To evaluate the relationship between arteriolosclerosis and diabetic retinopathy, we graded the levels of diabetic retinopathy and arteriolosclerosis and compared each other in 255 patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes. And we also measured serum lipid levels and checked other risk fac-tors for diabetic retinopathy. SPSS was used for statistical analysis. Patients with advanced arteriolosclerosis were at higher risk of severe diabetic retinopathy. And patients with elevated plasma total cholesterol, LDL-C, TG had more severe levels of diabetic retinopathy than whose lipid levels were normal. These results suggested that advanced arteriolosclerosis and elevated serum lipid levels are associated with severe diabetic retinopathy. For preventing visual threatening complications of diabetic retinopathy, the degree of arteriolosclerosis and serum lipid levels should be carefully monitored in the evaluation of diabetic retinopathy.
Arteriolosclerosis ; Arteriosclerosis* ; Cholesterol ; Diabetic Retinopathy* ; Humans ; Plasma

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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Drug Therapy ; Head

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Hyperplasia

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Pregnancy* ; Ultrasonography*

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Biopsy* ; Fatty Liver* ; Hepatitis, Chronic* ; Liver*

We report a case of focal dermal hypoplasia associated with ichthyosis in an 18-year-old Korean female. The patient showed a yellowish atrophic patch on the left side of her abdomen, abnormal skin pigmentation, nail dystrophy and ichthyosis since birth.We could also find skeletal and dental deformities. The biopsy specimen obtained from the yellowish atrophic patch showed marked attenuation of collagen fibers and ectopic fatty tissue nearly reaching up to the upper dermis.
Abdomen ; Adipose Tissue ; Adolescent ; Biopsy ; Collagen ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Dermis ; Female ; Focal Dermal Hypoplasia* ; Humans ; Ichthyosis* ; Skin Pigmentation

We report a case of focal dermal hypoplasia associated with ichthyosis in an 18-year-old Korean female. The patient showed a yellowish atrophic patch on the left side of her abdomen, abnormal skin pigmentation, nail dystrophy and ichthyosis since birth.We could also find skeletal and dental deformities. The biopsy specimen obtained from the yellowish atrophic patch showed marked attenuation of collagen fibers and ectopic fatty tissue nearly reaching up to the upper dermis.
Abdomen ; Adipose Tissue ; Adolescent ; Biopsy ; Collagen ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Dermis ; Female ; Focal Dermal Hypoplasia* ; Humans ; Ichthyosis* ; Skin Pigmentation

We report a case of zosteriform cutaneous metastasis from choangiocarcinomasin a 56-year-old male patient who has asymptomatic and painless erythematous papules and scaly patches over the anterior side of his right upper abdomen along the back, Tendernatome level. Histopathologic examina.tions of the cutaneous lesion reveaed a tumor cell showing glandular structure and multifocal tumor emboli within dilated lymphalics. and a few signetring cells in the dermis. We found that the retrograde studies revealed cholangiocarcinom. after confirmation of zosteriform cutaneous metastasis. He died eight months after the appearance of zosteriform cutaneous metastasis.
Abdomen ; Adenocarcinoma* ; Cholangiocarcinoma* ; Dermis ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Metastasis

To identify significant prognostic factors in patients undergoing simple hysterectomy in the presence of invasive cervical cancer, the records of 45 patients who had taken such a procedure between 1993 and 1997 were reviewed. Overall relapse-free survival and 5-year survival rates were 91.1 and 92.1%, respectively. Factors found to be significantly related to survival were the retrospectively determined stage(p=0.0000), the presence of residual disease(p=0.0001), and cell type(p=0.0000). By multivariate analysis, factor emerging as significantly detrimental to survival was the cell type. The presence of residual disease was a marginally significant factor(p=0.067). The expectations for survival of patients with residual tumor mass and/or with adenocarcinoma after simple hysterectomy appear to be markedly worse than those with others, so radical reoperation should be considered in those patients.
Adenocarcinoma ; Humans ; Hysterectomy* ; Multivariate Analysis ; Neoplasm, Residual ; Reoperation ; Retrospective Studies ; Survival Rate ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms*

It is to report a clinical experience of a case of irradiation cataract following the period of 5 years post-operative pterygium on 59 years old man. As the occurrence of irradiation cataract is generally with long latent period and the clinical and histopathological features of the Beta ray cataract is similar to the remainder categories of opacities, it is important that condition of history of irradiation and characteristic localization of the lenticular opacity are noteworthy in which the dosage of total radiation, age, exposure time, treated area and method of treatment are much influencing.
Beta Particles* ; Cataract* ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Pterygium