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Female ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Ectopic*

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Hepatic Encephalopathy*

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Blood Transfusion* ; Female ; Humans

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Nevus, Pigmented* ; Vitiligo*

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Adenoma* ; Ear*

Although febrile convulsion (FC) is a common clinical entity with a high recurrence rate, no specific factors have been identified to be highly predictive of its recurrence. A total of 114 cases of FC identified during a 28 month period (January, 1989-May, 1991) was analysed. A slight predominance of boys over girls (1.3 to 1.0) was observed. the majority of cases (89.4%) were under 3 years of age and the most common age range for the onset of FC was 1~2 years. The most common form of FC was tonic type (54.0%), followed by tonic-clonic (32.5%), clonic (5.3%), and complex partial type (5.3%). Most FC episodes lasted less than 5 minutes (81.6%), and common clinical diagnosis underlying FC were as follows: pharyngotonsillitis (64.0%), bronchitis and/or pneumonia(16.7%), and gastroenteritis (9.7%). The family history for seizure disorder was present in 27.2% of the cases: FC in 21.1%, epiepsy in 4.4%, and both in 1.8%. Among 78 cases of the first FC, 43 cases were followed for 5 to 29 months without prophylactic anticonvulsant therapy. The overall recurrence rate of FC in this group was 67.4% and the highest incidence was observed in patients less than one year old (86.7%). A higher recurrence rate (80%) was observed in patients whose body temperature was lower than 39degrees C, as opposed to higher than 39degrees C (50%). It is concluded that the recurrence of FC is positively correlated with factors such as younger age (less than one year old), and lower body temperature at the time of onset of FC.
Body Temperature ; Bronchitis ; Diagnosis ; Epilepsy ; Female ; Gastroenteritis ; Humans ; Incidence ; Recurrence ; Seizures, Febrile*

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PURPOSE: It has been known that there are several areas of T2 hyperintensities in normal white matter of brain, such as terminal zones of myelination, ependymitis granularis, ones of posterior internal capsule, and perivascular space. The aim of our study is to demonstrate another region of T2 hyperintensities in normal pediatric age group. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We have studied brain MR for 10 normal volunteers and 35 patients without having intracranial lesions in pediatric age group(3-19 years). RESULTS: In 5 among 45 cases, focal T2 hyperintensities were seen in the parietal periventricular white matter beneath the postcentral gyri. They were noted as poorly defined, 5--10mm sized areas of increased signal intensities on T2 weighted axial images. They were also characterized by bilateral, posteromedially oriented, short band-like or oval areas. Interestingly, they were directly continuous with the T2 hyperintensity of posterior internal capsule. In spite of the relatively high frequency in the pediatric population as in our study, this finding has not been reported in the asymptomatic adults. CONCLUSION: The results show that the bilateral anterior parietal hyperintense areas may be another terminal zones of delayed myelination affecting the parietopontine tract. They should be differentiated from pathologic T2 hyperintensities by their characteristic findings.
Adult ; Brain ; Healthy Volunteers ; Humans ; Internal Capsule ; Myelin Sheath ; Rabeprazole*

The postoperative results of 77 paients:(82 eyes) who had undergone phacoemulsification with implantation of oval optic poly methylmethacrylate (PMMA) introoular intraowlar lens (IOL) (5 X 6mm) were evaluated retrospectively. Scleral pocket incision was done tangentially at the point 2mm. apart from the surgical limbus and 5mm in length. No suture in the group 1 (30 eyes), single horizontal suture in the group 2 (31 eyes) and single X suture in the group 3 (21 eyes) were used for the closure method. Average uncorrected visual acuity at postoperative one week was 0.5 or better in each group and there was no statistically significant difference among three groups (p>0.05). The change in mean keratometric astigmatism from postoperative one to eight weeks turned out to be less than 1 diopter (D) in each group and there was no statistically significant difference among three groups (p>0.05). When the diameter of continuous cirular capsulorhexis (CCC) was greater than 5mm or the position of CCC was decentered, it was found that optic was partially escaped form the bag due to adhesion between the remained anterior and posterior capsular structure. It could be suggested that oval optic PMMA IOL showes early visual recovery with less astigmatism regardless of the suture method and in order to place the optic of IOL properly in the bag postoperatively, the diameter of CCC should be less than 5mm and the position of CCC should be centered.
Astigmatism ; Capsulorhexis ; Lenses, Intraocular* ; Methylmethacrylate ; Phacoemulsification ; Polymethyl Methacrylate ; Retrospective Studies ; Sutures ; United Nations ; Visual Acuity

Twenty cases who had underwent extracapsular cataract extraction with pupilloplasty followed by implantation of posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCL) were followed up more than 3 months from May 1989 to April 1991. Postoperative uncorrected visual acuity was improved in all cases. Corrected visual acuity was 20/40 or better in 13 cases (65% of all cases) and refractive state was myotic (-1.1D in average) at 2 months after operation. Postoperative astigmatism was -1.3D in average at 2 months after operation, which became -0.8D in average at 1 year after operation. Postoperatively vitreous prolapse occured in 1 case and increased intraocular pressure due to posterior synechiae was observed in 1 case. After-catract developed in 1 case. We obtained good clinical results after ECCE and PCL implantation in leprosy patients for whom wearing the contact lens and glasses were impractical due to hand and finger deformities.
Astigmatism ; Cataract Extraction ; Cataract* ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Eyeglasses ; Fingers ; Glass ; Hand ; Humans ; Intraocular Pressure ; Lenses, Intraocular* ; Leprosy ; Prolapse ; Visual Acuity