Calcifying tendinitis of the hand is rare, and known to be self-limited or to show improvement with conservative therapy. However, poor response to treatment has been observed in cases of chronic conditions. The authors have performed extracorporeal shock wave therapy on a 19-year-old woman with chronic calcifying tendinitis of the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon, and a 45-year-old female with the condition involving the 4th finger flexor tendon, who showed no response to conservative treatment. Pain relief and radiological improvements were observed in the both patients.
Female ; Fingers ; Hand ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Shock ; Tendinopathy ; Tendons ; Young Adult

Almost tibia fractures can be surgically treated, but nonunion may occur in 10~30%, and they may accompany various complications by operation. This research was designed to review literatures and report a case of patient with nonunion of the tibia that showed good result when performing the extracorporeal shock wave therapy as a conservative treatment.
Humans ; Shock ; Tibia

PURPOSE: To report a case of transient ophthalmoplegia and visual loss caused by ophthalmic artery occlusion induced after surgery in prone position. METHODS: A 32-year-old woman was referred to the department of ophthalmology for unilateral visual loss and ophthalmoplegia after cervical spine surgery performed in prone position. Full ocular examinations, including fluorescein angiography (FAG) and electroretinography (ERG) were performed. RESULTS: On the initial visit, her right visual acuity was light perception and the left visual acuity was 1.0. Ophthalmoplegia and an afferent pupillary defect was present in the right eye. A fundus examination revealed no abnormal findings. On the 4th day, the retina in posterior pole was opacified and late phase of FAG showed fluorescein leakage from the retinal and choroidal vessels. On the 8th day, the best corrected visual acuity of the right eye was improved to 0.7 and ERG showed decreased amplitudes of both a and b waves. On the 12 th day, ocular motility was fully recovered. On the 61 st day, visual acuity of the right eye was 0.7 and ERG showed that the amplitude had improved from the initial examination.
Adult ; Choroid ; Electroretinography ; Female ; Fluorescein ; Fluorescein Angiography ; Humans ; Ophthalmic Artery ; Ophthalmology ; Ophthalmoplegia* ; Prone Position* ; Pupil Disorders ; Retina ; Retinaldehyde ; Spine* ; Visual Acuity

A 17-year-old male patient visited our hospital with a palpable mass on the lateral aspect of the knee joint of five years duration without any related trauma history. The patient felt tenderness around the mass and had limitations in doing flexion exercises. Magnetic resonance imaging of the knee suggested the possibility of synovial hemangioma, and thus surgical treatment was planned. A tumor within the knee joint was found by arthroscopy, and a resection was carried out by dual coagulation shaver. The biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of a synovial hemangiomas. The patient presented months later at the out-patient clinic with no evidence of recurrence.
Adolescent ; Arthroscopy ; Biopsy ; Exercise ; Hemangioma ; Humans ; Knee ; Knee Joint ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Outpatients ; Recurrence

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Patient-controlled sedation (PCS) allows the patients to titrate the dosages of sedative drug according to their needs. The objective of this study was to compare the safety and the efficacy of nurse-administered propofol sedation (NAPS) with those of PCS. METHODS: Eighty one patients were randomly assigned to two groups. All patients received meperidine 25 mg and propofol 40 mg as an initial dose for sedation. Patients in PCS group were subsequently infused with propofol 15 mg over 80 seconds through infusion pump whenever they required. Patients in NAPS group were injected with 10~20 mg propofol by nurse with supervision by endoscopist. The dosage of propofol, cardiopulmonary parameters, procedure time, sedation score, pain score, the patients' and endoscopists' satisfaction scores were assessed. RESULTS: With regard to blood pressure, pulse rate and oxygen saturation, serious complications were not observed. Especially, there was no significant difference of mean total dose between two groups (NAPS group and PCS group received 76.7+/-24.7 mg and 82.5+/-26.6 mg respectively). Pain score was higher in woman than in man (p=0.03). CONCLUSIONS: 1.2~1.5 mg/kg of propofol with small dose of opioid during colonoscopy was effective and safe. NAPS was more practical and useful method of sedation than PCS during colonoscopy.
Blood Pressure ; Colonoscopy* ; Female ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Infusion Pumps ; Meperidine ; Organization and Administration ; Oxygen ; Propofol*

Partial or complete absence of the posterior arch of the atlas is a well-documented anomaly but a relatively rare condition. This condition is usually asymptomatic so most are diagnosed incidentally. There have been a few documented cases of congenital defects of the posterior arch of the atlas combined with atlantoaxial subluxation. We report a very rare case of congenital anomaly of the atlas combined with atlantoaxial subluxation, that can be misdiagnosed as posterior arch fracture.
Adult ; Cervical Atlas/*abnormalities ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Humans ; Spinal Diseases/*diagnosis