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Nephrotic Syndrome*

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Meconium* ; Prospective Studies* ; Statistics as Topic*

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Electroencephalography* ; Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses ; Neurons*

Sandifer syndrome is a rare manifestation of gastroesophageal reflux in children, occurring in association with abnormal movement of the head and neck and recurrent episodes of seizure after feeding. This syndrome may be misdiagnosed as infantile seizure and musculoskeletal disorder and may be associated with failure to thrive, anemia, aspiration pneumonia, and esophagitis. In this paper, Sandifer syndrome in a four months old male with recurrent aspiration pneumonia, apnea, and seizure after feeding is presented.
Anemia ; Apnea ; Child ; Dyskinesias ; Esophagitis ; Failure to Thrive ; Gastroesophageal Reflux ; Head ; Humans ; Male ; Neck ; Pneumonia, Aspiration ; Seizures

PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of standard axial MR images for the diagnosis of meniscal tears of the knee. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-five patients with a prior MRI examination that underwent arthroscopic surgery of the knee due to clinical impression of a meniscal tear were included in the study group. The sequence for meniscal evaluation was an axial fat-saturated proton density-weighted image with a 4 mm slice thickness. Axial MR images were independently reviewed by two radiologists and were compared with findings of arthroscopy. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and accuracy of the axial MR scan for the diagnosis of the meniscal tear were calculated. RESULTS: A total 90 menisci of 45 patients were evaluated in the axial MR scans. Forty-two patients had meniscal tears, and two of the patients had tears in both menisci; thus, a total of44 meniscal tears were found by arthroscopy. For meniscal tears, the sensitivity of the axial plane was 76.2%, the specificity was 89.1% and the accuracy was 81.1%. False negative meniscal tears were seen in 12 cases and false positive meniscal tears were seen in 5 cases on the axial MR images. CONCLUSION: In standard knee MRI examinations, axial images may be valuable for the detection and localization of meniscal tears.
Arthroscopy ; Diagnosis* ; Humans ; Knee Injuries ; Knee Joint* ; Knee* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Medial Collateral Ligament, Knee ; Menisci, Tibial ; Protons ; Sensitivity and Specificity

Visual disturbances are common among women with pre-eclampsia. The obstetricians should have an understanding of the various conditions associated with visual impairments. We report a case of Purtscher-like retinopathy developed after pre-eclampsia combined with acute pancreatitis. A 33-year-old primigravida with twin pregnancy was admitted to the department of obstetrics and gynecology for preterm labor and pre-eclampsia at 36+4 weeks gestation. After a cesarean section, she complained of abdominal pain and visual acuity loss. She was diagnosed with Purtscher-like retinopathy combined with acute pancreatitis after ophthalmologic examination and an abdominal computed tomography scan. Purtscher-like retinopathy, most often observed after trauma, is very rare in pre-eclampsia. In addition, while visual disturbances from other conditions are transient, it can result in persistent visual impairments. Thus, when a patient with pre-eclampsia complains of visual problems for a long period of time, obstetricians should consider an ophthalmologic evaluation and treatments during the earliest stage of the disease.
Abdominal Pain ; Cesarean Section ; Female ; Gynecology ; Humans ; Obstetric Labor, Premature ; Obstetrics ; Pancreatitis ; Pre-Eclampsia ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Twin ; Retinal Diseases ; Vision Disorders ; Visual Acuity

PURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate whether prophylactic extended-field pelvic radiotherapy (EF-PRT) yields better results than standard whole pelvic radiotherapy (WPRT) in patients with pelvic lymph node-positive cervical cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 126 cases of stage IB-IVA cervical cancer that had pelvic lymph node involvement in magnetic resonance imaging and were treated with CCRT between 2000 and 2016 were reviewed. None of the patients had paraaortic lymph node (PALN) metastases. The patients were classified to two groups, namely, those treated with EF-PRT, including prophylactic para-aortic radiotherapy, and those treated only with WPRT. The median dose to the PALN area in patients treated with EF-PRT was 45 Gy. All patients received concurrent cisplatin-based chemotherapy. RESULTS: Overall, 52 and 74 patients underwent EF-PRT and WPRT, respectively. Patient characteristics and irradiated dose were not significantly different, except the dose to the para-aortic area, between the two groups. The median follow-up period was 75.5 months (range, 5 to 195 months). The 10-year cumulative recurrence rate of PALN for EF-PRT vs. WPRT was 6.9% and 10.1% (p = 0.421), respectively. The 10-year disease-free survival and overall survival for EF-PRT vs. WPRT were 69.7% vs. 66.1% (p = 0.748) and 71.7% vs. 72.3% (p = 0.845), respectively. Acute gastrointestinal complications were significantly higher in EF-PRT (n = 21; 40.4%) than WPRT (n = 26; 35.1%) (p = 0.046). Late toxicities were not significantly different in both groups. CONCLUSION: In this study, prophylactic radiotherapy for PALN does not have an additional benefit in patients with pelvic lymph node-positive cervical cancer treated with CCRT.
Chemoradiotherapy ; Disease-Free Survival ; Drug Therapy* ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Lymph Nodes ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Radiotherapy ; Recurrence ; Survival Rate ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms*

