Primary hepatic carcinoid tumors are extremely rare although the liver is a frequent site of metastases from intestinal carcinoids. Recently we investigated a case of primary hepatic atypical carcinoid in a 47-year-old man who had infested with Clonorchis sinensis for 20 years. The resected right lobe of the liver was almost completely occupied by a huge tumor, measuring 20 x 19 x 12 cm. The cut surfaces of the mass were solid, soft and pale yellow, accompanied by several small satellite nodules, measuring up to 1.5 cm in diameter. Microscopically, the tumor consisted of polygonal to columnar cells with eosinophilic granular cytoplasm forming Lym-numerous small acini and large trabeculae. Their nuclei were round to polygonal with coarse stone chromatin, had obscure to small nucleoli and frequent mitoses. There were multiple necrotic foci of varing sizes. The surrounding dilated bile ducts contained several degenerating worms on in of Clonorchis sinensis. The tumor cells were argyrophil-positive but argentaffin-negative. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were positive for cytokeratin, chromogranin and somatostatin but were negative for CEA, AFP, insulin, glucagon, ACTH, growth hormone and volve-prolactin. Ultrastructually, the tumor cells contained variable-sized numerous electron dense of neurosecretory granules.
Male ; Humans ; Neoplasm Metastasis

Rupture of the pectoralis major muscle may occur in youngers or athletes associated with extreme sports, especially during the weight training. It is uncommon, but the incidence is increased by the recent growth of athletic population. In young active individuals, ruptures of the pectoralis major muscle have the best results after surgical repair. However, if diagnosis of the pectoralis major muscle rupture is missed or delayed, the patient will be limited to return to sport activity. The object of this paper is to report our experience of pectoralis major muscle rupture in 3 cases.
Athletes ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Incidence ; Rupture* ; Sports ; Tendons

The uterine cervical cancer is the rnost common tumor of malignant gynecologic tumors and complete remission of the cancer has been possible through early diagnosis and treatment. To evaluate the efficacy of tumor markers SCCA and CEA in patients with uterine cervical cancer as markers for monitoring, we analyzed serum SCCA and CEA crncentrations of 43 patients wit.h uterine cervical caner as a study group and 73 patients with benign pelvic disease as a contrnl group, were admitted to depar tment of Obstetncs & Gynecology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University from May 1991 to January 1993. The results were as follows ; 1. The distrihution of the clinical stages of 43 cervical cancers were : CIS 9, stage I 11, stage II 12, stageg III 5, stage lV 6. 2. The positive rate of SCCA of control group was 17%, and that of CEA nf control group was 12%. And the positive rate of SCCA of study group was 46.5% and that of CEA of study was 27.9%. 3. The average concentration of SCCA of control group was 0.71ng/ml and that of SCCA of study group was 8.25ng/ml(p<0.05). 4. The average concentration of CEA of control group was 1.95ng/ml and that of CEA of study group was 8.33ng/ml(p<.0.05). 5. The average concentration of SCCA by stage were 1.15ng/rnl for C1S, 1.14ng/ml for stage I, 9.72ng/rnl for stage III, 16.75ng/rnl for stage III, 21.95ng/ml for stage IV. Here, the mean value of SCCA was increased stepwise through cliinical stage, there was a correlation between the clinical stage and the concen tration of serum SCCA (p>0.05). 6.The average concentration of CEA by stage were 3.11ng/ml for CIS, 1.96ng/ml for stage I, 8.11ng/rnl for stage II, 18.92ng/ml for stage III, 19.44ng/ml for stage IV. There was not a correlation between the clinical stage and the concentration of serm CEA. 7. When the cervical cancer was divided by histologic subtypes, the average concentration of SCCA in squamous cell carcinoma of uterine cervix was 11.86ng/ml and the positive rate of SCCA in squamous cell carcinoma was 53.6%(9.46ng/ml & 58.8% in large keratinizing cell type, 15.56ng/ml & 45.5% in large nonkeratinizing cell type). And the average concentration of SCCA in adenocarcinoma was 1.32ng/ml positive rate was 40.0%. The tumor marker SCCA was more sensitive to squamous cell carcinoma rather than adenocarcinoma. 8. The sensitivities of SCCA in preinvasive cancer and invasive cancer were 22.2% and 52.9%, respectively. The average concentration of SCCA in invasive cancer was 10.04ng/ml and was more significantly elevated than of SCCA in preinvasive cancer. 9. Using SCCA & CEA together as markers for monitoring, the positive rate significantly incresaed to 70.6%(p<0.05). But measuring the two tumor marker alone, that not significantly increased. 10) . The diagnostic efficacy of SCCA in cervical cancer was 59.0%, that was higher as compaired with that of CEA. These results suggest that the serum concentration of SCCA is significantly increased stepwise by clinical stage and concomitant measurements of serum SCCA & CEA are more useful in diagnosis of cervical cancer. However measurements of SCCA and/or CEA have little efficacy in the detection of early cervical cancer considering it's low rate of positivity in early cervical cancer. We will evaluate the efficacy of two tumor markers in determining prognosis, therapeutic response and early detection of recurrence for the posttreatment patients in the future.
Adenocarcinoma ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Cervix Uteri ; Diagnosis ; Early Diagnosis ; Female ; Gynecology ; Humans ; Prognosis ; Recurrence ; Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators ; Biomarkers, Tumor* ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms*

