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Subclavian Artery* ; Thoracic Outlet Syndrome* ; Thromboembolism*

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Adenocarcinoma, Papillary*

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Child* ; Humans ; Prone Position* ; Thoracotomy*

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We report a case of arteriovenous fistula involving the external ear in a 27- year-old male patient, who presented with pruritic erythematous scaly patch with multiple pulsating nodules on the thickened and hypertrophied left auricle.The blood flow, measured by laser Doppler velocimetry, was increased markedly on the affected site comparing with the other (710.33mV vs 8.4mV, 663.33mV vs 107. 33mV). We suggest that macrotia must be considered as the one of the clinical manifestations of cutaneous arteriovenous fistula.
Arteriovenous Fistula* ; Ear, External ; Humans ; Laser-Doppler Flowmetry ; Male

No abstract available.
Animals ; Clone Cells* ; Cloning, Organism* ; Mast Cells* ; Mice*

Five brains from established cases of Senile Dementia of Alzheimer Type (SDAT) and six branis from cases of no clinical or neuropathological evidences of SDAT were studied immunocytochemically using anti-somatostatin (SST) antibody. Fifty micrometer sections of immersion fixed brains (autopsy delay: 10-16 hours) were cut and then stored in 0.1 M tris-HCI buffer (pH7.4) until the immunocytochemical study. Lmmunostatinings were performed according to Sternberger's peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) technique. The primary antiserum was rabbit antiserum to synthetic somatostatin (Cambridge Research Biochemicals). Diluted to 1: 1.000. The secondary antiserum was goat anti-rabbit IgG (Sternbeger-Meyer) in dilutions of 1: 400 to 500. Controls followed complete staining protocol. But without incubation in the specific antibody. SST-immunoreactive (IR) neurons in aged normal brains were distributed in all layers of cortices. These cells were multipolar, bitufted, or wramidal in shape. The changes of SST-IR neurons were profound in frontal, parietal, and temporal cortices of SDAT brains, but were absent in the Cal of hippocampus. Neuritic plaque-like structure formation was the most common changes seen in the cortices, especially in the temporal cortex. The morphology of altered SST-IR neuronal elements were similar to that of the neuritic plaques demonstrated by the Bielshowsky's silver impregnation method. Apparently intact SST-IR neurons were also found in SDAT brains, thus giving rise to the speculation that these neurons may have unusual survival and reorganization potential. Unexpectedly, there were no degenerative changes of SST-IR neurons in CA! region of SDAT hippocampus. These results strongly suggest that among SST-IR neurons only neocortical short association neurons are affected in the neuronal degenerative changes of SDAT.
Alzheimer Disease* ; Brain ; Goats ; Hippocampus ; Immersion ; Immunoglobulin G ; Neurons* ; Plaque, Amyloid ; Rabeprazole ; Silver ; Somatostatin

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Thyroid dysfunction has heen reported as a side effect of alpha-interferon(IFN) therapy. The incidence of thyroid disorders was 1.2-12%' duripg 1FN therapy for chronic active hepatitis. We experienced a case of hypothyroidism developed after IFN therapy in a 48 year-old man with chronic hepatitis B. Baseline thyroid function before IFN therapy was normal and thyroid auioantibodies were also negative. High tiers ol' antimicrosomal antibody and anti-thyroglobulin antibody appeared and severe hypothyroidism followed at 6 months after starting the IFN therapy.
Hepatitis B, Chronic* ; Hepatitis, Chronic* ; Humans ; Hypothyroidism* ; Incidence ; Interferon-alpha* ; Middle Aged ; Thyroid Gland

We managed surgically a case of local recurrence in esophageal cancer Twenty month after transthoracic subtotal esophagectomy and csophago-gastrostomy, he su(fared from dysphagia. Chest CT and percutaneous needle aspiration biopsy showed. Local recurrence involving residual esophagus, thyroid gland, posterior membraneous portion of trachea. We did cervical esophagectomy, laryngectomy thyroidectomy, partial resection of trachea and reconstruction with free jejunal antograft successfully.
Biopsy, Needle ; Deglutition Disorders ; Esophageal Neoplasms* ; Esophagectomy ; Esophagus ; Laryngectomy ; Needles ; Recurrence* ; Thyroid Gland ; Thyroidectomy ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Trachea ; Transplants*