A case of bilateral absence of vas deference with sterility is reported. By new 15O cases of congenital absence of the vas deference, rather a rare congenital anomaly, were reported.
Infertility

No abstract available.
Mortality*

Detection and evaluation of early soft tissue changes are important in rheumatoid arthritis or other jointdiseases. The most important factors for radiologic demonstration of soft tissue changes are resolving power andthe optimization of contrast differences between structures representing skin and subcutaneous tissue densities.Phantom study was done by using combination of immersion technique and mammography to get the most reliable methodfor improvement of soft tissue contrast without deterioration of resolution. Clinical application was also done in5 normal volunteers and 5 rheumatoid patients. The results indicate that soft tissue contrast, especially betwenskin and subcutaneous tissues can be significantly imporved with combination of immersion technique andmammography with 50% ethanol in both phantom and clinical study.
Arthritis, Rheumatoid ; Clinical Study ; Ethanol ; Healthy Volunteers ; Humans ; Immersion ; Mammography ; Radiography ; Skin ; Subcutaneous Tissue

We describe a case of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis in a 1-month-old Korean male infant. The patient was suffering from erythematous papules and pustules affecting the scalp, trunk, and extremities, detected at birth. The flare was accompanied by leukocytosis and eosinophila. Histopathology revealed folliculitis with a predominant eosinophilic infiltrate. Lesions showed partial response to topical steroid and disappeared in four weeks. Three months after the resolution of the lesions, he presented a similar clinical picture as the previous episode.
Eosinophils* ; Extremities ; Folliculitis* ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn* ; Leukocytosis ; Male ; Parturition ; Scalp

No abstract available.
Arrhythmias, Cardiac*

Dermatomyofibroma is a rare benign dermal tumor, mainly found in young women. Clinically it can be confused with keloid or dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. Typical histopathologic features of dermatomyofibroma are sufficiently distinctive to alert histopathologists to consider dermatomyofibroma in the diagnostic process. We report a case of dermatomyofibroma, presenting as reddish plaques and nodules on the buttock of a 2-year-old boy. Histopathologic examination showed fascicles of uniform spindle cells in the reticular dermis, predominantly oriented parallel to the epidermal surface. Immunohistochemical study and electron microscopy confirmed its myofibroblastic nature.
Buttocks ; Child ; Child, Preschool* ; Dermatofibrosarcoma ; Dermis ; Female ; Humans ; Keloid ; Male* ; Microscopy, Electron ; Myofibroblasts

With rapid advancement in techniques of correcting multiple facial anomalies, surgical planning has become more sophisticated, and knowledge of the exact relationship between various areas of the head and face is now indispensible. The importance of capturing the face in proportions has been emphasized by many surgeons. The neoclassical canons are known to modern plastic surgeons, but their usage in surgical planning has been limited to the role of working guides. They are useful, however, in serving as standards. The authors measured 800 normal young Korean females, ranged from 19 to 26 in age, and 21 beauty contestants in Korea, ranged from 20 to 27 in age. Seven vertical and seven horizontal linear measurements were taken from each subject by one examiner. These measurements of normal face and attractive face are compared with each other, and followed by comparison with neoclassical canons. Attractive face of Korean female comprises shorter lower face, especially from stomion to menton, narrower bigonial distance, and longer midface than normal face. It also has wide palpebral fissure and narrow intercanthal distance. Korean female face comprises shorter and narrower lower face than neoclassical canons. We think that it is valuable to take into consideration of this modern concept of beauty when making a preoperative plan for facial plastic surgery.
Beauty ; Female* ; Head ; Humans ; Korea ; Surgery, Plastic

No abstract available.
Arnold-Chiari Malformation* ; Meningomyelocele*

No abstract available.
Lymphedema*

During a period of 5 years and 3 months, from January, 1980 to march, 1985, 42 cases of ventricular septal defects were observed to be closed spontaneously during their follow up period and were evaluated at pediatric department, hanyang University hospital. 1) Sex incidence shows female preponderance with male to female ration of 1:2. 2) The mean age when they were diagnosed as ventricular septal defect was 5.0+/-6.4 months, and that of VSD murmur last noted was 13.3+/-11.5 months. The mean age when typical VSD murmur disappeared due to spontaneous closure of the defects was 21.1+/-18.7 months. Spontaneous closure of ventricular septal defects disclosed under one year in 22 cases (52.4%). Of those 22 cases, ventricular septal defects were spontaneously closed under 6 months of age in 16 cases(38.8% of whole study population). From the whole study population 90.5%(38 cases) were spontaneously closed under the age of 5 years. 3) Major clinical and physical characteristics before spontaneous closure of ventricular septal defects were typical pansystolic murmur with maximum intensity at left lower sternal border in all cases, palpable thrill in 5 cases(12.8%), ventricular heaves in 4 cases(10.2%) and frequent respiratory infection histories in 27 cases(64.3%). 4) Electrocardiographic findings when they were initially presented as ventricular septal defects revealed normal axis in 28 cases(84.8%), left axis deviation in 3 cases(9.1%), right axis deviation in 2 cases(6.1%) as frontal QRS axis and left ventricular hypertrophy in 8 cases(24.2%), right ventricular hypertrophy in 5 cases(15.6%) and biventricular hypertrophy in 3 cases(8.7%). Other electrocardiographic abnormalities when they had ventricular septal defects were left atrial enlargement in 12 cases(36.4%) and intraventricular conduction delay in 12 cases(36.4%). After spontaneous closure of ventricular septal defects, the electrocardiographic findings revealed normal axis in 36 cases(92.3%), left axis deviation in 3 cases(7.7%) and left ventricular hypertrophy in one case(2.6%). The remaining abnormalities after spontaneous closure of ventricular septal defect were intraventricular conduction delay in 14 cases(35.9%), deep SV6 in 4 cases(10.3%), tall RV6 in 5 cases(12.8%) and long QTc in 1 case(2.6%). Thirty-eight cases(97.4%) do not show ventricular hypertrophy pattern in EKG after spontaneous closure of their defects. 5) When we analyse their frontal plain chest X-ray films after spontaneous closure of ventricular septal defects, cardiomegaly(cardiothoracic ratio)55%) noted in 7 cases(17.9%) and pulmonary plethora in 5 cases(12.8%);while those before the defect were closed spontaneously were 67.6% and 64.7%, respectively. 6) Among 26 cases who underwent follow up 2 dimensional echocardiographic study so-called septal aneurysm were noted with the process of spontaneous closure of ventricular septal defects in 15 cases(57.7%) and the remaining 11 cases do not have any evidence of 'septal aneurysm' even after the completion of spontaneous closure of their defects. In the patient group with so-called 'septal aneurysm' the proportion of female sex was 60% and early systolic clicky sound were heard in 9 patients from 15 cases(60.0%), while those without 'septal aneurysm'were 55% and 18.2%, respectively.
Aneurysm ; Axis, Cervical Vertebra ; Echocardiography ; Electrocardiography ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* ; Humans ; Hypertrophy ; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular ; Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular ; Incidence ; Male ; Thorax ; X-Ray Film