SMAS(Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome) is a disease caused by a chronic obstruction of the duodenum(transverse portion), which is hardly detectable. However, it is known that when the superior mesenteric artery and abdominal aorta form a narrow angle, that the transverse portion of the duodenum is pressed down between the superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta, and that this can lead to obstruction of the duodenum. Measuring this angle is a complicated job using conventional angiography, and results often turns out to be inaccurate. In addition, no attempt has been made to determine the value of this angle in Koreans. In this study, we conducted abdominal CT angiography using MIP(maximum intensity projection) on patients with no clinical evidence of SMAS in order to determine the angle at which the superior mesenteric artery branches from the abdominal aorta by using PC based software(Rapidia ver. 1.2) for the image reconstruction. Accordingly, we found that the mean angle between the abdominal aorta and the superior mesenteric artery was 50.05+/-15.87 degrees on average, and that the angle in men(53.64+/-16.57 degrees) is higher than in women(46.46+/-14.98 degrees). We hope that the angles determined by our study will serve as an important indicator for detecting SMAS.
Angiography ; Aorta, Abdominal* ; Duodenum ; Hope ; Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted* ; Mesenteric Arteries ; Mesenteric Artery, Superior* ; Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

SMAS(Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome) is a disease caused by a chronic obstruction of the duodenum(transverse portion), which is hardly detectable. However, it is known that when the superior mesenteric artery and abdominal aorta form a narrow angle, that the transverse portion of the duodenum is pressed down between the superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta, and that this can lead to obstruction of the duodenum. Measuring this angle is a complicated job using conventional angiography, and results often turns out to be inaccurate. In addition, no attempt has been made to determine the value of this angle in Koreans. In this study, we conducted abdominal CT angiography using MIP(maximum intensity projection) on patients with no clinical evidence of SMAS in order to determine the angle at which the superior mesenteric artery branches from the abdominal aorta by using PC based software(Rapidia ver. 1.2) for the image reconstruction. Accordingly, we found that the mean angle between the abdominal aorta and the superior mesenteric artery was 50.05+/-15.87 degrees on average, and that the angle in men(53.64+/-16.57 degrees) is higher than in women(46.46+/-14.98 degrees). We hope that the angles determined by our study will serve as an important indicator for detecting SMAS.
Angiography ; Aorta, Abdominal* ; Duodenum ; Hope ; Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted* ; Mesenteric Arteries ; Mesenteric Artery, Superior* ; Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

No abstract available.
Hemoptysis*

Asymmetrical Septal Hypertrophy(ASH), Characterized by interventricular septal hypertrophy, is not an uncommon cardiac disease. Arrythmia occuring in ASH are supraventricular tachycardia, atrial premature beats, and ventricular premature beats. In about 10% of patients, there is a short P-R interval and a partial delta wave, suggestive of a variant of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. We reported here a case of ASH associated with W-P-W syndrome and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with review of pertinent literatures.
Arrhythmias, Cardiac ; Atrial Fibrillation* ; Cardiac Complexes, Premature ; Heart Diseases ; Humans ; Hypertrophy* ; Tachycardia, Supraventricular ; Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

Asymmetrical Septal Hypertrophy(ASH), Characterized by interventricular septal hypertrophy, is not an uncommon cardiac disease. Arrythmia occuring in ASH are supraventricular tachycardia, atrial premature beats, and ventricular premature beats. In about 10% of patients, there is a short P-R interval and a partial delta wave, suggestive of a variant of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. We reported here a case of ASH associated with W-P-W syndrome and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with review of pertinent literatures.
Arrhythmias, Cardiac ; Atrial Fibrillation* ; Cardiac Complexes, Premature ; Heart Diseases ; Humans ; Hypertrophy* ; Tachycardia, Supraventricular ; Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

No abstract available.
Asthma, Occupational*

In cases of opacity of ocular optical media, we can predict postoperative visual outcome vaguely with electroretiongram, Visual evoked potential, Two point discrimination, Blue field entoptoscope, Laser interferometer, Lotmar visometer, Potential acuity meter, Visual display terminal. The Lotmar visometer which is attached to the slit lamp provides simple and inexpensive method to check for fringe acuity. It distinguishes the interval of changeable moire fringes for the measurement of postoperative visual acuity in spite of opacity in ocular media. We compared the preoperative Lotmar visometer fringe acuity with the postoperative final corrected visual acuity in 82 cases of cataract and 15 cases of vitreous opacity at the department of Ophthalmology, Pusan Paik Hospital, Inje University Medical college from January to August 1989. We tested the clinical use of the Lotmar visometer and the results were as follows: 1. The visual acuity when checked by preoperative Lotmar visometer acuity and postoperatIve visual acuity differed in mature cataract and dense vitreous opacity cases. 2. The preoperative Lotmar visometer acuity was within one line of postoperative visual acuity in 47.4% with ECCE only, 34.1% with ECCE and PCL, 53.3% with vitrectomy. 3. The preoperative Lotmar visometer acuity which is included +/-25% of postoperative visual acuity in cases with ECCE only is 58.62%, in cases with ECCE and PCL is 46.15%, in cases with vitrectomy is 66.6% except in mature cataract and dense vitreous opacity. 4. There is a high correlation(r=0.8407)in the cases of vitreous opacity between preoperative Lotmar visometer acuity and postoperative visual acuity except in mature cataract and dense vitreous opacity.
Busan ; Cataract ; Discrimination (Psychology) ; Evoked Potentials, Visual ; Ophthalmology ; Visual Acuity ; Vitrectomy