1.Mallory-Weiss Syndrome Occurring in a Hanging Patient: Case Report.
Byeong Ho LEE ; Sang Soo LIM ; Mi Kung SUNG ; Sung Bae AN ; Jang Wook LEE ; Seong Yong WOO ; Seok Jun PARK ; Hyun Jong OH ; In Seok SONG
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2011;22(5):580-583
Reflex gasping when hanging leads to passive and vigorous vomiting, the mechanical force of which causes gastric mucosa laceration. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is a tear in the gastro-esophageal junction or its adjacent mucosa, and this can occur due to nausea or vomiting that is caused by various etiologic factors. Gastric fundus is the most common site of gastric mucosa lacerations. We report a case of a 41-year-old man, who tried to hang himself and, as a result, caused multiple gastric mucosa lacerations that were treated by an endoscopic hemostatic procedure in the emergency room.
Adult
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Emergencies
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Gastric Fundus
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Gastric Mucosa
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Humans
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Lacerations
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Mallory-Weiss Syndrome
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Mucous Membrane
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Nausea
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Reflex
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Vomiting
2.Incidence of Congenital External Ear Anomalies in Taegu City and Kyungpook Province.
Ji Eun LEE ; Sang Heun LEE ; Jin Hyung PARK ; Hyun Wook KUNG ; Seong Woo KWON ; Tae Hwan CHO
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 1999;42(10):1234-1237
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Congenital anomalies of the external ear occurs rarely, and has negative effects on children due to its unaesthetic appearance and hearing impairment. Thus surgical management is needed to correct the deformity and to gain hearing. Authors report the incidence of congenital anomalies of the external ear because there is no available data in Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a hospital based survey and analyzed data from 9 hospitals in Taegu city and Kyungpook Province for the year of 1996. RESULTS: 1) Of the total of 33,898 births, 63 new borns were affected, and the incidence of anomaly was 18.5 per 10,000 births. 2) Incidence of male and female was 43 (68%) and 20 (32%). 3) Incidence of abnormalities is as follows: preauricular sinus was 7.0 per 10,000 births, polyotia was 4.4 per 10,000 births, lop ear was 2.1 per 10,000 births, bifid lobule was 0.9 per 10,000 births, macrotia was 0.9 per 10,000 births, Satyr ear was 0.6 per 10,000 births, microtia was 9.2 per 10,000 births, aural atresia was 3.2 per 10,000 births. 4) According to Marx's classification of the microtia, Grade I was 20, Grade II was 4, and Grade III was 8 cases.
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Classification
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Congenital Abnormalities
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Daegu*
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Ear
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Ear, External*
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Female
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Gyeongsangbuk-do*
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Hearing
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Hearing Loss
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Humans
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Incidence*
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Korea
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Male
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Parturition
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