No abstract available.
Actinomycosis* ; Hemoptysis*

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Spinal Cord Diseases*

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Blood Glucose* ; Glucose* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn*

MDCT has recently been used as a diagnostic tool to evaluate coronary artery stenosis and to detect coronary artery anomalies. The accuracy of MDCT has improved the assessment of stenosis as the number of detectors has increased. In addition to its excellent role in evaluating coronary artery stenosis, MDCT can provide information regarding the left ventricular function without having to perform additional scanning, and the myocardial viability of the left ventricle can be assessed on a delayed scan. MDCT has several disadvantages such as the amount of radiation exposure and the use of an iodine contrast medium, which might cause an adverse reaction, when combined with the reconstruction of the systolic and diastolic phases and the delayed scan. Yet MDCT may provide the opportunity to evaluate the coronary anatomy, the left ventricular function and the tissue characterization in one single imaging session that lasts less than 15 minutes.
Constriction, Pathologic ; Coronary Stenosis ; Coronary Vessels ; Heart Ventricles ; Infarction ; Iodine ; Myocardium ; Perfusion* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Ventricular Function, Left*

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Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Osmolar Concentration* ; Specific Gravity*

While lipomas are common in the rest of the body, intracranial lipomas are rare condition which are usually found in the midline of the brain. The majority of these lesions show few or even no symptoms and hardly ever produce alarming neurological defects. We experienced a case of corpus callosum lipoma in a 7 year old boy, who has had headache and loss of consciousness twice. He was diagnosed by skull x-rays and brain CT. We made a brief review of literatures. @PG 428.
Brain ; Child ; Corpus Callosum ; Headache ; Humans ; Lipoma* ; Male ; Skull ; Unconsciousness

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Diagnosis* ; Humans ; Hydrocephalus* ; Infant* ; Infant, Newborn*

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Blood Platelets* ; Gestational Age* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Mean Platelet Volume* ; Platelet Count* ; Reference Values*

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Blood Platelets* ; Gestational Age* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Mean Platelet Volume* ; Platelet Count* ; Reference Values*

PURPOSE: Intrarenal reflux(IRR) is backflow of urine from the renal pelvis into the collecting ducts. IRR is the main cause of renal injury in children with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) which leads to renal scars, hypertension, proteinuria, and chronic renal failure. The purpose of our study was to investigate the characteristics of intrarenal reflux. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 80 patients who were diagnosed as having grades of III-V VUR from Jan. 2004 to Dec. 2006 in the department of pediatrics in Ajou University Hospital. The patients were divided into two groups according to the presence of IRR on voiding cystoureterogram and compared to each other for the possible factors associated with intrarenal reflux. RESULTS: Among 80 VUR patients, IRR(+) group comprised 17(21.3%) patients and 27 renal units(23.2%) and revealed younger age, higher grade of VUR, and more proteinuria compared to IRR(-) group. There were no significant difference in gender, laboratory findings and the rate of resolution in VUR or defects on renal scan between two groups. Also, intrarenal reflux mostly corresponded to the same site of photon defects on DMSA scan. CONCLUSION: We suggest that intrarenal reflux tends to be associated with younger age, higher grade of reflux, more proteinuria with no difference in resolution rate of VUR when compared to the VUR patients without IRR. From this study, we were able to understand the characteristics of intrarenal reflux in children with urinary tract infection.
Child ; Cicatrix ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; Kidney Pelvis ; Medical Records ; Pediatrics ; Proteinuria ; Receptor, Insulin ; Retrospective Studies ; Succimer ; Urinary Tract ; Urinary Tract Infections ; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux