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

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*

Hailey-Hailey disease is a rare hereditary dermatosis that begins in the 2nd or 3rd decade of life. The skin lesion is characterized by a localized, recurrent eruption of small vesicles on an erythematous base. It courses remissions and exacerbations. It seldom begins in early childhood, and main treatment modalities are conservative ones. We report a case of Hailey-Hailey disease that began on a 7-month old infant and improved by surgical treatment. In according to review of the previous reports, it is probably the earliest onset age and it is may be the first case which was treated with surgery in Korea.
Age of Onset ; Humans ; Infant ; Korea ; Pemphigus, Benign Familial* ; Skin ; Skin Diseases

This study was performed to obtain an useful and basic information of the decompression sickness (DCS) among Korean divers. The medical records of 163 cases of Korean civilian diver, who were diagnosed as DES and received recompression therapy according to U.S. Navy Standard Recompression Treatment Table at Ocean & Underwater Medical Research & Training Center of ROK Navy, for 10 years from Jan. 1983 to Dec.1992. The total of 163 cases of DCS were catagorized into 2 groups as Type I DCS and Type II DGS group. The major results obtained were as follows: 1. 70.5% of total cases were classified as type II DCS, and the ratio of type I to type II DCS was 1'2.5 and the ratio of male to female of DCS cases was about 4:1. 2. About one third of cases occurred in May and June, and 38.7% of cases occurred at Chung-mu and Chin-hae in Kyung-nam province, the Southern Coast of Korean Peninsula. 3. Among the type II DGS group, 85.2% occured in diving for harpshell, and 85.2% with hookah diving gear. 4. There were no cases following the decompression procedure such as well known U.S. Navy's, and 86.7% of cases did not follow the any kinds of decompression procedure for preventing DCS and most of dives were conducted repetitively with 4.2 times on an average. 5. The mean depth between type I(27.3m) and type 11 DCS group(33.3m) showed significant difference statistically (p<0.01) , but both frequences of repetitive dives and bottom times between two groups were not statistically significant (p>0.05) . 6. The rate of symptoms appeared on surfacing and within 10 min. after surfacing of type I and type II DCS were 40.0% and 70.5%, respectively. And 80.9% of type I and 92.2% of type II DCS group were aware of dysbaric symptoms within the first hour after surfacing. 7. The most frequent symptoms and its percentages were "Both limb pain (37.6%) ",Joint pain(27.1%)., and "Scapular pain(22.9%)" in type I DCS group, and "Limb weakness or paralysis (68.7%)" , "Respiratory chokes(27.8%)" and "Bladder dysfunction(22.2%)"intypellDCSgroup. . 8. Among the type II DCS group, 54.8% attempted inwater recompression as a primary management, but 54.2% of type I DCS group did not take any kinds of therapeutic measure after onset of dysharic symptoms till commencing recompression treatment. 9. Recompression treatment was delayed 126.9 hours in type I and 89.7 hours in type II DCS group on an average, and the cases of DCS, who delayed more than two days till visiting the recompression facility, were occupied 52.1% in type I and 29.6% in type II DCS group. 10. Among the total cases, 32.6% were experienced one more of dysbaric symptoms in the past.
Decompression Sickness* ; Decompression* ; Diving ; Extremities ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Medical Records ; Paralysis