No abstract available.
Family Practice* ; Humans

STUDY DESIGN: A case report. OBJECTIVES: To report a case of simultaneous pulmonary and renal embolisms after balloon kyphoplasty and review relevant literature. SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW: Pulmonary or renal embolism caused by cement leakage during balloon kyphoplasty is a rare complication but can be fatal. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An 84-year-old female patient was treated with balloon kyphoplasty for an osteoporotic compression fracture. Pulmonary and renal embolisms were detected after the procedure and the patient was treated conservatively. RESULTS: After conservative treatment, embolism-related symptoms were not found during the follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS: We encountered a case of simultaneous pulmonary and renal cement embolisms which occurred during kyphoplasty. This is a very rare but potentially serious complication. However, the patient had no long-term sequelae after conservative treatment.
Aged, 80 and over ; Embolism* ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Fractures, Compression ; Humans ; Kyphoplasty* ; Pulmonary Embolism ; Spine

Angioleiomyomas are relatively uncommon benign tumors originating from smooth cells of a blood vessel. Although curative by surgical excision, they are rarely diagnosed definitely before surgery. We report on a case of calcified angioleiomyoma occurring on the sole, which was treated by surgical excision without recurrence and a review of literature is presented.
Angiomyoma* ; Blood Vessels ; Foot ; Recurrence

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Apgar Score* ; Depression* ; Humans ; Psychology*

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Apgar Score* ; Depression* ; Humans ; Psychology*

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Brain* ; Emergencies* ; Emergency Service, Hospital* ; Humans

The authors report a case of glossopharyngeal neuralgia which was successfully treated with intracranial section of the glossopharyngeal and upper two rootlets of the vagus nerves. Despite of the complete section of these nerves, corresponding sensory or motor deficit was not developed. And the histories of this surgery were reviewed.
Glossopharyngeal Nerve Diseases ; Neuralgia* ; Vagus Nerve

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Empyema* ; Gastroenteritis* ; Salmonella* ; Urinary Bladder*

The solid and hematologic cancer are occasionally accompanied by peripheral blood eosinophilia and suggest tumor necrosis or wide dissemination, but the mechanisms underlying this curious relationship remain obscure. The association of this eosinophilic leukemoid reaction with carcinoma seems to occur must frequently with bronchogenic carcinoma. Several mechanisms for this association were considered: eosinophil chemotactic factor, eosinophil mediated by T-lymphocyte, and eosinopoietic hormone. We are here reporting a case of bronchoalveolar cell carcinoma of lung associated with peripheral eosinophilia in a 60-year-old male patient.
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic ; Eosinophilia* ; Eosinophils ; Humans ; Leukemoid Reaction ; Lung* ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Necrosis ; T-Lymphocytes

We performed this study to analyse the morbidity and mortality of stoma formation in infants and children over a 17-year period. Thirty-seven stoma formations were performed in 37 patients: 21 for anorectal malformation, 9 for Hirschsprung's disease, 3 for necrotizing enterocolitis, 2 for multiple ileal atresia, 1 for volvulus neonatorum with perforation, and 1 for diaphragmatic hernia with colon perforation. There were 26 boys and 11 girls with a mean age of 0.4 years. Complications after stoma formation were encountered in 12 patients(32.4%) and included stomal prolapse, stenosis, retraction, dysfunction, skin excoriation and parastomal hernia. Four patients(10.8%) required stomal revision. The incidence of complications was neither related to the age nor to the primary indication for the stoma formation, but sigmoid colostomy was associated with a lower complication rate compared to transverse colostomy(22.1% versus 42.1%, P<0.05). Five patients died, but only one(2.7%) was dead, which was directly related to stoma formation. Eighteen of these children subsequently underwent stoma closure which was associated with complications in six patients(33.3%). The most common complication after stoma closure was wound sepsis in 4 children. In conclusion, because the significant morbidity of stoma formation still exists the refinements in surgical technique may help in reducing the incidence of complications and a sigmoid loop colostomy should be used whenever possible.
Child* ; Colon ; Colon, Sigmoid ; Colostomy ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Enterocolitis, Necrotizing ; Female ; Hernia ; Hernia, Diaphragmatic ; Hirschsprung Disease ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant* ; Intestinal Volvulus ; Mortality ; Prolapse ; Sepsis ; Skin ; Wounds and Injuries