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Hand*

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Scalp* ; Superficial Back Muscles*

The CT findings of the acute cerebral infarction are well known. However the CT findings of early stroke within 24 hours of the onset have not been sufficiently reported. The purpose of this study is to evaluate early acute cerebral infarction on CT within 24 hours after ictus. The early and accurate CT diagnosis could lead to the appropriate therapy and improved outcome of the patients. Authors retrospectively analyzed 16 patients with early acute cerebral infarction. Acute cerebral infarction was confirmed by follow-up CT in 11 patients, SPECT in 4 patients, and MRI in 1 patient. The CT findings of early acute cerebral infarction include effacement of cortical sulci or cistern (n=16, 100%), hyperattenuation of MCA (n=3), obscuration of lentiform nucleus (n=6), loss of insular ribbon (n=6) and subtle low density in hemisphere (n=5). The most frequent findings was effacement of cortical sulci in our study, and it was though to be the most important sign of early acute cerebral infarction.
Cerebral Infarction* ; Corpus Striatum ; Diagnosis ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Retrospective Studies ; Stroke ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

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Adult* ; Capsulorhexis* ; Cataract* ; Follow-Up Studies* ; Humans

No abstract available.
Cerebrospinal Fluid* ; Spinal Fractures*

Objectives: Endoscopic variceal ligation is well established metbod of treatment for esophageal varices whereas for gastric varices there has not been any systematic report of its use as a method of treatment. To evaluated its possible clinical application, the band ligation(banding) and the method of band ligation in conjuction with submucosal ethanolamine injection(banding with sclero) were tested on canine stomach, and results were assessed.
Esophageal and Gastric Varices ; Ethanolamine ; Ligation* ; Rubber* ; Stomach

OBJECTIVES: Previous studies in patients with Tourette's disorder suggested presynaptic dopaminergic dysfunction, demonstrating increased dopamine densities. In present study, we investigated dopamine transporter densities using I-123N-(3-iodopropen-2-yl)-2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4-chlorophenyl)tropane(I-123-IPT)-SPECT in drug-naive children with Tourette's disorder and postulated that dopamine transporter density reflected dopamine concentrations. METHODS: Eight drug-naive children with Tourette's disorder and six normal children were included in the with the brain SPECT 2 hours after an intravenous administration of I-123-IPT. Obtained SPECT data were reconstructed for the assessment of specific/nonspecific dopamine transporter binding ratio of basal ganglia and were evaluated both quantitatively and qualitatively. We investigated correlation between total tic severity of children with Tourette's disorder assessed with YGTSS and specific/nonspecific binding ratio of basal ganglia. RESULTS: Drug-naive children with Tourette's disorder had a significantly greater increase of speciffic/nonspecific dopamine transporter binding ratio of left basal ganglia than normal children. However, no significant differences in specific/nonspecific dopamine transporter binding ratio of right basal ganglia were found between children with Tourette's disorder and normal children. Also, we found no significant correlation between total tic severity of children with Tourette's disorder and specific/ nonspecific binding ratio of basal ganglia. CONCLUSION: These findings support the hypothesis of dopamine dysregulation in presynaptic dopamine function of the basal ganglia in the pathophysiology of Tourette's disorder.
Administration, Intravenous ; Basal Ganglia* ; Brain ; Child* ; Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins* ; Dopamine* ; Humans ; Tics ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon* ; Tourette Syndrome*

We analyzed the MR findings of spinal epidural mass in 23 patients retrospectively. MR images were performed at 1.5T unit. The lesions were confirmed as metastasis(12 cases), lymphoma (2 cases), leukemia(1 cases), multiple myeloma(2 cases), meningioma(3 cases), neurofibroma(1 case), dysraphism with lipoma(1 case) and lipomatosis(4 cases), Most MRI examinations consisted of T1, proton density and T2 weighted sagittal imaging of the spine, with additional pulse sequences or image planes as needed for clarification. The level of the spinal epidural mass was cervical spine level in 2 cases, thoracic in 15 cases, lumbar in 7 cases, and sacral in 2 cases. The location of epidural mass within the spinal canal was eccentric in 20 cases, multiple in 2 cases, and encircled in 4 cases. Paraspinal mass was seen in 11 cases. Signal intensity of epidural mass was variable. The marrow of spine revealed low signal intensity(SI) on TIWI and high SI on T2WI in 14 cases. In conclusion, MRI is a useful diagnostic tool for the evaluation of spinal epidural mass.
Bone Marrow ; Humans ; Lymphoma ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Protons ; Retrospective Studies ; Spinal Canal ; Spine

PURPOSE: Renal infarction is one of the uncommon causes of acute abdominal pain, and it is often difficult to make a clinical diagnosis. This study was designed to investigate clinical predictors of the acute renal infarction and to suggest useful diagnostic tools to use in the emergency department(ED). METHODS: We reviewed medical records of the patients with a final diagnosis of acute renal infarction, which was confirmed by contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan or angiography of the abdomen between Jan. 1998 and Dec. 2000. RESULTS: Among 24 patients with acute nontraumatic renal infarction, 17 patients (71.0%) had a thromboembolic disease. A number of patients presented with nonspecific abdominal pain. 23 patients (95.8%) had elevated serum LDH after 24 hours of presention. On initial urinalysis, 75.0% of patients (18/24) showed hematuria. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that the patients with pain in the flank or the abdomen or the low back area should be performed a contrast-enhanced CT scan as soon as possible to rule out the possibility of acute renal infaction, especially when the patient has the high-risk triad of thromboembolism, elevated serum LDH, and hematuria.
Abdomen ; Abdominal Pain ; Angiography ; Diagnosis ; Emergencies* ; Emergency Service, Hospital* ; Hematuria ; Humans ; Infarction* ; Medical Records ; Thromboembolism ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Urinalysis

Fifteen patients with 38 compression fractures of the spine underwent magnetic resonance(MR) imaging. We retrospectively evaluated MR images in these benign compression fractures. MR images showed four patterns in T1-weighted images. MR imaging patterns were normal signal(21), band like low signal(8), low signal with preservation of peripheral portion of the body(8), and diffuse low signal through the vertebral body(1). The low signal portions were changed to high signal intensities in T2-weighted images. In 7 of 15 patients(11 compression fractures). There was a history of trauma, and the remaining 8 patients(27 compression fractures) had no history of trauma. Benign compression fractures of trauma, remained 8 patients(27 compression fractures) were non-traumatic. Benign compression fractures of the spine reveal variable signal intensities in MR imagings. These patterns of benign compression fractures may be useful in interpretation of MR imagings of the spine.
Fractures, Compression* ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Retrospective Studies ; Spine*