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Diagnosis*

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Abortion, Induced* ; Female ; Patient Acceptance of Health Care*

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Abortion, Induced* ; Female ; Patient Acceptance of Health Care*

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Cervix Uteri* ; Conization* ; Female

A total or 56 patients who underwent TUR-BT for superficial (stages O and A) bladder tumors received various chemoprophylactic treatment to prevent recurrence. 16 patients underwent resection only (Group I). Of the 56 patients treated with chemoprophylactic agents 18 patients were given thio-tepa at weekly interval for 8 weeks (Group 2). 20 patients were given adriamycin. weekly one time for 6 weeks (Group 3). 16 patients were given mitomycin C, weekly one time for 8 weeks (Group 4). All chemoprophylactic groups were followed by monthly one time for 1 year and the dosages of the used agents (thio-tepa, adriamycin and mitomycin C) were 60 mg/l dosage, 50 mg/l dosage and 30 ml/l dosage, respectively. During follow-up period (mean duration; 19.8-25. 2 months), 1umor recurred 56.2 % of group 1 patients, 27.7 % of group 2 patients, 25.0% of group 3 patients, 18.9 % of group 4 patients and 22.2% of total patients. Therefore three drugs were effective to decrease the recurrence rate of superficial bladder tumor and no significant differences in recurrence rate were noticed among drugs. Toxicity of the three agents were negligibly minimal except 2 patients who developed severe gross hematuria after adriamycin instillation.
Administration, Intravesical* ; Doxorubicin ; Drug Therapy ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hematuria ; Humans ; Mitomycin ; Recurrence ; Robenidine* ; Thiotepa ; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms* ; Urinary Bladder*

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Humans

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Candidiasis* ; Fluconazole* ; Humans

PURPOSE: There have been some efforts to diagnose intracranial aneurysm through a non-invasive method using MRA, although the process may be difficult when the lesion is less than 3mm. The present study prospectively compare the results of high resolution, fast speed slice interpolation MRA and DSA therapy examing the potentiality of primary non-invasive screening test. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 26 cerebral aneurysm lesions from 14 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage from ruptured aneurysm (RA) and 5 patients with unruptured aneurysm(UA). In all subjects, MRA was taken to confirm the vessel of origin, definition of aneurysm neck and the relationship of the aneurysm to nearby small vessels, and the results were compared with the results of DSA. The images were obtained with 1.5T superconductive machine(Vision, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) on 4 slabs of MRA using slice interpolation. the settings include TR/TE/FA=30/6.4/25, matrix 160x512, FOV 150x200, 7minutes 42seconds of scan time, effective thickness of 0.7mm and an entire thickness of 102.2mm. The images included structures from foramen magnum to A3 portion of anterior cerebral artery. MIP was used for the image analysis, and multiplanar reconstruction(MPR) technique was used in cases of intracranial aneurysm. RESULTS: A total of 26 intracranial aneurysm lesions from 19 patients with 2 patients having 3 lesion, 3 patients having 2 lesions and the rest of 14 patients having 1 lesion each were examined. Among those, 14 were RA and 12 were UA. Eight lesions were less than 2mm in size, 9 lesions were 3-5mm, 7 were 6-9mm and 2 were larger than 10mm. On initial exams, 25 out of 26 aneurysm lesions were detected in either MRA or DSA showing 96% sensitively. Specificity cannot be estimated since there was no true negative of false positive findings. When MRA and MPR were used concurrently for the confirmation of size and shape, the results were equivalent to those of DSA, while in the confirmation of aneurysm neck and parent vessels, the concurrent use of MRA and MPR was far superior to the sole use of either MRA or DSA. CONCLUSION: High resolution MRA using slice interpolation technique showed equal results as those of DSA for the detection of intracranial aneurysm, and may be used as a primary nin-invasive screening test in the future.
Aneurysm ; Aneurysm, Ruptured ; Angiography* ; Angiography, Digital Subtraction* ; Anterior Cerebral Artery ; Foramen Magnum ; Humans ; Intracranial Aneurysm* ; Mass Screening ; Neck ; Parents ; Prospective Studies ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

PURPOSE: Radiation-induced fibrotic mass might masquerade as a true hilar tumor mass on a plain chest radiograph. We attempted to differentiate radiation fibrosis from a true hilar tumor using only a plain radiograph. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Plain chest radiographs were obtained from seven patients who had developed radiation fibrosis simulating hilar mass after radiation therapy for lung cancer, and from 19 patients with lung cancer, a comparison group, who had not received radiation therapy. They were reviewed for the obliteration of the overlapped mediastinal and hilar anatomical silhouettes by the mass : pulmonary artery, heart or aorta border, and paraspinal line. RESULTS: All seven patients with radiation-induced fibrotic mass(bilateral lesion in twopatients) showed obliteration of all three overlapped anatomical silhouettes of the mediastinum and hilum on chestradiographs. in the comparison group of 19 patients with a true hilar mass, there was, however, no case which demonstrated obliteration of all landmarks. CONCLUSION: Obliteration of all anatomical landmarks at the hilum and mediastinum may be a helpful clue in the differential diagnosis of radiation-induced fibrotic mass from true hilarmass on a plain radiograph, particularly when clinical information on previous radiation therapy is unavailable.
Aorta ; Arteries ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Fibrosis ; Heart ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; Mediastinum ; Pulmonary Artery ; Radiation Pneumonitis* ; Radiography, Thoracic ; Thorax*

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Aneurysm*