A case of eavernous hemangiomatosis involving alI tendon sheath of flexors and median nerve of the right forearm is reported. This case was a 22 year old Korean male who complained of painful swelling of the flexor side of right wrist region, limited motion of wrist joint, loss of pinching and opposition with tingling sensation on the admission. Roentgenographic examination revealed fusiform swelling of the soft tissues in flexor aspect of the right wrist region, with phlebolith, 3mm. in diameter. The tumor mass looked like strawberry in shape, and was scattered into all tendon sheath of flexors of the forearm, median nerve, the distal half of pronator quadrtus and other surrounding soft tissues. The specimen was confirmed as cavernous hemangioma in microscopic examination. The right long arm splint was applied for 3 weeks, and then the patient was treated with physical therapy for 4 months. Pinching, opposition, and motion of the right wrist joint recovered almost completly, and no evidence of the recurrence of hemangiomatosis was seen until 8 months after surgery.
Arm ; Forearm ; Fragaria ; Hemangioma, Cavernous ; Humans ; Male ; Median Nerve ; Recurrence ; Sensation ; Splints ; Tendons ; Wrist ; Wrist Joint

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Cleft Lip*

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HLA Antigens* ; Humans

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Myocutaneous Flap* ; Pressure Ulcer*

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Pressure Ulcer*

62 cases of the fracture of the pelvis admitted to the orthpedic department of Wonju Christian Hospital during past 5 years from 1975 to 1979 were reviewed and clinical results were obtained as follows: 1. Males were frequent than females and almost 3rd to 4th decades of life. 2. The causes of injury were traffic accident, coal minor accident, and falling. 3. Stable type is the most common in this series and among the unstable types, lateral compression type is the most common and then straddle type and vertical shear type. 4. The most common complication is uro-genital injury. 5. The residual complications at the end of treatment remained in some cases, Arthritis of sacroiliac joint, Impotence, Urethral stricture, Low back pain, etc. 6. All of the cases were treated conservatively and their results were somewhat good except 4 cases. 7. Surgical treatment would be considered, if necessory, to decrease the complications and reduce hospital days.
Accidental Falls ; Accidents, Traffic ; Arthritis ; Coal ; Erectile Dysfunction ; Female ; Gangwon-do ; Humans ; Low Back Pain ; Male ; Pelvic Bones ; Pelvis ; Sacroiliac Joint ; Urethral Stricture

Protein accounts for over one third of the human lens, the remaining two thirds being water. The other constotuents of the lens including lipids, amino acids, electrolytes and a variety of peptides and carbohydrates, account for about 1% of the lens wet weight. Since transparency of the lens is so highly dependent on protein order and structural integrity, it is not surprising that relatively small changes in any of these parameters might lead to the development of opacification resulting in a cataract.We have analyzed electrolytic differences between normal lens and lens of experimentally induced cataract to find the important factor in including cataract after we had extracted one hundred eight pig lenses. We divided these experimentally induced cataract into a group of normal lens capsule and another group of lenses which we performed with a 26 gauge needle. The sodium level was decreased in 15% mannitol solution and increased in normal saline. In every solution the potassium level was decreased. The chloride level was decreased in the 15% mannitol solution and increased in the normal saline solution. The calcium level also was decreased in mannitol and distilled water.Our results indicate that the potassium level of the experimentally induced cataracts decreased in any conditions and may be an important factor in inducing cataract.
Amino Acids ; Calcium ; Carbohydrates ; Cataract* ; Electrolytes ; Humans ; Mannitol ; Needles ; Peptides ; Potassium ; Sodium ; Sodium Chloride ; Water

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Child* ; Humans ; Infant* ; Urinary Tract Infections* ; Urinary Tract*

We studied 249 patients with risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity and the results were as follows: 1. Among 249 patients, retinopathy of prematurity(ROP) developed in 36 patients(14.5%). 19 patients(528%) were stage 1, 4(11.1%) patients were stage 2, 11 patients(30.6%) were stage 3, 2 patients(56%) were stage 4 and there was no stage 5 ROP patient. 2. In gestational age, there was not statistically significant difference between normal lnfants and under-prethreshold stage group, but there were statistically significant differences between normal or under-pretheshold stage group and pretheshold or theshold stage group and was not stastically significant difference between prethreshold stage and threshold stage. 3. In birth weight, there was statistically significant difference between normal group and under-prethreshold stage group and also be statistically significant differences between normal or under-prethreshold stage and pretheshold or threshold stage group but there was not statistically significant difference between prethreshold stage and threshold stge. 4. In duration of oxygen therapy, there were no statistically Significant differences among each group.
Birth Weight ; Gestational Age ; Humans ; Oxygen ; Retinopathy of Prematurity* ; Risk Factors

The sclerotium of Poria cocos Wolf, which grows on the roots of pine trees, has long been used as a sedative, diuretic, and anti-inflammatory agent. The accumulating data revealed that certain ingredients of the sclerotium of Poria cocos showed anti-tumor activities. Although the mechanism of anti-tumor activity is not known, the polysaccharides may potentiate the host defense mechanism through the activation of immune system. In the present study we show that PCSC22, a polysaccharide isolated from the sclerotium of Poria cocos with one percent sodium carbonate, significantly induces nitric oxide (NO). Immunohistochemical staining of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) showed that the increase of NO was due to the induction of iNOS production. To further study the mechanism responsible for the induction of iNOS gene expression, we investigated the effect of PCSC22 on the activation of p38 kinase, which is important in the gene expression of inflammatory cytokines including iNOS. Western blot assay showed that PCSC22 produced phosphorylation of p38 kinase. In conclusion, we demonstrate that PCSC stimulates macrophages to express iNOS gene through the activation of p38 kinase.
Blotting, Western ; Carbon ; Cocos* ; Cytokines ; Gene Expression ; Immune System ; Macrophages* ; Nitric Oxide ; Nitric Oxide Synthase ; Phosphorylation ; Phosphotransferases ; Pinus ; Polysaccharides ; Poria* ; Sodium ; Wolves