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Thromboangiitis Obliterans

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Mesenteric Veins ; Thrombosis

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Appendicitis* ; Barium* ; Enema*

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Animals ; Iproniazid* ; Monoamine Oxidase* ; Rats* ; Tyramine*

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a gram-negative halophilic organism commonly associated with outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis which also sometimes causes serious wound infection. It is an uncommon cause of bacteremia. We have experienced a case of bacteremia due to Vibrio parahaemolyticus in a 59-year old man who initially presented with edema and dyspnea. He was diagnosed as liver cirrhosis, gastric cancer, and hepatoma. On hospital day 13, Vibrio parahaemolyticus was isolated from blood culture. The isolate showed typical cultural and biochemical characteristics such as salt tolerance and did not ferment lactose. The isolate was intermediate to ampicillin but susceptible to other agents.
Ampicillin ; Bacteremia* ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; Disease Outbreaks ; Dyspnea ; Edema ; Gastroenteritis ; Humans ; Lactose ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Middle Aged ; Salt-Tolerance ; Stomach Neoplasms ; Vibrio parahaemolyticus* ; Vibrio* ; Wound Infection

In Korea, Kerion celsi caused by T. verrucosum was first reported by Kim et al in the Honam province in 1986. Since then three mare cases have been reported in the Young Nam province. Herein present a case of kerion celsi caused by T. verrucosum from Chungcheong province. The patient, a 7-year old female, showed a 4x 4cm sized, oval, yellow crusted and boggy patch with alopecia on the scalp. She was living on a farm in a rural area of Chungcheong province. Cows on the farm also exhibited similar skin lesions on the buttock. The same T. verrucosum was identified by a characteristic colony morphology on Sabourauds dextrose agar and chains of chlamydoconidia with mycologic stain from scales of lesions of patient and cows. This skin lesion was successfully treated with griseofulvin.
Agar ; Alopecia ; Buttocks ; Child ; Female ; Glucose ; Griseofulvin ; Humans ; Korea ; Scalp ; Skin ; Tinea Capitis* ; Weights and Measures

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Apoptosis* ; Caspase 3* ; Endothelial Cells* ; Perforin* ; Vibrio vulnificus* ; Vibrio*

BACKGROUND: Cerebral white matter lesions(WMLs), such as leukoaraiosis, may be related to damage from cerebral ischemia and may also be associated with the degenerative process. The apolipoprotein E (APOE) 4 allele is a risk factor for degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer`s disease, and ischemic brain damage through acceleration of atherosclerosis. No study has been performed regarding WMLs and APOE genotype in Korea. We investigated the association between WMLs and APOE among Koreans. METHODS: Brain MRI was performed in 225 subjects(ages 61 to 85 years) without neuropsychiatric disease randomly selected from the Ansan Health Cohort Study. WMLs observed on 225 MRI scans were rated in terms of severity by 2 raters. All study subjects underwent APOE genotyping. RESULTS: WMLs were observed in 109(48.4%) of subjects. In the subjects with WMLs, the distribution of APOE genotypes was 0.9% for epsilon 2/epsilon 2, 11.0% for epsilon2/epsilon3, 1.8% for epsilon2/epsilon4, 61.5% for epsilon3/epsilon3, 22.9% for epsilon3/epsilon4, and 1.8% for epsilon4/epsilon4, respectively. The distribution of APOE genotypes did not differ between subjects with and without WMLs. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that there is no association between WMLs and APOE genotypes in Koreans.
Acceleration ; Alleles ; Apolipoproteins E ; Apolipoproteins* ; Atherosclerosis ; Brain ; Brain Ischemia ; Cohort Studies ; Genotype ; Gyeonggi-do ; Korea ; Leukoaraiosis ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Risk Factors

BACKGROUND: Inguinal hernia is one of the most common surgical diseases in pediatric patients. We reviewed pediatric inguinal hernia cases retrospectively to analyze the clinical characteristics. METHODS: We reviewed 200 herniorrhaphies in 194 patients who were under the age of 15 and who were operated on at Chungbuk National University Hospital from January 1992 to July 1997. RESULTS: 1) All of the cases were indirect inguinal hernias. Sliding hernias were noticed in 6 cases. High ligations were performed in all cases except 2 cases of Bassini operations. 2) Boys were affected 3.4 times more often than girls. 56.2% of the hernias occurred on the right side, 35.0% on the left side, and 8.8% bilaterally. Bilateral inguinal hernias occurred more often in girls (13.6%) than in boys (7.3%). 3) Hernias were noticed under the age of 1 year (47.9% of the cases). In most of those cases, operations were delayed. Especially, the operations were delayed more than 3 months for 82.1% of patients with hernias and under the age of 6 months. 4) On admission, most patients complained of inguinal or scrotal swelling and inguinal pain or discomfort. 5) Hospitalization occurred in 20.6% of the cases, 3 of which needed emergency operations. Hospitalization occurred in 47.5% of the cases under the age of 1 year; in those cases, hernias were noticed within the first 6 months, and in most of those cases, operations were delayed more than 3 months. 6) Postoperative complications occurred in 9 cases, i.e., 8 cases of scrotal swelling and 1 case of scrotal hematoma. There were no recurrent cases after operation (average follow-up of 33 months). 7) After unilateral inguinal hernia repairs, contralateral hernias developed in 10 patients including 4 patients who had had received their first hernia operations at other hospitals. The sex ratio was 9:1. Laterality of the first hernias were right in 5 cases and left in 5 cases. Contralateral hernias developed within an average of 4.8 months after the first operation; however, 6 cases developed within 6 months after the first operation. CONCLUSIONS: Education for early operation to prevent complications of hernias and careful evaluation of contralateral inguinal hernias in unilateral hernias are needed in the treatment of pediatric inguinal hernias.
Chungcheongbuk-do ; Education ; Emergencies ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hematoma ; Hernia ; Hernia, Inguinal* ; Herniorrhaphy ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Ligation ; Postoperative Complications ; Retrospective Studies ; Sex Ratio

Kerion celsi caused by Trichophyton(T.) rubrum is rare endemically and there has been no report of it in Korean literatures. We report a case of karion celsi caused by T. rubrum in a 71-year-old male, who showed anindurated, swollen, boggy mass exuding pus on the right parietal scalp for about 7 weeks. The colonies and microconidia were identified as T. rubrum by fungus culture in potato dextrose agar. After administration of itraconazole for 11 weeks, the lesion was healed and the regrowing of new hairs was observed.
Adult* ; Agar ; Aged ; Fungi ; Glucose ; Hair ; Humans ; Itraconazole ; Male ; Rabeprazole ; Scalp ; Solanum tuberosum ; Suppuration ; Tinea Capitis* ; Trichophyton*