he Magnetic. resonance imaging has been used widely to evaluate the disk position without any interruption of the TMJ structures, and the dynamic MRI presenting computed serial imaging or the video-recorded simulation images is thought to be very effective to evaluate the disk position under function. This is to study the correlation between the clinical diagnosis and the findings of dynamic MRI for diagnosis of internal derangement of the 7 patients were examined clinically, and the movement of TMJ meniscus was reviewed in the dynamic MRI. MRI was very reliable to diagnose the amount of anterior displacement of articular disc, the structural abnormality of temporomandibular joint, the cause of functional limitation, and to differentiate the muscle related pain & dysfunction.
Diagnosis ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Temporomandibular Joint Disorders* ; Temporomandibular Joint*

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Extremities* ; Sarcoma*

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Neoplasm Metastasis* ; Skull* ; Thyroid Gland* ; Thyroid Neoplasms*

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Hematoma*

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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Traumatic*

Intracranial aspergillosis is rare and often fatal, and the brain is the third most frequent origine involved, precede by the lung and the gastrointestinal tract. Two routes of infection are considered important for infection of the central nervous system with aspergillus ; direct spread of infection, mostly within the paranasal sinuses, or hematogenous spread, usually originated from the lung. Paranasal sinus mucocele is a chronic expanding lesion lined by sinus mucosa and containing thickened mucus. Complication arise as a result of infection or expansion of mucoceles. Mucoceles that invade adjacent area, such as the orbits or anterior cranial fossa, can cause complication by a mass effect. The authors report their surgical experience of intracranial aspergillus abscess combined with large frontal mucopycele.
Abscess* ; Aspergillosis ; Aspergillus* ; Brain ; Central Nervous System ; Cranial Fossa, Anterior ; Gastrointestinal Tract ; Lung ; Mucocele ; Mucous Membrane ; Mucus ; Orbit ; Paranasal Sinuses

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of compensation or secondary gain on the pain behavior and psychometric characteristics. METHOD: We examined 88 patients who complained of chronic low back pain by the various pain questionnaires, electrodiagnostic study and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Total patients were classified into two groups (46 patients who wanted disability evaluation and 42 patients who did not). RESULTS: Mean score of visual analogue scale, total sum of McGill pain questionnaire and pain rating index on sensory, affective and miscellaneous dimensions were significantly higher in patients related to disability compensation than those in patients without compensation. Mean scores of pain disability index and symptom checklist-90-revision were significantly higher on various subclass in patients with compensation. Various pain scales were significantly correlated to each other in both group but the severity of electrodiagnostic study and MRI findings were not related with the degree of pain index score in both group. CONCLUSION: Compensation or secondary gain affect pain behavior and psychometric characteristics in chronic low back patients. So when we evaluate or treat the patients with chronic low back pain, we should consider above results.
Compensation and Redress ; Disability Evaluation* ; Humans ; Low Back Pain* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Pain Measurement ; Psychometrics* ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Weights and Measures

Maternal weight gain during pregnancy has been consistently associated with infant birth weight and pregnancy outcome. Our purpose was to determined the relationship between maternal weight gain pattern and birth weight. Consequently, maternal weight gain is monitored carefully and is encouraged during prenatal care in order to improve pregnancy outcome. Our study group included both 424 uncomplicated women and infant delivered at the Yeungnam University Hospital between 1993-1996. All recorded prenatal weight gain measurements were used to estimate maternal trimester weight gain, pattern of gain (based on low versus not-low gain at each trimester), and total gain at delivery. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to assess the relationship between these weight gain measurements and fetal birth weight. Each kilogram of maternal gain in the first, second, and third trimesters was associatedwith statistically related to the increase in fatal birth weight by 31.3, 19.0, and 24.5g, respectively. When compaired with the pattern of gain that was not low in any trimester, patterns with low gain in the first trimesters were associated with significant decreases in birth weight, but no important change in birth weight was seen for the group whose gains were not low in the first trimester. The results suggest that specific patterns of maternal weight gain, particularly weight gain during the first trimester, are related to fetal birth weight.
Birth Weight* ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Linear Models ; Parturition* ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Outcome ; Pregnancy Trimester, First ; Pregnancy Trimester, Third ; Prenatal Care ; Weight Gain*

Supratentorial hemangioblastomas are rare and a meningeal location is even rarer. We report a solid meningeal hemangiblastoma in left parietal region, mimicking a meningioma on CT scan. There was no manifestation of von Hippel-Lindau disease. The literature on supratentorial meningeal hemangioblastoma was reviewed.
Hemangioblastoma* ; Meningioma ; Rabeprazole ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; von Hippel-Lindau Disease

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the role and effects of prolotherapy in patients presenting with lower back pain and detected sacral asymlocation, by retrospectively analyzing the results of prolotherapy performed at our institute. METHODS: Twenty-three patients with referred pain in the lower back rather than distinct radiculopathy, were detected to have sacral asymlocation by simple X-ray from May 2004 through July 2005. The patients were treated with prolotherapy and manipulation by the Ongley's method around the lumbosacral junction, iliolumbar ligament, and sacroiliac joint. They were treated for approximately one to two week intervals, and during this period were rechecked by X-ray and evaluated using the visual analogue scale (VAS). RESULTS: A total of 23 patients were included in the study (10 male and 13 female), and the average age was 41 years. The average VAS at the time of visit was 8.5, the average treatment time was 4.7 days, and the average VAS after treatment was 2.1. CONCLUSIONS: Back pain, and associated leg and buttock pain, originate from several causes. In these case analyses, instability around the lumbosacral area and sacral asymlocation might have been important causes of patient back pain and associated buttock and leg pain. We therefore applied prolotherapy as well as manipulation techniques devised by Ongley to these patients, and obtained good results.
Back Pain* ; Buttocks ; Diagnosis* ; Humans ; Leg ; Ligaments ; Low Back Pain ; Male ; Pain, Referred ; Radiculopathy ; Retrospective Studies ; Sacroiliac Joint