A rate com;lication of hysterectomy is complete prolapse and inversion of vagina. This can occur whether the hysterectomy was abdominal or vaginal and cystocele and/or enterocele is often associated with this condition. Traditionally, prolapse has been treated by surgery, the types of operation for prolapse are generally but not always, carried out through the vaginal rather than through the abdominal surgical route. We experienced five cases who had repair of posthysterectomy vaginal vault prolapse by transabdominal sacral colpopexy and report with brief review of literatures.
Cystocele ; Hernia ; Hysterectomy* ; Pelvic Organ Prolapse* ; Prolapse ; Vagina

Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma is a rare soft tissue tumor that generally affects children and young adults. We report a case of angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma in an 11-year-old boy who complained of a back mass for 3 years. Surgical excision was performed. The excised specimen showed a 4.0 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm, well circumscribed, grayish white tumor, with multicystic changes. Histological examination showed proliferation of spindle or round shaped tumor cells. There was a dense fibrous pseudocapsule with prominent chronic inflammatory cell infiltrates.
Child ; Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous* ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Male ; Young Adult

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Pregnancy*

Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant tumor showing smooth muscle differentiation, and it accounts for 2% to 8% of soft tissue sarcoma. Clinically, substantial mortality and morbidity are related to the propensity for distant metastasis and local recurrence, respectively. Microscopic findings characteristically reveal intersecting bundles of spindle-shaped cells having fibrillar cytoplasm and blunt-ended nuclei. Immunohistochemistry for intermediate filaments is helpful in establishing a definitive diagnosis. We experienced a case of large protruding leiomyosarcoma that developed on an old burn scar of the medial calf of a 45-year-old man. On preoperative evaluation, we recommended amputation due to a distant metastasis to the lung(stage IV). As the patient refused amputation of his lower leg, the tumor was radically excised and immediate reconstruction was done using free latissimus dorsi muscle flap and skin graft. Four months after excision despite adjuvant chemotherapy, amputation was performed due to local recurrence.
Amputation ; Burns ; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant ; Cicatrix ; Cytoplasm ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Intermediate Filaments ; Leg ; Leiomyosarcoma* ; Middle Aged ; Mortality ; Muscle, Smooth ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Recurrence ; Sarcoma ; Skin ; Superficial Back Muscles ; Transplants ; Ulcer*

Limb-Body Wall complex is a complicated with the essential features of neural-tube defects, body-wall disruption, and limb abnormalities. This complex should be distinguished from other body-wall defects including omphalocele and gastroschisis since the prognosis for limb-body wall is uniformly poor. We have experienced one case of limb-body wall complex in a 22-year-old primigravida, which is presented with a brief review of the literature.
Extremities ; Gastroschisis ; Hernia, Umbilical ; Humans ; Prognosis ; Young Adult

Uterine rhadomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare tumor accounting for 2~6% of the patients with uterine malignant neoplasm and it happens under 1% of the patients with genitourinary malignancies. RMS can be classified in four types; embryonal, alveolar, pleomorphic, and undifferenciated. About twenty percent of RMS occurs in the genitourinary tract, with sligtly more than half being embryonal rhadomyosarcoma. Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) of the uterine cervix is very rare. Emerich et al. reported the first case of ARMS of the cervix in 1996. So, little information is available regarding its prognosis and therapy. We report a case of a 56 year-old woman with ARMS of the uterine cervix with a review of the literature. She was received the operation and radiotherapy. She has since been disease-free. We herein report a case of very rare ARMS of the cervix.
Accounting ; Arm ; Cervix Uteri ; Female ; Humans ; Prognosis ; Rhabdomyosarcoma ; Rhabdomyosarcoma, Alveolar

To evaluate the effect of shortening the latent period for distraction osteogenesis, the authors experimented with distraction osteogenesis for a 24-hour latent period in the mandibles of rabbits. This study was carried out on 32 New Zealand white rabbits, each weighting 2000 to 2500 gm. Twenty animals were used for the control group and 12 for the experimental group. A unilateral external fixation device was applied to the left mandible. The mandibles were lengthened at 1 mm per 24 hours for 10 days. Five rabbits from the control group and three from the experimental group by random selection were sacrificed on the first day, and at the second, fourth and eighth week of the consolidation period. After lengthening bone densities at the site of the left mandibular bony lengthening were measured by quantitative computer tomography (QCT) and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). As a result, the DXA value showed no difference compared to the control group after two week's consolidation. The trabeculae were thicker and had begun to be surrounded by lamellar bone both in the control and experimental groups histologically. In conclusion, the results of this study indicate that the osteogenetic effect in the experimental group was nearly the same as in the control group. If stable fixation and minimal periosteal dissection were performed during the procedure, the latent period would not be an important factor in distraction osteogenesis of membranous bone.
Absorptiometry, Photon ; Animals ; Bone Density ; External Fixators ; Mandible* ; Osteogenesis* ; Osteogenesis, Distraction ; Rabbits*

