Gastric web is a rare gastric anomaly and almost all the reported cases have been located in the distal antrum. We experienced a case of neonatal gastric web that was located in the body of stomach, and we report the findings of the upper gastrointestinal series and ultrasonography.
Stomach* ; Ultrasonography

Gastric volvulus is a rare condition, and it is classified as the organoaxial or mesentericaxial type according to the axis of rotation. We experienced 1 case of pediatric recurrent mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus and we report here the ultrasonographic and CT findings.
Axis, Cervical Vertebra ; Stomach Volvulus*

Multiseptate gallbladder is a very rare congenital malformation, and has never been reported in a neonate. We present the first published ultrasonographic findings of multiseptate gallbladder in a neonate.
Gallbladder* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn*

An attenuated classical swine fever virus (CSFV), Suri strain, is a va.iant derived from a vaccine virus, LOM strain. This study was performed to elucidate the molecular biologcal properties of CSFV Suri strain, and to obtain the basic data for molecular epidemiological approaches for the disease. The truncated form of gp55 gene without the C-terminal transmembrane domain, in size of 1,023bp, was amplified by RT-PCR and sequenced by dye terminator cyclic sequencing method, and inserted into BamHI site of pAcGP67B baculovirus vector, establishing a cloned pAcHEG plasmid. By the nucleotide sequences determined, 341 amino acid sequences were predicted. As compared the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of gp55 of Suri with the various CSFV, Suri strain showed the high homology over 99.1% with ALD and LOM strains, but comparably the lower homology with Alfort and Brescia. In comparison of amino acid sequence in variable domain of gp55 protein, the similar tendency of homology was observed. In hydrophobicity analysis, all of four CSFV strains revealed the analogous patterns of hydrophobicity. The numbers and locations of N-glycosylation site and cysteine residues in gp55 were analyzed, those of Suri strain being coincident with ALD and LOM strains. The results suggest that gp55 in Suri strain has the high similarity to those in ALD and LOM strains in terms of the nucleotide and amino acid sequences and the functional properties of gp55 protein..
Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Baculoviridae ; Base Sequence ; Classical swine fever virus ; Classical Swine Fever* ; Clone Cells ; Cysteine ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; Plasmids ; Sequence Analysis* ; Swine

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the clinical aspects of vaginal approach for gynecologic pelvic surgery, we evaluated age distribution, parity, indications for hysterectomy, postoperative pathology, operating time, bleeding amount, weight of uterus, postoperative complications. resected uterus weight, operating time and bleeding amount based on operative procedure type. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of the 136 patients who underwent vaginal approach for gynecologic pelvic surgery for the indications other than uterine prolapse from Jan. 1998 to April. 1998, and from July. 1999 to Sep. 2001 at Chosun University Hospital. RESULTS: We performed 136 cases of vaginal approach for gynecologic pelvic surgery. We performed 132 cases of total vaginal hysterectomy, 4 cases of transvaginal ovarian cystectomy, a high increased rate of vaginal approach for gynecologic pelvic surgery significantly. The most common indication for vaginal approach for gynecologic pelvic surgery was uterine leiomyoma (63.2%), followed by HSIL, adenomyosis, MIC of the cervix, and ovarian cyst. The operating time was within 90 min in almost cases (47.1%). The most common postoperaive pathologic finding was uterine leiomyoma (47.1%), followed by adenomyosis, uterine leiomyoma with adenomyosis, MIC of the cervix, HSIL, LSIL, ovarian serouscys- tadenoma, and endometrioma. There were 4 cases (2.9%) of cuff cellulitis, 2 cases of pelvic cellulitis (1.5%), 3 cases of hematoma formation (2.2%), 1 case of laparatomy (0.7%) as postoperative complications. etc. CONCLUSION: Vaginal approach for hysterectomy and ovarian cystectomy is a safe method for removing uterus even in the absence of prolapse. Recently it's indication is widened to the patient who has larger uterus and history of previous pelvic surgery. Because of it's advantage, Vaginal approach for hysterectomy and ovarian cystectomy would be the preferred method of gynecologic pelvic surgery in the future.
Adenomyosis ; Age Distribution ; Animals ; Bleeding Time ; Cellulitis ; Cervix Uteri ; Cystectomy ; Endometriosis ; Female ; Hematoma ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Hysterectomy ; Hysterectomy, Vaginal ; Leiomyoma ; Medical Records ; Ovarian Cysts ; Parametritis ; Parity ; Pathology ; Postoperative Complications ; Prolapse ; Surgical Procedures, Operative ; Uterine Prolapse ; Uterus

Fungus ball is commonly found in the paranasal sinus, mostly in the maxillary, followed by sphenoid, ethmoid and frontal sinuses in order of frequency. However, fungus ball in the nasal cavity is extremely rare. In the present case, fungus ball in the nasal cavity was so large that it destroyed the nasal septum and caused nasal septal perforation. We report a rare case of fungus ball in the nasal cavity in a 60-year-old woman, who was successfully treated by nasal endoscopic surgery.
Female ; Frontal Sinus ; Fungi ; Humans ; Nasal Cavity ; Nasal Septal Perforation ; Nasal Septum

Phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C(PLC) is known as a key enzyme which produces two major second messengers: diacylglycerol and inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate. Although it has been suggested that PLC beta isozymes have important roles in nervous system, less is known about the function of PLC beta in development of nervous system. We have localized the mRNA expressions of PLC beta isozymes in the postnatal rat brains by id firm hybridization histochemistry. In the postnatal rat brains, each isozyme of PLC beta showed differential expression pattern. The expression of PLC beta1 mRNA was found in various areas including olfactory bulb, cerebral cortex, caudate putamen, hippocampus, dentate gyrus, and cerebellum. In general, the expression in these areas was gradually increased after birth (PO) until postnatal day 21 (P2l) and slightly decreased to adult level. The expression of PLC beta2 mRNA was not found in postnatal rat brains. The expression of PLC beta3 mRNA was found from P0, peaked at Pl4, and decreased to adult level in the purkinje cells of cerebellum. PLC beta4 mRNA was strongly expressed in the thalamus, cerebellum, cerebral cortex, and olfactory bulb. In these areas, the expression was gradually increased after birth, peaked at P2l, and decreased to adult level. In whole body parasagittal sections of 18 day old rat embryo, PLC betal mRNA was exclusively expressed in nervous tissue, PLC beta3 and PLC beta4 were expressed in various tissues, and the expression of PLC beta2 was not found in any kind of rat tissues. From the different spatiotemporal mRNA expression patterns of PLC beta isozymes in the postnatal rat brains, it is suspected that each PLC beta isozyme may have specific role in signal transduction for postnatal development of rat brain.
Adult ; Animals ; Brain* ; Cerebellum ; Cerebral Cortex ; Dentate Gyrus ; Embryonic Structures ; Hippocampus ; Humans ; Inositol ; Isoenzymes* ; Nervous System ; Olfactory Bulb ; Parturition ; Phospholipase C beta* ; Phospholipases* ; Purkinje Cells ; Putamen ; Rats* ; RNA, Messenger* ; Second Messenger Systems ; Signal Transduction ; Thalamus

Hemodynamic depression (hypotension and bradycardia) can occur during or after carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) due to stretching of the baroreceptors in the carotid sinus. The predisposing factors of hemodynamic depression have not been reported previously. In general, hemodynamic depression after CAS may continue for up to 3-5 days, but disappears within 7 days. We report herein a 65-year-old man with severe hemodynamic depression after sequential CAS, and discuss the possible causes from an anatomical point of view.
Aged ; Angioplasty ; Carotid Sinus ; Depression ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Pressoreceptors ; Stents

Osteosarcoma is a highly malignant bone tumor that is rarely found in the facial and cranial bones. It may be found in the mandible and maxilla but is very rare in the temporal bone. Surgery with adequate margins seems to be the procedure of choice and postoperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy is recommended as well as a long term follow up. The authors experienced a case of osteosarcoma of the temporal bone in a 39 years-old male. The patient underwent a tumor removal with open craniotomy and simple mastoidectomy; then, the mastoid was obliterated by temporalis muscle rotation flap. After operation, the patient received chemotherapy. The patient has been free of local recurrence or metastasis for 2 postoperative years.
Adult ; Craniotomy ; Drug Therapy ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Male ; Mandible ; Mastoid ; Maxilla ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Osteosarcoma* ; Radiotherapy ; Recurrence ; Temporal Bone*

objectives: ：The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a significant difference in the neutro-phil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio according to the history of suicide attempt in patients with psychiatric diseases. Methods: ：A medical record review was conducted on patients who had been hospitalized in Konyang University Hospital since 2021-03-01 to 2023-02-28 to collect demographic and clinical characteristics. T-test for continuous variables and Chi-square test for categorical variables were performed to determine demographic differences according to the history of suicide attempt, and the ANCOVA test was performed to compare the average value of peripheral inflammatory marker according to the history of suicide attempt with gender and age as co-variates. One-way variance analysis was performed to determine whether the number of suicide attempt causes significant difference of the peripheral inflammatory marker. Results: ：The final analysis target of this study was 266 patients, 101 had history of suicide attempt, and 165 had no history of suicide attempt. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (p<0.001) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (p<0.001) were higher in patients with the history of suicide attempt than patients without the history of suicide attempt, but the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio were not significantly in-creased depending on the serial increase of number of suicide attempts. Conclusions ：This study suggests that peripheral inflammatory markers are meaningful and easily accessible indicators for predicting the risk of suicide attempt in psychiatric patients. We expect that prospective follow-up study will be conducted with more subjects and controlled potential confounding variables.