No abstract available.
Maxillary Sinus* ; Wegener Granulomatosis*

Reiters syndrome is a clinical triad of arthritis, urethritis and conjunctivitis, but the characteristic mucocutaneous lesions occur frequently enough to be included in this syndrome. This applies to the initial stage of the disease, in which the arthritis usually, but by no means invariably, comes triad, i.e. after the urethritis and conjunctivitis have made their apperance. In most instances the arthritisis is of subacute onset, reaching its full intensity within a few weeks. Some 50% of the patients suffer from recurrences of the arthritis. The chronic progressive polyarthritis occuring in Reiters syndrome has severe functional and anatomical repercussions. Here we report a case of Reiters syndrome in a 14 year old middle school boy. He had classical characteristic triad of arthritis, nonspecific urethritis and conjunctivitis. He had pyuria in first fewdays after onset and the arthritis of acute onset, reaching its full intensity within two weeks and then followed by conjunctivits. A review of literature was included.
Arthritis ; Conjunctivitis ; Humans ; Male ; Pyuria ; Recurrence ; Urethritis

The effects of exogenous glucose in artificial spring water (ASW) were studied on the survival and infectivity of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae. The mean percent survival of cercariae maintained in 1 % glucose in ASW for 36 and 48 hr was significantly greater than that of cercariae maintained identically in ASW. Cercariae maintained in ASW with or without glucose for 24 hr, fixed in neutral buffered formalin, and stained in Oil Red O, showed an accumulation of neutral lipid in the tail. Cercariae maintained as described above and stained in periodic acid-Schiff exhibited depleted glycogen, mainly from the tail. Cercariae maintained in ASW with glucose for 24 hr did not resynthesize glycogen. Cercariae maintained in ASW with glucose for 24 hr were as capable of infecting male FVBN202 mice as were freshly emerged cercariae, and increased the percent of worm recovery. Exogeneous glucose added to ASW prolonged the survival of S. mansoni cercariae and increased infectivity in terms of worm recovery.
Animals ; Glucose/*pharmacology ; Larva ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred Strains ; Schistosoma mansoni/*growth & development/*pathogenicity ; Stimulation, Chemical ; Time Factors ; Water

This study was conducted to invetigate the effect of high-dose steroid administration on adipogenesis and secretion of PAI-1 in rat. Sixty healthy Wistar rats were divided into three groups. Group A consisted of 20 control animals received 5 ml/kg isotonic saline for 1 weeks. Group B consisted of 20 animals received 10 ml/kg of methylprednisolone intraperitoeally for 1 week. Group C comprized 20 animals received 10 ml/kg of methylprednisolone intraperitoneally for 1 week. After the completionof treatment, blood sampling was performed for measurenement of PAI-1 and the animale were sacrificed for histopathologic examination and immunohistochemical study. The PAI-1 protein expressin of femoral heads were evaluated with Western-blotting. Blood level of PAI-1 increased significantly in high-dose steroid treated group(Group B and C) compared to control group. In histopathologic examination, significant fat morrow conversion, fat cell hypertrophy and fat cyst formation were observed in high-dose steroid treated group. Immunohistochemically, PAi-1 expression was sprominent in the fat cells. Protein expression of PAI-1 of femoral heads increased significantly in highdose steroid treated group compared to control group. In lights of above results, it is postulated that increased secretion of PAI-1 from fat cells could play a major role in the pathogenesis of osteonecrosis of the femoral head in rats treated with high-dose steroid.
Adipocytes ; Adipogenesis* ; Animals ; Head ; Hypertrophy ; Methylprednisolone ; Osteonecrosis ; Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1* ; Rats* ; Rats, Wistar

No abstract available.

Pilomatrix carcinoma is an extremely rare tumor of hair matrix origin and its definite biological behavior of malignancy has remained inconclusive. We report a case of a huge pilomatrix carcinoma arising in the lateral neck skin from an elderly woman, who eventually
Female ; Humans

No abstract available.
Cholangiocarcinoma ; Hepatectomy

Macrodactyly is a rare congenital malformation characterized by an increase in the size of all the elements or structures of a digit or digits. The phalanges, tendons, vessels, subcutaneous fat, finger nails, and skin are all enlarged, but the metacarpals are not affected. The condition is most frequently found in the index and long fingers, and its etiology remains unexplained. Macrodactylism associated with neurofibroma of the median nerve in the left middle finger, in a 13 year old girl, is presented with a review of the literature, and diagnosis was confirmed by pathological examination. Chief complaints were enlargement of the left middle finger and a soft tissue mass in the left palm since birth. There was no change in motor and sensory function of the hand. X-ray showed enlargement of phalanges and a diffusely enlarged soft tissue shadow in the middle finger. We performed epiphysiodesis of the proximal, middle and distal phalanges of the left middle finger with exploration of the left median nerve to the wrist joint. An enlarged fibromatous median nerve, left side, was found with very large abundant fat lobules around it.
Diagnosis ; Female ; Fingers ; Hand ; Humans ; Median Nerve ; Metacarpal Bones ; Neurofibroma ; Parturition ; Sensation ; Skin ; Subcutaneous Fat ; Tendons ; Wrist Joint

Pachydermoperiostosis (idiopathic hypertrophic osteoarthropathy) ia an unusual syndrome of familial nature and characterized by clubbing of the digits, periosteal new bone formation especially over the distal ends of the long bones, and coarsening of the facial features with thickening and furrowing of the skin of the face and forehead. The case of a 46 year old male exhibiting the above characteristics is reported, The same tendencies were exhibited by his father before him. A review of literature is included.
Fathers ; Forehead ; Humans ; Male ; Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic ; Osteogenesis ; Skin

Augmentation mammoplasty can be done in various manners according to the way of approach. the type of implant or implatation site depending on the status and demand of the patients or the operator's preferrence. In reviewing the many published reports about augmentation mammoplasty, they compare their surgical outcomes with mixed factors, so it is difficult to compare the results of mammoplasty simply with one factor under the same conditions. We think that analyzing the surgical results with one consistent method enables to compare and decide the influencing effect of one factor within it in augmentation mammoplasty. We could find the fact that the Korean women who wanted augmentation mammoplasty had same physical characteristics and demands, so developed the standardized method of augmentation mammoplasty among those debatable data for the purpose of increasing the patients' satisfaction, decreasing the complications, and shortening the operation time. The method we adopted was placing the implant through transaxillary subpectoral approach and using the endoscope auxiliarily in additional dissection and hemostasis. We employed saline-filled implants of round, textured type with the size ranging fro 125cc to 175cc and overinflated them by 10 to 30% beyond its original volume. After irrigation of the dissected pocket, we placed the suction drainage system into the subpectoral pocket. We educated the patients to massage their breasts right after removal of the drain. During the period of follow-up (from 6 months to 24 months), most of the patients were satisfied with their operative results. Though we experienced one case of capsular contracture, one case of malposition of the implant, and three cases of scar contracture on axillar incision site, as a whole, we could minimize the complications associated with augmentation mammoplasty. We present our postoperative results with the conclusion that our standardized method of augmentation mammoplasty can bring results of high satisfaction rate, minimal complication, predictability of postoperative results, shortening of operation time when applied consistently to the Korean patients whose physical characteristics are similar. We also hope that stanadardized method can be used to compare the influencing effect of many factors in the case of changing one factor within the standardized in the future follow up period.
Breast ; Cicatrix ; Contracture ; Endoscopes ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hemostasis ; Hope ; Humans ; Mammaplasty* ; Massage ; Suction