Tow cases of congenital ectodermal defect in brothers aged 15 and 10 years were pesinted and the literature was reviewed. They had lack of sweating, sparseness of the hard hairs, absence of lanugo hairs, maldevelopment or defect of most of the teeth, etc. They seemed to be angidrotic type associated with a sex-linked reccessive inheritance in their family backgroud.
Ectodermal Dysplasia* ; Hair ; Humans ; Siblings ; Sweat ; Sweating ; Tooth ; Wills

No abstract available.
Eustachian Tube*

No abstract available.
Gamma Cameras* ; Head*

The adult worms of cestodes, Moniezia expansa and Diphyllobothrium mansoni employed in this experiment. The worms were divided into three portions, i.e. immature , mature and gravid proglottids, and each proglottids were incubated in a certain incubation period, and the glucose uptake rate, total CO2 production rate, tissue concentration and their radioactivities were employed as previous reports(Rim et al., 1965). The glucose uptake rate by M. expansa was a mean value of 6.46+/-1.23 micromole per hour per gram of wet wt. and the rate by D. mansoni was a mean value of 18.8+/-0.8 micro-mole per hour per gram of wet wt. The higher rates were observed in the mature proglottid of M. expansa and in the immature proglottid of D. mansoni . The total CO(2) production rates by the worms averaged 14.0+/-2.37 micro-mole per hour per gram in M. expansa and 17.51+/-1.54 micro-mole per hour per gram of wet wt. The relative specific activities of respiratory CO(2)(R.S.A CO(2)) averaged 22.2+/-5.15 percent in M. expansa and 54.2+/-2.2 per cent in D. mansoni. In the both worms, the higher values were obtained in the mature proglottids. Therefore, the average value of 8.84+/-2.66 per cent of glucose utilized by M. expansa and 8.23+/-0.50 percent of glucose utilized by D. mansoni from the medium glucose was oxidized into respiratory CO(2). The tissue concentrations of glycogen were a mean of 2.21+/-0.46 percent per gram of wet wt. in M. expansa and 7.56+/-1.24 percent per gram of wet wt. in D. mansoni. The higher concentration of glycogen was observed in the gravid proglottids of M. expansa, however the gravid proglottids of D. mansoni showed lower concentration of glycogen than the other proglottids. The turnover rate of glycogen pool yielded with a mean of 0.04+/-0.01 miligram per hour per gram of wet wt. of M. expansa, whereas a mean of 1.66+/- 0.46 miligram per hour per gram wet wt. of D. mansoni. Therefore, a mean value of 2.58+/-0.93 per cent(R.G.D gly) of glucose utilized by M. expansa and 53.6+/-1.4 percent by D. mansoni was incorproated into the glycogen . These data account for that at least 11.42 per cent of the utilized glucose by M. expansa and 61.83 per cent of the utilized glucose by D. mansoni participated in furnishing the oxidation into respiratory CO2 and the synthetic process into glycogen.
parasitology ; helminth ; Moniezia expansa ; Diphyllobothrium mansoni ; metabolism ; glucose ; glycogen ; CO(2) ; biochemistry

The adult worm and plerocercoid larva(sparganum) of Diphyllobothrium mansoni and Moniezia expansa employed in this experiment. The adult worms were divided into three portions, i.e. immature, mature and gravid proglottids, and each proglottids were incubated in 50 cc or 250 cc volume of special incubation flasks with incubation medium consisting of 10 cc of 25 cc of Krebs-Ringer phosphate buffer (pH 7.4). The incubation medium was added C(14)-acetate and non-radioactive carrier Na-acetate so as to contain acetate concentration of 50 mg per cent. The worms were allowed to incubate for 5 hours in the Dubnoff metabolic shaking incubator at 38 C. After incubation period, the lactate and pyruvate appearance rate, total CO(2) production tate, the turnover rates were employed as pervious report(Seo et al., 1965). The quantitative analysis of C(14)-acetate utilized by the adult worm and plerocercoid larva of D. mansoni and M. expansa were compared and discussed in this report. According to these data of the experiment, it is impressed that the fatty acid such as acetate may play a role of major part of their metabolism in the adult worm and plerocercoid larva of D. mansoni , whereas minor part of acetate participated in the metabolism by M. expansa.
parasitology ; helminth ; cestoda ; Diphyllobothrium mansoni ; Moniezia expansa ; sparganum ; acetate ; metabolism ; biochemistry ; acetate ; CO(2) ; Krebs Ringer phosphate buffer

No abstract available.
Leiomyosarcoma* ; Uterine Inversion*

PURPOSE: This study examined patients with facial bone fracture visiting Pusan National University Dental Hospital to understand the trends, and to enhance appropriate care and treatment for patients with facial bone fracture. METHODS: We investigated 531 patients presenting with facial bone fracture in Yangsan and 802 patients in Busan from January 2010 to December 2013. We divided the patients by year, month, gender, age, site, and cause to compare with historic data and other studies. RESULTS: The gender ratio was 3.58:1 in Yangsan and 4.31:1 in Busan. Patients aged in their 20s had the highest number of facial bone fractures in both Yangsan and Busan. The most frequent fracture site was the mandible, and the most frequent cause was slip down in both Yangsan and Busan. CONCLUSION: The investigation and comparison of patients with facial bone fracture who visited Pusan National University Hospital located at Yangsan and Busan from 2010 to 2013 found a difference in the total number of patients at each hospital, but the trends were not significantly different.
Busan ; Facial Bones* ; Fractures, Bone ; Gyeongsangnam-do ; Humans ; Mandible ; Maxilla ; Zygoma