PURPOSE: To evaluate the axial displacement of implant-abutment assembly after cyclic loading in internal tapered connection system. MATERIALS AND METHODS: External butt-joint connection implant and internal tapered connection implant were connected with three types of abutment for cement-retained prostheses, i.e. external type abutment (Ext group), internal tapered 1-piece abutment (Int-1 group), and internal tapered 2-piece abutment (Int-2 group). For each group, 7 implants and abutments were used. The implantabutments assemblies were clamped into the implant holder for vertical loads. A dynamic cyclic loading was applied for 150 +/- 10 N at a frequency of 4 Hz. The amount of axial displacement of the abutment into the implant was calculated at each cycle of 0, 5, 10, 50, 100, 1,000, 5,000, and 10,000. A repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the overall effect of cyclic loading and the pattern analysis by linear mixed model were used for statistical analysis. Differences at P<.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The mean axial displacement after 10,000 cycles were 0.714 +/- 0.488 microm in Ext group, 5.286 +/- 1.604 microm in Int-1 group, and 11.429 +/- 1.902 microm in Int-2 group. In the pattern analysis, Int-1 and Int-2 group showed continuous axial displacement at 10,000 cycles. There was no declining pattern of axial displacement in the Ext group. CONCLUSION: The pattern of linear mixed model in Ext group showed no axial displacement. There were continuous axial displacements in abutment-implant assemblies in the Int-1 and Int-2 group at 10,000 cycles. More axial displacement was found in Int-2 group than in Int-1 group.
Dental Implant-Abutment Design ; Pilot Projects* ; Prostheses and Implants*

Cervical large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma is rare. We experienced one case of cervical large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma in 49 years old woman. So we report the case and brief review of literature.
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous* ; Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine* ; Cervix Uteri* ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Mucins*

PURPOSE: Regardless of premature rupture of membranes, the genital colonization of Ureaplasma urealyticum (Uu) in pregnant women could transmit vertical infections of their babies and cause neonatal infections, which ultimately result in infections in many other organs. The purpose of this study is to determine clinical influences on the infants born from mothers suffering genital Uu colonization. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the data for analysis of the 219 infants born from mothers who had been tested for genital Uu culture (about 470 cases) for past 3 years from Mar. 2006 to Jun. 2009, in East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyunghee University. The neonatal clinical manifestations such as duration of tachypnea, incidence of oxygen therapy, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), sepsis, jaundice, feeding intolerance, etc. were investigated during gestational period. RESULTS: In case of positive genital Uu culture of mothers, the preterm infants (gestational period <35 weeks) had symptoms of increased heart rate within 6 hours after birth, prolonged tachypnea, short period of antibiotics use, and lower incidence of RDS and hypocalcemia. Durations of oxygen therapy, the methods and durations of positive pressure ventilation and incidences of BPD of preterm infants were not affected by maternal Uu results. The near and full term infants (gestational period > or =35 weeks) from Uu positive mothers showed the increased incidence of jaundice. CONCLUSION: It is hard to say that genital Uu colonization in pregnant women influence the near and full term infants except jaundice. However, the data analysis of the preterm infants from Uu mothers demonstrated increased heart rate within 6 hours after birth, prolonged tachypnea, short period of antibiotics use, lower incidence of RDS and hypocalcemia.
Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia ; Colon ; Female ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Hypocalcemia ; Incidence ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature ; Jaundice ; Membranes ; Mothers ; Oxygen ; Parturition ; Positive-Pressure Respiration ; Pregnant Women ; Respiratory Therapy ; Retrospective Studies ; Rupture ; Sepsis ; Statistics as Topic ; Stress, Psychological ; Tachypnea ; Ureaplasma ; Ureaplasma urealyticum