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Athletes* ; Female ; Humans

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Athletes* ; Dysmenorrhea* ; Female ; Humans

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Humans ; Pregnancy, Twin* ; Twins*

Pure ovarian choriocarcinoma of germ cell origin is exceedingly rare neoplasm, and even the presence of choriocarcinomatous elements admixed with other neoplastic germ cell elements is rare. In the most cases, the tumor is admixed with other neoplastic germ cell elemeats, and their presence is diagnostic of noagsatational choriocarcinoma, except for the remote of the tumor being a geatational choriocarcinoma metasttic to an ovarian germ cell tumor. We have experienced a case of nongestational ovarian choriocarcinoma in 10 year dld woman. So we report this case with a brief review of its literatures.
Choriocarcinoma* ; Female ; Germ Cells ; Humans ; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal ; Pregnancy

As Kelsey stated “Four out of five individuals will have a significant complaint of back painat one time or another in their lives and impairment of the spine are the most frequent cause of time lost from work”., low back pain affects the quality of life for just about everyone, medical and economic impacts of low back pain are enormous. Nevertheless, neither the government not industry has been seriously involved in the study of the cause, prevention, and management of back pain. The purpose of this study was to review and analysis the clinical materials of low back painand draw differences, if any, between discogenic and stenotic low back pain. Three hundreds and fourty nine cases suffering from low back pain and/or sciatic pain, excluded fresh traumatic and inflammatory conditions of the spine, have been admitted and treated at Dept. of orthopaedic surgery, Eul-Ji General Hospital, Dae-Jeon from May, 1981 to April, 1984. They were consisted of H.N.P. (172 cases), Spinal stenosis (61 cases), Spondylolisthesis (42) cases), Degenerative joint Disease of the spine (48 cases), and Others (26 cases). Among them, two hundred and twenty six cases who were followed more than four months were mainly subjectecl to this study.
Back Pain ; Clinical Study ; Hospitals, General ; Intervertebral Disc ; Joint Diseases ; Low Back Pain ; Quality of Life ; Spinal Stenosis ; Spine ; Spondylolisthesis

No abstract available.
Alopecia

PURPOSE: Metabolic syndrome (MS) plays a potential role in the etiology of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Recent studies have reported on an association between MS and BPH. However, there has been no consensus on recent results. This study was conducted to evaluate the associations among prostate-specific antigen (PSA), prostate volume (PV), and metabolic components in men who visited our health promotion center. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During the period from January 2005 to December 2010, 521 consecutive men (age range, 40 to 70 years) who underwent transrectal ultrasonography were enrolled in this retrospective study. The health screening program includes blood pressure, body measurements (height, weight, waist circumference, body mass index), biochemical analysis (serum glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, fasting plasma glucose, tumor markers), stool and urine analysis, and a detailed clinical examination. RESULTS: The serum PSA level and PV were significantly higher in patients with MS than in patients without MS, retrospectively (p<0.001, p<0.001). Patients with more than one metabolic component were significantly more likely to have a larger PV and higher serum PSA level. The serum PSA level and PV were increased in a similar manner with the increasing sum of MS components (p<0.0001, p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: The MS components were associated with larger PV and higher serum PSA level. Therefore, each MS component could be an important factor in BPH development and management.
Blood Pressure ; Cholesterol ; Consensus ; Fasting ; Glucose ; Health Promotion ; Humans ; Lipoproteins ; Male ; Mass Screening ; Metabolic Syndrome X ; Plasma ; Prostate ; Prostate-Specific Antigen ; Prostatic Hyperplasia ; Retrospective Studies ; Triglycerides ; Waist Circumference