We investigated the vestibulo-ocular reflex which is followed by the change of angular acceleration in sinusoidal harmonic acceleration test. 20 normal volunteers with no evidence of previous otoneurologic disease were tested. The maximal slow phase eye velocity, gain and asymmetry were obtained in five different amplitudes of rotation, 30degrees, 60degrees, 90degrees, 120degrees and 150degrees with properly fixed conditions such as darkness and the frequency of rotation fixed at 0.05Hz. During each test, we asked the examinees to be alert and keep the eyes open. At least 5 minute interval was given between the tests and recalibrations were done before each test. The results of this test were as follows. 1) The maximal slow phase eye velocities were gradually increased according to the increment of the amplitudes of rotation with the statistical significances(p<0.05). 2) The gains were gradually decreased according to the increment of the amplitudes of rotation between the range of 30degrees and 90degrees with the statistical significances(p<0.05). 3) The asymmetries of each amplitude were the highest(13.6%) at 30degrees and the lowest(6.9%) at 120degrees, but there were no statistical significances(p>0.05). Therefore, from the above results, sinusoidal harmonic acceleration test with the frequency fixed at 0.05Hz, gain is higher when the amplitude of rotation is smaller and the pattern of the nystagmus is more evident when the amplitude of rotation is bigger. But The authors conclude that in order to get the results which are statistically significant, the amplitude of rotation should be lower than 90degrees.
Acceleration* ; Darkness ; Healthy Volunteers ; Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular*

PURPOSE: The aim was to assess how the background site affects the Gates' glomerular filtration rate (GFR) measurement using Tc-99m-DTPA in correlation with GFR by I-125-iothalamate method. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study populations were 63 adults with 39 men and 24 women aged from 20 to 59 yrs (mean = 37.9 yrs). The following five background regions of interest were used in measurement of GFR using Gates' method: 1) lower side of each kidney (subrenal), 2) around each kidney (circumferential), 3) upper side of each kidney (suprarenal), 4) lateral side of each kidney (lateral), 5) between the two kidneys (inter-renal). We also measured GFR using I-125-iothalamate in each subject. The two studies were separated by 1 to 3 weeks. The subjects were divided into two groups by renal depth. Group 1 with renal depth> or=7cm and group 2 with renal depth < 7 cm. We calculated the means and standard deviations of the GFRs measured by two studies. And we statistically analyzed the correlation and differences among GFRs by Gates' method and the GFR by iothalamate method with correlation analysis. RESULTS: The GFRs by Gates' method using suprarenal and inter-renal background correction showed better correlation with the GFR measured by I-125-iothalamate. And GFRs measured by Gates' method showed statistically significant correlation with the GFR measured by I-125-iothalamate in the group with renal depth < 7cm. But GFRs measured by Gates' method did not show statistically significant correlation with the GFR measured by I-125-iothalamate in the group with renal depth > or=7cm. CONCLUSION: GFRs measured with Gates' method showed higher correlation with the GFR measured by I-125-iothalamate when the regions of interest were placed over the suprarenal and inter-renal backgrounds. And GFRs measured with Gates method showed statistically significant correlation with the GFR measured by I-125-iothalamate in the group with renal depth < 7cm.
Adult ; Female ; Glomerular Filtration Rate ; Humans ; Iothalamic Acid ; Kidney ; Male

PURPOSE: To date, anatomical imaging modalities of the pelvis and tumor markers have been the mainstay of surveillance for recurrent ovary cancer. This study aimed to assess the role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in evaluation of ovary cancer recurrences, especially in comparison with enhanced CT and tumor marker CA 125. Materials and METHODS: 73 patients who had PET/CT scan for restaging of confirmed ovary cancer, and additional imaging with enhanced CT of the pelvis within one month were included. CA 125 level was available in all patients. From the PET/CT images, maximum standard uptake values (SUVmax) of suspected recurrence sites were recorded. Confirmation was available through re-operation or biopsy in 26 cases, and clinical assessment with series of follow-up images in 47. RESULTS: PET/CT had 93% sensitivity and 88% specificity for detecting recurrent ovary cancer. Enhanced CT of pelvis had sensitivity and specificity of 83% and 88%, and CA 125 50% and 95%. CONCLUSION: PET/CT has higher sensitivity for detecting recurrent ovary cancer compared to enhanced CT though the differences were not significant. PET/CT has significantly higher sensitivity than CA 125. However, the three tests all agreed in only 43% of the recurrence cases, and recurrence should be suspected when any of the tests, especially PET/CT, show positive findings.
Biopsy ; Female ; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; Ovary ; Pelvis ; Recurrence ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Biomarkers, Tumor