A case of fibroepithelial polyp with stromal atypia in a 25-year-old female is described. The tumor arose from the vaginal wall and measured 3.5 cm in maximal diameter. It was composed of hypercellular connective tissue stroma and focal myxoid area containing numerous atypical mono- and multinucleated stromal cells. These cells may mislead to make a diagnosis of sarcoma, particulary of botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma.
Adult ; Connective Tissue ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Polyps* ; Rhabdomyosarcoma ; Sarcoma ; Stromal Cells* ; Vagina*

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Barium* ; Enema* ; Intussusception* ; Ultrasonography* ; Water*

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Erectile Dysfunction* ; Humans ; Male

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Antioxidants* ; Technetium Tc 99m Medronate*

PURPOSE: To investigate audiometery and characteristics related to tinnitus in tinnitus patients. and to understand the relationship between the discomfort of tinnitus and the quality of life. Methods: The subjects were 110 patients with tinnitus. The data were collected using tinnitus handicap questionnaire. quality of life, and pure tone audiometry, which measured hearing level in dB and frequency in Hz matching of tinnitus. RESULTS: Majority of tinnitus patients (75.5%~81.8%) had normal auditory sensation. but 82.7% of patients indicated that they have heard tinnitus frequently. or always, and the major sounds of tinnitus were wing, wung, wang, The matching sounds of tinnitus had various range in hearing level(dB) and frequency(Hz). Tinnitus patients reported moderate levels of the discomfort of tinnitus and the quality of life, and there were negative correlation between the discomfort of tinnitus and the quality of life(r=-.314, p .00l). CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that special attention is needed for tinnitus patients because the physical. psychological. and social impacts of tinnitus could be decrease their quality of life, Specialized nursing intervention considering specific conditions related to tinnitus is required to solve various health problems of tinnitus patients.
Audiometry ; Hearing ; Humans ; Nursing ; Quality of Life* ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Sensation ; Social Change ; Tinnitus*

Leiomyoma is one of the rarest solid tumor of the ovary. Approximately 50 cases have been published to date. However, most reported leiomyoma of the ovaries were small and rarely induced serious symptoms. We report a case of ovarian leiomyoma in 57-year-old woman which has been experienced in our haspital with brief review of literature.
Female ; Humans ; Leiomyoma* ; Middle Aged ; Ovary*

Neonatal and obstetrical problems related to the low birth weight infants were evaluated by a retrospective review of the medical records of the 186 low birth weight infants born at Yeungnam University Hospital during 3 years and 8 months from May 1, 1983 to February 28, 1987. The results were as follows: 1. The incidence of the low birth weight infants was 4.98% among 3,803 live births. 2. Male to female ratio was 1.02:1. 3. The incidence of the low birth weight infants was lowest in mothers of 25 to 29 years, increased in mothers of 19 years of less and 30 to 39 years significantly. 4. There was no difference in the incidence of low birth weight infants between primiparous and multiparous mothers. 5. Common obstetrical complications associated with low weight infants were multiple pregnancy, toxemia and premature rupture of membrane in order of frequency. 6. Common neonatal problems in low birth weight infants were jaundice, idiopathic respiratory, distress syndrome, asphyxia and metabolic derangement such as hypocalcemia and hypoglycemia in order of frequency.
Asphyxia ; Clinical Study* ; Female ; Humans ; Hypocalcemia ; Hypoglycemia ; Incidence ; Infant* ; Infant, Low Birth Weight* ; Infant, Newborn ; Jaundice ; Live Birth ; Male ; Medical Records ; Membranes ; Mothers ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Multiple ; Retrospective Studies ; Rupture ; Toxemia

Sebaceous carcinoma is a rare malignant epithelial tumor and has diverse clinical presentations as well as a variety of histologic patterns. Although the overwhelming majority of sebaceous carcinomas occur on the eyelid, they may also arise where sebaceous gland and hair are found together, but they favor the head and neck. We report a case of sebaceous carcinoma of the umbilicus in a 68-year-old man who had suffered from a long standing recurrent Bowen's disease of 23 years. The recurrent Bowen's disease in this patient appeared to be closely related to multiple arsenic medication 49 years and 39 years earlier. The excised specimen of umbilicus revealed a well demarcated, 1.5x1 cm sized tumor with grey-yellow hue. The tumor was identified as sebaceous carcinoma, which was characterized by lobular and comedo-carcinoma patterns. The tumor cells showed cytoplasmic foamy vacuolation, nuclear pleomorphism, and high mitotic activity. On an Oil-Red-O stain, the tumor cells were found to contain fine lipid droplets. The intracytoplasmic lipid vacuoles were demonstrated by an electron microscopic examination.
Aged ; Arsenic ; Bowen's Disease* ; Carcinoma ; Cytoplasm ; Eyelids ; Hair ; Head ; Humans ; Neck ; Sebaceous Glands ; Umbilicus ; Vacuoles

Although a variety of agents have been introduced for the treatment of hypertension, the ideal drug has not yet been discovered. However, among the agents available, prazosin hydrochloride (Minipress(R)) appears to be accepted by the majority of physicians as it lowers blood pressure effectively with relatively low incidence of side effects. It has been considered that the hypotensive effect of prazosin is a result of peripheral vasodilation due to direct relaxation of vascular smooth muscle and blockade of alpha-adrenergic receptors in the arteriolar smooth muscle. Following the development of prazosin. many trials have been designed to potentiate its hypotensive effect by the combination with other agent, especially thiazide or beta blocker. Minizide(R), a preparation that thiazide is added to prazosin, is an example. The antihypertensive effect of Minizide(R) was evaluated in 30 hypertensive subjecs. The results were as follows; 1. The systolic and diastolic blood pressure were effectively lowered in both supine and standing position with the overall response rate of 86.7% as judged to be responsive in one that lost systolic pressure more than 15 mmHg and distolic pressure 10 mmhg. Among 30 cases 18 cases could be maintained with their diastolic pressure below 90 mmHg and 24 cases with their diastolic pressure below 100 mmHg by the end of 8th week of treatment with the daily dose of minizide(R) from a half tablet to two tablets. 2. During the period of 8 weeks, troublesome postural hypotension was not observed in any case. The pulse rate was not accelerated significantly by Minizide(R) treatment. 3. Minimal side effects were recorded in 5 cases; two of mild nausea, one of slight dizziness, one of minimal gastrointestinal irritation symptom and one of mild glucosuria. neither of them hindered the authors from finding the study.
Blood Pressure ; Dizziness ; Heart Rate ; Hypertension ; Hypotension, Orthostatic ; Incidence ; Muscle, Smooth ; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular ; Nausea ; Prazosin ; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha ; Relaxation ; Tablets ; Vasodilation