years of follow-up.
Aged ; Arthritis, Reactive ; Balanitis* ; Candidiasis ; Dermis ; Drug Eruptions ; Epidermis ; Erythroplasia ; Follow-Up Studies ; Furosemide* ; Fusidic Acid* ; Humans ; Male ; Penis ; Plasma Cells* ; Plasma* ; Recurrence ; Reference Values ; Syphilis

We reviewed 20 cases for the surgical effect of the vertical transposition of the horizontal rectus muscle for AV syndrome without significant oblique dysfuction. We performed vertical tranposition of the horizontal rectus muscle with standard recession and resection procedure and followed up at least six months. Sixteen cases were V syndrome and four cases were A syndrome. Medial rectus was moved toward the apex of the A or V, and the lateral rectus was moved to the opposite side of the apex of the A or V. The amount of transposition was adjusted according to the amount of vertical incomitance. If the vertical incomitance was 10delta, 15delta, 20deltaand 25delta, vertical transposition of rectus muscle was 1/4 TW[tendon width], 1/2 TW, 3/4 TW amd 1 TW, respectively. We achieved an average of 12.9deltareduction by 1/4 TW transposition, 14.4deltareduction by 1/2 TW transposition, 13.3delta reduction by 3/4 TW transposition, 19.0deltareduction by 1 TW transposition. We also achieved an average of 5.2delta/mm effect by 1/4 TW transposition, 2.9delta/mm effect by 1/2 TW transposition, 2.4 delta/mm effect by 3/4 TW transposition, 1.9delta/mm effect by 1 TW transposition. The vertical transposition of the horizontal rectus muscle for AV syndrome without significant oblique dysfuction showed good result and the amount of correction per mm of vertical transposition seemed to decrease as the amount of transposition increased, even though the total amount of correction showed a trend toward increasing [Fig.1, 2].
Muscles*

No abstract available.
Hyperoxaluria, Primary* ; Kidney Transplantation* ; Kidney*