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Anesthesia, Epidural* ; Radiculopathy*

Aconitine is a main component of Aconitum carmichaeli, a Chinese herb known to be effective for arthritis and neuralgia. Many senior citizens consume the herb as a folk remedy. Aconitine-associated cardiogenic toxicity has been observed but aconitine-induced cerebrovascular event has not been reported so far. We report two elderly patients who became unconscious and showed neurological dysfunction soon after ingesting aconitine for pain control. We speculate that the aconitine induced cardiac arrhythmia. This resulted in cardiogenic emboli formation with subsequent large territory cerebral infarction.
Aconitine

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Female ; Hysterectomy, Vaginal*

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Amphibians* ; HIV* ; Humans* ; Oocytes*

We present here, a case of pemphigus erythematosus developed in a 31-year-old woman, who had been suffering from repeated episode, of remission and exacerbation with several erythematous, and somewhat oozing patche accompanying a mild pruritus or her face, upper part of the back and anterior chest. In serological studies, she had antinuclear antiboc@lies at. a titer of 1:160. Histopathological finding showed subcorneal bullae. Immunofluorescent study revealed IgG and C, deposition in the intercellular space of the epidermis and along the de rmoepidermal junction.
Adult ; Epidermis ; Extracellular Space ; Female ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; Pemphigus* ; Pruritus ; Thorax

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Fetal Macrosomia*

To investigate the effect of illumination on visual acuity and visual field in eyes with multifocal intraocular lens (IOL), the near and far visual acuity of the eyes with multifocal implants were compared to those of the eyes with monofocal implants in the diminished illumination, and the visual fields of two groups were also compared by the different target size and intensity. The near and far visual acuity of the eyes with multifocal implants were significantly decreased as compared to those of the eyes with monofocal implants under diminished illumination, and the visual field of the multifocal implanted eyes also significantly decreased as compared to that of the monofocal implanted eyes by the reduction of spot size and intensity. From the above results, it is assumed that the bifocal separation of incident light to two simultaneous focal points in the multifocal implants causes more decreased visual acuity and narrower visual field in the diminished illumination as compared to that of the eyes with monofocal implants.
Adult ; Cataract Extraction ; Female ; Humans ; *Lenses, Intraocular ; Light ; *Lighting ; Male ; Visual Acuity/*physiology ; Visual Fields/*physiology

Rotator cuff injury and impingement syndrome have been thought to be related to the structure of acromion, such as subacromial distance, acromial type, acromial spur and acromial angle. Evaluation was done in 90 normal shoulders without impingement or rotator cuff injury, using shoulder X-ray series, composed of AP view, impingement view, and arch view. As results, 52(52.8%) of them had subacromial spur by the impingement views. The spur size was 12.4+/-4.5 mm and increased with age without statistical significance(p>0.05). The subacromial distance was 11.1+/-2.2 mm in AP view and 10.4+/-1.9 mm in arch view without statistical difference for age and sex(p>0.05). Among 90 normal shoulders, the acromion was quite often curved Type II, 51.1%, type I, 22.2%, and type III 26.7%. Mean acromial angle was 29.1 degrees in arch view and increased with age(p<0.05). Mean acromial tilt was 31.8 degrees without significant difference for age and sex(p>0.05). These results suggest their clinical relevance to the impingement syndrome and the rotator cuff injury.
Acromion ; Rotator Cuff ; Shoulder*