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Glomerulonephritis, IGA* ; Immunity, Cellular* ; Immunoglobulin A*

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Glomerulonephritis, IGA* ; Immunity, Cellular* ; Immunoglobulin A*

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Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous* ; Humans* ; Mucins*

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Acute Kidney Injury* ; Nifedipine* ; Plasma* ; Renin*

Congenital intraspinal epidermoid tumors, while rare, do occur ; that they are related to spinal puncture is less well understood. This article describes the case of a 10 year-old boy with intraspinal epidermoid tumor, who five years previously had undergone lumbar puncture. A striking clinical features of this case is pain in the lower extremity. In this report, we review the literature and discuss the probable developmental mechanism of such tumor.
Child ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Male ; Spinal Puncture* ; Strikes, Employee

OBJECTIVES: There is an increasing concern for the social, economic, environmental and health effects of the Asian dust (Hwang-sa in Korean language) in Korea. In this study, we intended to indirectly determine ordinary people's perception about the Asian dust by analyzing the contents of newspaper articles dealing with it. METHODS: By using article searching services in the internet websites of three newspaper companies, we collected newspaper articles dealing with the Asian dust during the period from January 1st of 1998 to December 31st of 2002. We classified the articles into four categories: those forecasting the occurrence of the Asian dust, those about measures to cope with it, those about its occurrence in the neighboring foreign countries, and those about its effects. In particular, we analyzed articles about the health effects of the Asian dust more distinctly. RESULTS: A total of 1, 225 articles dealing with the Asian dust were found during the 5 year period. The number of articles increased from 102 in 1998 to 518 in 2002, approximately a five-fold increase. The numbers of articles about health effects, environmental effects and economical effects were 191 (44%), 171 (41%) and 147 (34%), respectively. It was reported that various diseases such as respiratory diseases (87%), eye problems (69%), and skin diseases (12%) were associated with the Asian dust. CONCLUSION: The increasing concern for the negative effects of the Asian dust necessitates more studies about this field. As the effects of the Asian dust are various, the information on the major concern of ordinary people could help establish the research agendas and measures for the Asian dust.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group* ; Dust* ; Forecasting ; Humans ; Internet ; Korea ; Skin Diseases ; Periodicals

Cardiac transplantation has become an acceptable therapy for patients with end stage heart disease over the last decade. We experienced a case of heart transplantation to the 50 year old female patient. We used sterile technique all the time to reduce the incidence of infection. Anesthesia was induced and maintained with fentanyl 100 ug/kg. After cardiopulmonary bypass, blood products, inotropics and vasodilators were given to maintain myocardial contractility and cardiac output. The patient recovered uneventfully and discharged on 29th postoperative day.
Anesthesia* ; Cardiac Output ; Cardiopulmonary Bypass ; Female ; Fentanyl ; Heart Diseases ; Heart Transplantation* ; Heart* ; Humans ; Incidence ; Middle Aged ; Vasodilator Agents

The widespread application of coronary angiography and poen heart surgery have resulted in more frequent detection of patients with coronary artery anomaly. In 0.6 to 1.2 percent of individials, the coronary arteries arise aberrantly from the aorta. Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the fight coronary sinus with subsequent coursing between the aorta and pulmonary artery is a rare and sometimes fatal coronary amonaly. This anomaly has been reported in young and healthy men who died suddenly during or immediately forllowing vigorous physical exercise. The exact mechanism of sudden death is unclear. It is believed to be related to either extrinsic compression of the left coronary artery or distorsion of the vessel orifice, with resultant global ischemia and ventricular fibrllation. A 13-years old healthy boy, who was completely asymptomatic until he had sudden chest pain after running, arrived at hospital with typical clinical picture of acute myocardial infarction. The electrocardiography taken on admission demonstrated pathologic Q wave changes on lead I, aVL, V2, V3 and V4. Cardiac enzymes were elevated. The selective coronary angiography demonstrated that left coronary artery arose from the right coronary sinus. The anomalous left coronary artery passed posterioly around aortic root to reach its normal position in the interventricular groove. We report the patient with anomalous origined left coronary artery which causes the acute myocardial infarction.
Adolescent ; Aorta ; Chest Pain ; Coronary Angiography ; Coronary Sinus* ; Coronary Vessels* ; Death, Sudden ; Electrocardiography ; Exercise ; Humans ; Ischemia ; Male ; Myocardial Infarction* ; Pulmonary Artery ; Running ; Thoracic Surgery

Schwannomas rarely present as intraocular tumors and are often misdiagnosed as malignant melanoma. We describe a choroidal schwannoma confirmed by sclerouvectomy. A 30-year-old woman presented with a large nonpigmented intraocular mass of the choroid in the right eye and underwent surgical excision by sclerouvectomy. Histologically, the tumor was composed of a mixture of cellular solid components (Antoni A) and loose myxoid components (Antoni B). The tumor was eventually diagnosed as a schwannoma. Currently available ancillary studies are still of little value in definitively differentiating schwannomas from other choroidal tumors. In the case of atypical findings for a malignant melanoma, a benign neoplasm should be included in the differential diagnosis. This patient avoided enucleation by first having the mass excised. We are unaware of previous reports in which a choroidal schwannoma was diagnosed by surgical excision.
Adult ; Choroid/*pathology ; Choroid Neoplasms/*diagnosis/surgery ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Eye Enucleation/*methods ; Female ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Neurilemmoma/*diagnosis/surgery

We describe a case of brain abscess which developed in a 64-year-old man after hepatic artery chemoem-bolization(HACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).On his first admission, percutaneous liver biopsy led to a diagnosis of type-C liver cirrhosis, he readmitted 5 years later and HCC was diagnosed. The patient underwent two HACE procedures, with a two-month interval. Three month later, he was readmitted to hospital with headache and brief loss of consciousness; brain magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) revealed a brain abscess. Stereotactic aspiration was performed and antibiotics sensitive to the klebsiella pneumonia bacteria cultured in the abscess were administrated intraveously. One month later, the abscess size became smaller and the patient was discharged. This report reviews the literature and discusses the pathogenesis of brain abscess after intra-arterial embolization.
Abscess ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Bacteria ; Biopsy ; Brain Abscess* ; Brain* ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* ; Diagnosis ; Headache ; Hepatic Artery* ; Humans ; Klebsiella ; Liver ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Middle Aged ; Pneumonia ; Unconsciousness