Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pharyngeal Diseases ; pathology ; Polyps ; pathology

Asthma ; diagnosis ; Child ; Humans ; Perception

Proximal femoral nail anti-rotation (PFNA) with a lag screw that is shaped like a spiral blade shape is an orthopedic implant to fix trochanteric fractures of the proximal femur. In addition the reason of the biomechanical advantages, PFNA widely been used recently. We report an 83-year-old man with excessive sliding of the helical blade and a femoral neck fracture after AO/OTA type A2 intertrochanteric fracture, which was fixed with a PFNA.
Femoral Neck Fractures ; Femur ; Femur Neck ; Hip Fractures ; Nails ; Orthopedics

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Epilepsy* ; Prognosis*

A case of glioblastoma multiforme, arising in the right temporal lobe in a child was operated in our hospital. The patient was a 11 years old boy, who was well after the radical removal of the tumor with concomitantly performed internal decompression. The operative method, post-operative prognosis, and literatures were reviewed.
Child* ; Decompression ; Glioblastoma* ; Humans ; Male ; Prognosis ; Temporal Lobe*

Lenticular bum can occur as complication after laser iridotomy or retinal photocoagulation. Some authors have, indeed, reported the cases in which focal lenticular opacity developed after laser iridotomy or retinal photocoagulation. Fortunately, it was not progressive in short-term follow up study. When argon laser beam penetrates ocular media, a portion of it is absorbed by lens. So visible lenticular opacity is not developed after argon retinal photocoagulation if lens is clear. But it is not known whether subclinical lenticular opacity can occur after argon laser retinal photocoagulation. We focused argon laser beam onto anterior lens capsule in 35 black and brown rabbit and evaluated development of subclinical lenticular opacity with densitometer 1 and 8 weeks later. We also analyzed lens protein 1 week later. Argon laser energy used was below 20 Joules. The following results were obatined. 1. Lenticular opacity was detected by densitometer in all cases, but it was not detected by slit-lamp. 2. Amount of lenticular opacity was in direct proportion to argon laser energy(p<0.001). 3. Lenticular opacity detected on the 1st week by densitomer was not detectable on the 8th week. 4. The lens protein changes of senile cataract were not found in the lenticular opacity detected on the 1st week.
Argon* ; Cataract ; Follow-Up Studies ; Light Coagulation* ; Retinaldehyde*

Benign epiepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes (BECCT) is an electroclinical syndrome characterized by noctural seizure that remit spontaneoully before adulthood, and belong to idiopathic age and location related epilepsies. We reviewed the medical records to analyse the seizure the seizure pattern, and also inspect the EEG recording to identify topography of the epileptiform discharge of 24 patient who met the following criteria: 1) presence of nocturnal seizure or partial seizure confined to the face, 2) normal intecual and development, 3) normal background EEG feature, 4) monomormhic spikes or sharp wave that increase in the frequency during sleep if those state were achieved. The result as follow: 1) The age of seizure onset were 3 to 11 years old (7.08 1.89) and male to female ratio was 1, 4:1. 2) Past history of birth trauma, CNS infection and other diseases involving CNS, were not found. There was past history of febrile convulsoin 33.3% of patient and epilepsy in 8.3%. One of paient's sister had childhood abscence epilepsy and never a nocturnal partial seizure, also and had centrotemporal spikes in EEG. 3) In 91.7% of Seizures occurred during sleep, especially short after sleep onset and the symptomatology of seizure was shown 66.7% of oropharyngeal sign, such as hypersalivation and gargle sound, and 54.2% of hemifacial involvement, 33.3% of speech arrest, 25.5% of upper limb involement, 18.3% of lower limb involvement, and 45.8% of general seizure. 4) In 91.5% of patients had on location of epileptiform discharge that located central (37.5%) midtemporal (33.3%), parietal and frontal. We could observe tangental dipole in 16.7% of patients.
Child ; Electroencephalography ; Epilepsy ; Epilepsy, Rolandic* ; Female ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Male ; Medical Records ; Parturition ; Rabeprazole ; Seizures ; Sialorrhea ; Siblings ; Upper Extremity

The propolis, honey bee hive product, is a folk medicine for treating various ailrnents and caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) is an extract of propolis. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of ethanol extracted propolis (EEP) or CAPE on the tumorigenesis, pulmonary metastases, and proliferation and activity of splenocytes and macrophages in ICR mice. EEP at 0.2, 2 or 20mg/ml applied topically on the back of each mice 30 minutes before application of 7,12-dimethylbenz (a)anthracene and 12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate inhibited the number of tumors per mouse by 61, 75 or 100%, respectively. ...continue...
Animals ; Bees ; Carcinogenesis* ; Ethanol ; Honey ; Macrophages* ; Medicine, Traditional ; Mice* ; Mice, Inbred ICR ; Neoplasm Metastasis* ; Propolis*

Objective： To elucidate the role of bone marrow stromal cells in cooperation with exogenous cytokines in hematopoiesis. Methods： Fetal bone marrow stromal cells (FBMSC) was combined with cytokines including SCF,IL-3,IL-6,GM-CSF in a 5-day liquid culture system of adult bone marrow mononuclear cells, then we cultured bone marrow derived CD34+-enriched cells with FBMSC+SCF+IL-3+IL-6+G-CSF+EPO for 2 weeks. Results：FBMSC were in good cooperation with above mentioned exogenous cytokines. When CD34+-enriched cells from adult bone marrow were cultured with combinations of FBMSC, SCF, IL-3, IL-6, G-CSF and EPO, total nucleated cells, CFU-GM, BFU-E and CD34+ cells were increased by 119.6±30.9, 54.6±17.4, 25.2±4.4, 11.1±4.2 folds, respectively. Conclusion：FBMSC in cooperation with exogenous cytokines support the in vitro expansion of human hematopoietic progenitor cells efficiently.

With the increase of frequency and the recent development of surgical treatment in brachial plexus injury, the requirement for accurate assessment between supra and infraganglionic injury is increased. Cervical myelography has been the popular tool in evaluating the root lesion since the first introduction of Murphey et al. in 1947. However, the invasiveness of procedure has been the impediment to the common-use. But with the utilization of water-soluble contrast media, Metrizamide, such impediment can be alleviated. Author has performed myelography in 27 patients along with surgical exploration in 18 patients since 1984. And the results were as follows. 1. 85% of 27 patient revealed anomaly of root in myelography. 2. Traumatic menimgoceles were typical findings and most of them were located at C7 and C5. 3. Myelography reaveled 70%(28 root) of anomalies among 40 root lesions, confirmed by surgical explorations. 4. Myelography is considered to be very effective in evaluating supra and infraganglionic root lesions when its results is correlated with physical and other neurological examination.
Brachial Plexus ; Contrast Media ; Humans ; Metrizamide ; Myelography ; Neurologic Examination