No abstract available.
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma*

No abstract available.
Female ; Humans

Renal artery aneurysm (RAA) is uncommon, and the coexistence of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an extremely rare condition with potentially high life-threatening mortality in case of rupture. Aneurysms can be treated by endovascular intervention or open surgery. Although most of aneurysms are treated by endovascular intervention, open surgery is often necessary for RAAs associated with the proximal renal bifurcation or the branches in the distal renal arteries. We report a rare case of coexisting RAA with AAA treated by hybrid method, consisting of endovascular aneurysm repair for AAA and open surgery for RAA located adjacent to the distal branches of the renal artery.
Aneurysm* ; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal* ; Gallbladder Neoplasms* ; Humans ; Mortality ; Renal Artery* ; Rupture

No abstract available.
Child* ; Cystitis* ; Eosinophils* ; Humans

Two unusual cases of metastasis of carcinoma to carcinoma are reported. The initial malignancies, an adenocarcinoma of the rectum and a duct carcinoma of the breast, were found to have metastasis to a clear cell carcinoma of the kidney. The various theories on the peculiar tendency for the renal cell carcinoma to be the most common host tumor for other primary carcinoma are commented upon briefly.
Adenocarcinoma ; Neoplasm Metastasis

No abstract available.
Amino Acids* ; Animals ; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid* ; Horns* ; Neurons* ; Rats* ; Receptors, GABA*

Portal vein (PV) thrombosis (PVT) is a rare condition with development of thrombosis in the PV and its branches. Further extension to the splenic and superior mesenteric vein (SMV) causes intestinal infarction, with a reported mortality of up to 50%. A variety of treatments for PVT exist including anticoagulation, thrombolysis, surgical thrombectomy, insertion of shunts, bypass surgery, and liver transplantation. We experienced a case of successfully treated by surgical thrombectomy with direct thrombolysis into the thrombosed-PV and SMV. A 31-year-old male presented worsening abdominal pain for one week. Preoperative contrast enhanced computed tomography scan revealed complete PVT extending to splenic vein and SMV. The PV was accessed surgically and opened by thrombectomy; visual inspection confirmed proximal and distal flow. Urokinase was administered directly into the inferior mesenteric vein with successful decrease in thrombus burden. The complete angiography showed complete dissolution of thrombosis in PV and SMV.
Abdomen, Acute* ; Abdominal Pain ; Adult ; Angiography ; Humans ; Infarction ; Liver Transplantation ; Male ; Mesenteric Veins* ; Mortality ; Portal Vein ; Splenic Vein ; Thrombectomy* ; Thrombosis* ; Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator ; Venous Thrombosis

No abstract available.
Humans ; Mucocele*

Unfused olecranon epiphysis has been reported rarely. We found an unfused olecranon tip within joint and a few small spurs on the apposing olecranon fossa and removed it successfully through the arthroscope. We think that it is a part of secondary ossification center of the olecranon and tbat it was separated through the epiphyseal plate by repetitive impaction of the tip of the olecranon into the olecranon fossa during pitching. In conclusion, fusion of the intra-articular part(articular center) of the olecranon epiphysis can not occur by nature. Repetitive extension overload during pitching may cause symptoms, and could be treated with arthroscopic control.
Adult ; Arthroscopes ; Baseball ; Epiphyses ; Growth Plate ; Humans ; Joints ; Olecranon Process

The orchid symbiotic fungi were isolated from the roots of Korean native orchid (Cymbidium goeringii) collected and Chinese orchid (C. sinense) obtained from greenhouses. They were identified as a species of Rhizoctonia, based on the sequences of 18r rDNA, the microscopic observations of mycelia, and the symbiotic relationships with commercial orchids. The isolate collected from Chinese orchids was revealed to be a species of Ceratobasidium endophytica, and to be different from the other isolates at the thickness of the mycelia stained in the root cells of Korean native orchids. The other isolates collected from the Korean native orchids were considered to be a species of Tulsanella repens (anamorphic: Epulorhiza repens) or its related one. The physiologic or microscopic variations were oftenly observed among them, but the tendency of grouping these in the 18s rDNA sequences were observed to be consistent with those of the localities collected. The further taxonomical segregating for Korean symbiotic fungi was not made because the information concerned were limited in this moment, but was recognized as based on the sequences of 18s DNA.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; DNA ; DNA, Ribosomal ; Fungi* ; Humans ; Mycorrhizae ; Rhizoctonia ; Symbiosis