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Trichorhinophalangeal syndiome, a rare genetic disease, is characterzed by the triad of slow growing, brittle hair with early loss, a pear-shaped nose with bulbous tip and long philtrum, and coneshaped phalangeal epiphyses wiith resultant shortening and. deformity of hands and feet. A 24-year-old female visited our department for the evaluation of lalopecia. She had had sparse, thin, and brittle hair since birth. She also complained of short fingers ar d a pear-shaped nose with bulbous tip. The X-ray findings of her hands and feet showed cone-shaped epiphyses with shortening of the phalangeal bones. There was no family history of hair, nasal, or palnkoplantar phalangeal abnormality. Chromosomal study did not reveel any abnormal finding. Shortened phalangeal bones of her index and middle fingers were slightly improved by lengthening procedure with iIlizarov apparatus.
Congenital Abnormalities ; Epiphyses ; Female ; Fingers ; Foot ; Hair ; Hand ; Humans ; Lip ; Nose ; Parturition ; Young Adult

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Ligaments* ; Pelvic Organ Prolapse*

OBJECTIVE: Panic disorder has been suggested to be divided into the respiratory and non-respiratory subtypes in terms of its clinical presentations. The present study aimed to investigate whether there are any differences in treatment response and clinical characteristics between the respiratory and non-respiratory subtypes of panic disorder patients. METHODS: Among the 48 patients those who completed the study, 25 panic disorder patients were classified as the respiratory subtype, whereas 23 panic disorder patients were classified as the non-respiratory subtype. All patients were treated with escitalopram or paroxetine for 12 weeks. We measured clinical and psychological characteristics before and after pharmacotherapy using the Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS), Albany Panic and Phobic Questionnaire (APPQ), Anxiety Sensitivity Index-Revised (ASI-R), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T, STAI-S), Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A), and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D). RESULTS: The prevalence of the agoraphobia was significantly higher in the respiratory group than the non-respiratory group although there were no differences in gender and medication between the two groups. The respiratory group showed higher scores on the fear of respiratory symptoms of the ASI-R. In addition, after pharmacotherapy, the respiratory group showed more improvement in panic symptoms than the non-respiratory group. CONCLUSION: Panic disorder patients with the respiratory subtype showed more severe clinical presentations, but a greater treatment response to SSRIs than those with non-respiratory subtype. Thus, classification of panic disorder patients as respiratory and non-respiratory subtypes may be useful to predict clinical course and treatment response to SSRIs.
Agoraphobia ; Anxiety ; Citalopram ; Classification ; Depression ; Drug Therapy ; Humans ; Panic ; Panic Disorder* ; Paroxetine ; Prevalence ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors ; Treatment Outcome

OBJECTIVES: This study uses meta-analysis methodology to examine the statistical consistency and importance of random variation among results of epidemiologic studies of occupational electromagnetic field exposure and leukemia. METHODS: Studies for this meta-analysis were identified from previous reviews and by asking researcher active in this field for recommendations. Overall, 27 studies of occupational electromagnetic field exposures and leukemia were reviewed. A variety of meta-analysis statistical methods have been used to assess combined effects, to identify heterogeneity, and to provide a single summary risk estimate based on a set of simiar epidemiologic studies. In this study, classification of exposure metircs on occupational epidemiologic studies are reported for (1) job classification (20 individual studies); (2) leukemia subtypes (13 individual studies); and (3) country (27 individual studies). RESULTS: Results of this study, an inverse-variance weighted pooling of all the data leads to a small but significant elevation in risk of 11% (OR=1.11, 95% CI : 1.06~1.16) among 27 occupational epidemiologic studies. Publication bias was assessed by the 'fail-safe n' that may be not influence for all combined results exception a few categories, ie, "power station operators" and "electric utility workers" by job classification on occupational study. And all combined odds ratio results were similar for fixed-effects models and random-effects models, with slightly higher risk estimates for the random-effects model in situations where there was significant heterogeneity, ie, Q-statistic significant (p<.05). CONCLUSIONS: We found a small elevation in risk of leukemia, but the ubiquitous nature of exposure to electromagnetic fields from workplace makes even a weak association a public health issue of substantial power to influence the present overall conclusion about relationship between electromagnetic fields exposure and leukemia.
Classification ; Electromagnetic Fields* ; Epidemiologic Studies ; Leukemia* ; Magnets* ; Odds Ratio ; Population Characteristics ; Public Health ; Publication Bias

