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BACKGROUND: Thoracoscopic T2 sympathicotomy had been performed as a simple and effective method in treating palmar hyperhidrosis, however, this method had the complications of compensatory hyperhidrosis and facial anhidrosis. Therefore, a more limited and modified methods for T2 sympathicotomies were introduced and comparative analysis of the modified upper and lower T2 sympathicotomy were made in the treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis. MATERIAL AND METHOD: From January 1997 to December 1998, 41 patients with palmar hyperhidrosis had been treated by modified T2 sympathicotomy at the Kon-Kuk University Seoul Hospital. Twenty-four patients underwent a modified upper T2 sympathicotomy(Group A), and seventeen patients underwent a modified lower sympathicotomy(Group B). A comparison between groups A and B were made according to the medical records and interview results. RESULT: All patients showed symptomatic improvements after the operation. The anisocoria, facial anhidrosis and dissatisfaction for compensatory hyperhidrosis were more common in Group A and the individual satisfaction for the operations were higher in Group B. CONCLUSION: The modified lower T2 sympathicotomy might be a more effective and less complicated method than the modified upper T2 sympathicotomy.
Anisocoria ; Humans ; Hyperhidrosis* ; Hypohidrosis ; Medical Records ; Seoul

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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome*

Intrathoracic meningocele is a protrusion of the spinal meninges through an intervertebral foramen into thethoracic cavity. The majority occur in association with neurofibromatosis. The authors experienced a case ofintrathoracic meningocele in 26 years old male patient associated with neurofibromatosis, and present conventional CT and CT metrizamide myelographic findings.
Humans ; Male ; Meninges ; Meningocele ; Metrizamide ; Myelography ; Neurofibromatoses

A 56 year old female patient was found to have a lung mass in the right upper lobe lobe during evaluation for cough and sputum. The mass had grown slightly over the past 6 months when she was admitted for an operation. Preoperative studies revealed the benign nature of the tumor, and a thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy was performed. Postoperatively, the diagnosis was histologically proven to be pulmonary leiomyoma which is a rare type of benign lung tumor.
Case Report ; Female ; Human ; Leiomyoma/pathology/radiography/*surgery ; Lung Neoplasms/pathology/radiography/*surgery ; Middle Age ; Radiography, Thoracic ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Mondor's disease is also called thrombophlebitis and it is not a common condition. The characteristics finding of Mondor's disease is a subcutaneous cord that is tender and tense. This disease commonly occurs in the breast and abdomen. The etiology of Mondor's disease is unknown, but the generally agreed on causes are trauma, excessive exercise and breast surgery. On rare occasions, this disease is related to malignancy, pregnancy, filariasis and so on. This disease is self limiting and it is usually treated conservatively and symptomatically. We treated one woman who had Mondor's disease on the anterior side of the left elbow. This is a very rare location for Mondor's disease and so clinicians need to be aware about the possibility of this unusual presentation for this disease.
Abdomen ; Breast ; Elbow ; Female ; Filariasis ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Thrombophlebitis ; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

BACKGROUND: Upper gastrointestinal symptoms is the one of the most frequent symptom in primary medicine, those manifestations are various and can not find the cause in many cases. In Korea the management patterns for upper gastrointestinal symptoms are using drug store, oriental medicine, folk methods, diet therapy in addition to medical service. We have investigated the behavioral patterns for the control of upper gastrointestinal symptoms. METHODS: The authors surveyed the patients who had visited Dong guk university Kyung ju hospital with upper gastrointestinal symptoms from April 1 to June 30 in 2000. RESULTS: 269 questionnaires were collected and among them 247 completed ones were analysed. 112 subjects were used medical service only(45.3%), 135 subjects were used alternative methods also(54.7%). Among the 135 subjects who used alternative methods, 60 visited to drug store(44.4%), 36 took oriental medicine(26.7%), 18 used folk herbal remedy(26.7%), 5 used diet therapy(3.7%), 16 used folk manual therapy(11.9%), most commonly. Women more commonly used alternative methods(P<0.01). By occupation, housewives more commonly used alternative methods and specialists less commonly used alternative methods. There were no significant difference between two groups in other general characteristics, most severe symptom, cost, satisfaction. CONCLUSION: We find the behavioral patterns for relieving upper gastrointestinal symptoms are using alternative methods(drug store, oriental medicine, folk herbal remedy, folk manual therapy, diet therapy) in addition to using medical service. Women and housewives more commonly used alternative methods, and specialist less commonly used alternative methods.
Diet ; Diet Therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Medicine, East Asian Traditional ; Medicine, Traditional ; Musculoskeletal Manipulations ; Occupations ; Specialization ; Surveys and Questionnaires

A five month female was referred complaining of intermittent vomiting with protrusion of a sausage-like mass through the oral cavity. Esophageal endoscopy and esophagogram revealed a mass in the upper esophagus, which was diagnosed as a fibrovascular polyp. Under general anesthesia, the mass was grasped through the oral cavity with a forcep and ligated and excised at the base, where a stump arose from the posterior wall of the cervical esophagus. The pathology was confirmed as a fibrovascular polyp, which is a rare benign esophageal lesion occurring mostly in adult males, and has not been reported in infancy.
Blood Vessels/pathology ; Case Report ; Esophageal Neoplasms/surgery ; Esophageal Neoplasms/pathology* ; Esophageal Neoplasms/blood supply ; Esophagoscopy ; Female ; Fibrosis ; Human ; Infant ; Polyps/surgery ; Polyps/pathology* ; Polyps/blood supply

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