A 3-year-old boy with Wilms' tumor had unusual severe hypertension, polydipsia, polyuria, and hypokalemia. Physical examination on admission was unremarkable except for the presence of a smooth, firm mass in the right abdomen. Computerized tomography showed a tumor occupying upper two thirds of the right kidney. Plasma renin activity and aldosterone concentration were markedly elevated, 37.7 mg/ml/hour (normal supine 0.15-2.33 mg/ml/hour) and 120.1 ng/dl (normal supine 1 to 16 ng/dl), respectively. His hypertension, varied from 150/90 mmHg as high as 240/180 mmHg, was not effectively controlled by antihyperensive drugs. Because of concern for the complications of hypertension, a right nephrectomy was performed on the sixth hospital day. At laparotomy, there was no evidence of mechanical compression of the renal artery by the tumor. The tumor, about 8 cm in diameter, was confined within the renal capsule without involvement of the renal blood vessels at the hilum. Histopathologically, it was characteristic Wilms' tumor of favorable histology. On electron microscopy, the tumor cells contained many electron dense secreting granules in the cytoplasm, suggesting that the tumor itself was the source of the renin and cause the clinical manifestations. Shortly after nephrectomy, signs and symptoms were relieved dramatically, and plasma renin activity and aldosterone concentration were also decreased to normal.
Abdomen ; Aldosterone ; Blood Vessels ; Child* ; Child, Preschool ; Cytoplasm ; Humans ; Hypertension* ; Hypokalemia* ; Kidney ; Laparotomy ; Male ; Microscopy, Electron ; Nephrectomy ; Physical Examination ; Plasma ; Polydipsia* ; Polyuria* ; Renal Artery ; Renin ; Wilms Tumor*

Granular cell tumor is a rare tumor of the soft tissue and this is characterized by proliferation of large cells with granular appearing eosinophilic cytoplasm. We report the imprint cytologic features of a case of granular cell tumor in the left calf of a 52-year-old woman. Microscopic examination showed moderate cellularity. The tumor cells were arranged both as single cells and in clusters. The cells were large polygonal-shaped and they had small round nuclei with finely granular chromatin and occasionally conspicuous nucleoli. The cytoplasm was abundant eosinophilic and granular. Naked nuclei and spindle-shaped tumor cells were occasionally noted. No mitosis and necrosis were present. The background showed cytoplasmic granular materials. The tumor cells showed positivity for S-100 protein. Ultrastructurally, abundant lysosomes were present in the cytoplasm of the tumor cells.
Chromatin ; Cytoplasm ; Eosinophils ; Female ; Granular Cell Tumor* ; Humans ; Lysosomes ; Middle Aged ; Mitosis ; Necrosis ; S100 Proteins

OBJECTIVE: To compare clinical features and surgical outcomes of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) by the number of ports in the treatment of uterine myoma and adenomyosis. METHODS: Between 1st January 2009 and 31th March 2010, 50 patients underwent 5 mm-2 port LAVH and 10 mm-3 port LAVH respectively by same surgeon at Chosun university hospital. We compared clinical features and surgical outcomes. RESULTS: There was no difference in weight of uterus between the 5 mm-2 port LAVH group and the 10 mm-3 port LAVH group (465.2+/-206.9 g vs. 470.8+/-148.5 g) (Mean+/-S.D.), and in amounts of blood loss during procedure between the two groups (115.0+/-179.3 mL vs. 125.0+/-211.7 mL). The duration of procedure showed a difference between the two groups(55.1+/-12.0 minutes vs. 60.4+/-19.5 minutes) (p=0.03). In the 5 mm-2 port LAVH group, 2 of 50 (4%) converted to laparotomy, and 1 of 50 (2%) in the 10 mm-3 port LAVH group. There was no difference in length of postoperative hospital day between the two groups (5.8+/-1.0 days vs. 6.3+/-1.6 days). In the comparison of postoperative complications, 1 of 50 (2%) required readmission and reoperation for both of the two groups. CONCLUSION: We conclude that 5 mm-2 port LAVH could be a available method in the treatment of uterine myoma and adenomyosis.
Adenomyosis ; Female ; Humans ; Hysterectomy, Vaginal ; Laparotomy ; Myoma ; Postoperative Complications ; Reoperation ; Uterus