A clinical observation was made on 10 donors for renal transplantation which were done at dept. of urology university hospital from April 1978. to August 1978. The following results were observed: 1. Donors were 3 male and 7 female, aged ranging from 1970 to years old. The most common age group was fifties 2. The related donors were 9 and unrelated was 1. 3. Seven donors had sam ABO blood type with the recipient and 3 had different. The HL-A match grade showed that 2 were B grade and 1 was C grade and 7 were D grade. The failed 3 patient had same ABO blood type with donor and all in D grade. 4. Seven were nephrectomized left and 3 were right. The postoperative course were all uneventful and discharged from POD 9 to 13. 5. The thoracoretroperitoneal approach used for donor nephrectomy: gave good operative field and easy operative technique.
Female ; Humans ; Kidney Transplantation* ; Male ; Nephrectomy* ; Tissue Donors* ; Urology

A statistical analysis was made on patient of recurrent urinary stones during the period from May 1972 to April 1977 in the Department of Urology of Han Yang University Hospital and the results were obtained as following: 1. Among the 894 patient of in-patient, 290 patient were urinary stone patients (32.8 %). 2. The recurrent patients were 11 (20%), with the follow-up period from 1 year to 10 years, in whom follow-up was possible. 3. The most common age group of recurrent stones were from 20 to 40 years old ( 72.8%). 4. The mean period from primary stone to recurrent stone was 4.4 years. 5. Among the recurrent patient, 2 were prolonged recumbency patients and one had duplicated ureter. Others were idiopathic recurrent stones. 6. If the primary stone was removed by operation, recurrent stone was some hard to be passed spontaneously.
Adult ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Statistics as Topic* ; Ureter ; Urinary Calculi ; Urolithiasis* ; Urology

Medulloepithelioma(diktyoma) is a uncommon congenital tumor that is generally believed to arise from the embryonic neuroepithelium of the medullary tube. This tumor usually arises from the ciliary body epithelium. But medulloepitheliomas of the retina and optic nerve may also occur, although it is extremely rare, because the embryonal medullary epithelium that lines the optic vesicle is continuous with the epithelium lining the cavity of the optic nerve during the early embryonal period. The occurrence of medulloepithelioma of the optic nerve is exceptionally rare, with only a few cases have been previously reported. We report a first case of medulloep-ithelioma of the optic nerve head in Korea in a 5-year-old girl who presented with a poor vision and squint of the left eye.
Child, Preschool ; Ciliary Body ; Epithelium ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive* ; Optic Disk* ; Optic Nerve* ; Retina ; Strabismus

Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas is a rare tumor that affects young females with low malignant potential and good prognosis with more than 90% survival at 5 years. Metastasis is very rare. We report the case of a 74-year-old female who had pancreatic solid-pseudopapillary tumor and synchronous hepatic metastasis.
Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Pancreas ; Pancreatic Neoplasms ; Prognosis

In Asia, mammography following the injection of foreign materials into the breasts for cosmetic augmentation is frequently seen and diagnosis based on the typical radiologic findings is straightforward. We report the unusual radiologic findings in two patients with foreign body granulomas caused by injected foreign materials and discovered incidentally during screening work up. The mammographic findings were bilateral, hyperdense, spiculated masses, with occasional microcalcification, and at sonography, markedly hypoechoic, spiculated solid masses, located near the pectoralis muscle and partly extending into it, were observed. These radiologic findings mimicked malignancy.
Breast Neoplasms/radiography ; Case Report ; Cholesterol ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Esthetics ; Female ; Granuloma, Foreign-Body/etiology/*radiography/*ultrasonography ; Human ; Injections/adverse effects ; Mammography ; Middle Age ; Paraffin

No abstract available.
Hypoglycemia*

The changes in the surface of articular cartilage of femoral condyle from rabbits were evaluated after degenerative changes were made by the technique advocated by Hulth. The medial collateral and both cruciate ligaments were excised, and a medial menisectomy was done. Then the right knee joint was injected with 1 ml of Na-hyaluronate gel every two weeks. The animals were sacrificed at two, four, six, eight, or sixteen weeks postoperatively. After sacrifice, the medial femoral condyle was excised and prepared for the light microscopic and scanning electron microscopic study. At eight to sixteen weeks, there were chondrocyte clones with clefts to the radial zone and increased loss of the height of articular cartilage on the control side; but, on theexperimental side there was a significant delay and lessening of the arthriticresponse. The biocompatibility and the protective effect of joint degeneration of this device make this material a valuable adjuvant in the treatment ofosteoarthritis and the traumatized joints.
Animals ; Cartilage, Articular/drug effects/ultrastructure ; Disease Models, Animal ; Gels ; Hyaluronic Acid/*therapeutic use ; Knee Joint/drug effects/ultrastructure ; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning ; Osteoarthritis/*prevention & control ; Rabbits ; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

A case of clear cell adenocarcinoma arising in the female urinary bladder, which is accompanied by endometriosis of the urinary bladder and the uterus, is reported. The carcinoma protruded into the vesical lumen as a fungating mass, and had a tubulocyotic pattern. The tumor cell had intracytoplasmic glycogen and electron microscopically short microvilli on their surface, resembling clear cell acenocarcinoma of the female genital tract including ovary. This is the fourth case report of clear cell adenocarcinoma complicating vesical endometriosis, and may support the view that clear cell carcinome arises from endometriosis which, in turn, from the Mullerian remnant.
Female ; Humans ; Adenocarcinoma

A case of clear cell adenocarcinoma arising in the female urinary bladder, which is accompanied by endometriosis of the urinary bladder and the uterus, is reported. The carcinoma protruded into the vesical lumen as a fungating mass, and had a tubulocyotic pattern. The tumor cell had intracytoplasmic glycogen and electron microscopically short microvilli on their surface, resembling clear cell acenocarcinoma of the female genital tract including ovary. This is the fourth case report of clear cell adenocarcinoma complicating vesical endometriosis, and may support the view that clear cell carcinome arises from endometriosis which, in turn, from the Mullerian remnant.
Female ; Humans ; Adenocarcinoma

Total vitrectomy and removal of the posterior hyaloid membrane were done in 7 patients who were diagnosed as macular hole with specific causative factors. The causative factor of 2 patients is high myopia and of remainers is trauma. Of the 7 patients treated by removal of the posterior hyaloid membrane during total vitrectomy, 3 patients showed anatomical and functional success, 2 patients only the anatomical success, and 2 patients failure. The postoperative complications included phthisis bulbi, proliferative vitreoreinopathy, optic atrophy, and macular degeneration, and iatrogenic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Two patients of the 3 success cases complained of mild diplopia after operation.
Diplopia ; Humans ; Macular Degeneration ; Membranes* ; Myopia ; Optic Atrophy ; Postoperative Complications ; Retinal Detachment ; Retinal Perforations* ; Vitrectomy*