PURPOSE: The present study proposes to examine the change of IOP in response to the rise of abdominal pressure and in response to position change during laparoscopic surgery. METHODS: The subjects of the present study included 28 patients who had laparoscopic appendectomy and 20 patients who had laparoscopic cholecystectomy. In both groups, the IOP was measured before surgery, after general anesthesia, after the occurrence of pneumoperitoneum, after position change according to operative method, after the removal of pneumoperitoneum and under general anesthesia. RESULTS: When comparing the IOP before and after the occurrence of pneumoperitoneum, the IOP after the occurrence increased by 3.70 +/- 0.96 mm Hg in the appendectomy group and by 3.15 +/- 0.5 mm Hg in the cholecystectomy group. After the occurrence of pneumoperitoneum, the IOP measured in the head-low position was 3.25 +/- 0.16 mm Hg higher than measured in the level position in the appendectomy group, and the IOP measured in the head-high position was 2 +/- 0.12 mm Hg lower than measured in the level position in the cholecystectomy group. Between the 2 groups, there was a significant difference of 6.5 mm Hg in IOP according to the change of head position. CONCLUSIONS: In the present study, the occurrence of pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic surgery increased IOP, and position change according to operative method also changed IOP. In addition, IOP was significantly different between the 2 groups. In order to prevent the patient from being exposed to high IOP for a long period during laparoscopic surgery, keeping the duration of pneumoperitoneum and a head-low position to a minimum may be helpful.
Anesthesia, General ; Appendectomy ; Cholecystectomy ; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic ; Head ; Humans ; Intraocular Pressure ; Laparoscopy ; Pneumoperitoneum

PURPOSE: To report two cases of successful acellular dermal allograft transplantation for scleromalacia following pterygium excision. CASE SUMMARY: A 72-year-old female patient developed scleromalacia on the nasal side of the right eye, and a 79-year-old female patient developed scleromalacia with inflammation on the nasal side of the left eye. They had previous histories of pterigia removal on the sites of scleromalacia. Acellular dermal allograft (AlloDerm(R), Lifecell, NJ, USA) transplantations were done. After the operations, inflammation and pain ameliorated and the grafts survived without any particular complications. CONCLUSIONS: In treating scleromalacia, the transplantation of acellular dermal allografts produced relatively satisfactory results without undesirable problems commonly encountered when using conventional materials.
Aged ; Eye ; Female ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Pterygium ; Transplantation, Homologous ; Transplants

Hypotension during spinal anesthesia for cesaresn section remains as a common and serious complication despite the use of uterine displacement and volume preloading. This study was designed to compare the efficacy of the speed of crystalloid preload for reduc- ing the incidence of hypotension during spinal anesthesia for elective cesarean section. Twenty ASA I parturients were randomly allocated to receive 20ml/kg of crystalloid over either 20min (group 1) or 10min(group 2) before spinal anesthesia. Both groups showed a significant increase in central venous pressure during and immediately after preload, but there was no significant difference between the groups. Six patients in group 1 developed hypotension(a decrease in systolic pressure below 100mmHg and a fall of 20% from baseline values) and so did seven patients in group 2. We concluded that rapid crystalloid preloading did not reduce the incidence of hypotension during cesarean section under spinal anesthesia and its effectiveness in questionable.
Anesthesia, Spinal* ; Blood Pressure ; Central Venous Pressure ; Cesarean Section* ; Female ; Humans ; Hypotension* ; Incidence ; Pregnancy

A clinical isolate of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis in Korea was found to produce the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase CTX-M-15. The isolate was recovered in 2008 from the stool of a 3-yr-old boy with gastroenteritis. This isolate was found to be resistant to multiple drugs, including ampicillin, piperacillin, cefotaxime, ceftazidime, cefepime, and aztreonam. The resistance to cefotaxime was transferred by conjugation to recipient Escherichia coli J53. The patient was eventually successfully treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. This is the first report of the bla (CTX-M-15) gene in S. enterica serotype Enteritidis in Korea.
Child, Preschool ; Gastroenteritis/diagnosis/*microbiology ; Humans ; Male ; Salmonella enteritidis/genetics/*isolation & purification ; Serotyping ; beta-Lactamases/*genetics

Follicular hamartoma is a rare, benign adnexal tumor with varieties of clinical diversity. But, Histological feature is characterized by a proliferation of immature hair follicle in the dermis with multifocal islands and thickened perifollicular sheath. Pili multigemini is also a rare, developmental anomaly of hair growth with multiple hairs from two or more matrices and papillae in a single pilosebaceous unit. Its prevalence and pathogenesis are unknown. We describe herein a rare case of localized follicular hamartoma with pili multigemini suggesting the possibility of association on pathogenesis between them.
Dermis ; Hair ; Hair Follicle ; Hamartoma* ; Islands ; Prevalence