PURPOSE: Metabolic syndrome (MS) plays a potential role in the etiology of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Recent studies have reported on an association between MS and BPH. However, there has been no consensus on recent results. This study was conducted to evaluate the associations among prostate-specific antigen (PSA), prostate volume (PV), and metabolic components in men who visited our health promotion center. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During the period from January 2005 to December 2010, 521 consecutive men (age range, 40 to 70 years) who underwent transrectal ultrasonography were enrolled in this retrospective study. The health screening program includes blood pressure, body measurements (height, weight, waist circumference, body mass index), biochemical analysis (serum glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, fasting plasma glucose, tumor markers), stool and urine analysis, and a detailed clinical examination. RESULTS: The serum PSA level and PV were significantly higher in patients with MS than in patients without MS, retrospectively (p<0.001, p<0.001). Patients with more than one metabolic component were significantly more likely to have a larger PV and higher serum PSA level. The serum PSA level and PV were increased in a similar manner with the increasing sum of MS components (p<0.0001, p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: The MS components were associated with larger PV and higher serum PSA level. Therefore, each MS component could be an important factor in BPH development and management.
Blood Pressure ; Cholesterol ; Consensus ; Fasting ; Glucose ; Health Promotion ; Humans ; Lipoproteins ; Male ; Mass Screening ; Metabolic Syndrome X ; Plasma ; Prostate ; Prostate-Specific Antigen ; Prostatic Hyperplasia ; Retrospective Studies ; Triglycerides ; Waist Circumference

PURPOSE: Our aim was to determine the patterns of recurrence after curative resection of gastric cancer and to analyze the factors related with recurrence. We hypothesized that aggressive surgical approach including extended lymphadenectomy performed during last several decades may alter the patterns of recurrence. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 91 patients with recurrent gastric cancer after curative surgery at Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, from 1989 to 1992. RESULTS: Average time to recurrence was 21.8+/-17.9 months and 64 cases(70.3%) were recurred in 24 months after surgery. The most common type of recurrence was peritoneal dissemination(46.2%), followed by distant lymph node metastasis(24.2%), hematogenous metastasis(19.8%), and local recurrence(7.7%). Borrmann type III and IV, serosal invasion, lymph node metastasis, lymphatic and perineural invasion were the factors associated with recurrence. In peritoneal dissemination, serosal invasion and poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma were high risk factors. Mean duration of life after recurrence was 5.4+/-5.2 months. Re-operation was performed in 12 cases(13.2%), and survival was longer in resection cases compared to non-resection cases(10.9 vs 3.8 months)(p=0.034). CONCLUSION: With the use of aggressive surgical approach, relative incidence of local recurrence has been lowered. On the other hand, peritoneal seeding was the most frequently encountered pattern of recurrence. Serosal invasion, Borrmann type III or IV and poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma were risk factors for peritoneal recurrence. Intensive follow-up examination is strongly suggested during the first 24 months after curative surgery for advanced gastric cancer because of high probability of recurrence in this period. Surgical resection for locally recurrent gastric cancer seems to prolong survival time.
Adenocarcinoma ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hand ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea ; Lymph Node Excision ; Lymph Nodes ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Recurrence ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Stomach Neoplasms*

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and effect of various cryopreservation method on the survival and the cytoskeletal stability of metaphase II mouse oocyte. METHODS: Mouse ovulated oocytes were collected and cryopreserved by a modified slow-freezing method with 1.5 M 1,2-propanediol (PrOH)+0.1 M sucrose or by vitrification using cryo loop and EM grid with 40% ethylene glycol+0.6 M sucrose. Four hours after thawing, intact oocytes were fixed and stained with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated monoclonal anti-beta-tubulin antibody to visualize spindle and propidium iodide (PI) to visualize chromosome. Spindle morphology was classified as follows: normal (barrel-shaped), slightly and absolute abnormal (multipolar or absent). RESULTS: Survival rate of the frozen-thawed oocytes in vitrification group was significantly higher than that of slow-freezing group (62.7% vs. 24.4%, p<0.01). Vitrification with cryo loop showed significantly higher survival rate than that with EM grid (67.7% vs. 53.5%, p<0.05). On the other hand, proportion of normal spindle and chromosome configurations of the frozen-thawed oocytes between two vitrification group was not significantly different. CONCLUSION: For mouse ovulated oocytes, vitrification with cryo loop may be a preferable procedure compared to slow-freezing method. Further study should be needed to investigate developmental competency of frozen-thawed mouse oocytes.
Animals ; Cryopreservation* ; Fluorescein ; Hand ; Metaphase ; Mice* ; Oocytes* ; Propidium ; Propylene Glycol ; Sucrose ; Survival Rate ; Vitrification