Pigmented villonodular synovitis is a kind of benigh inflammatory lesion involving synovial membrane, characterized by yellowish or yellow-grayish colored villous nodules of synovial membrane, formed by accumulation of cholesterol and hemosiderin with numerous cleftings of synovial membrane. The lesion was first described by Chassaignac (1852) as the nodular form arising in relation to the flexor tendon sheath of the middle and index fingers. After that Simon (1865) described it as a xanthoma of the synovia, and there after various names were given by many authors, according to the characteristics of the pathologic fetures. In 1941 Jaffe named this lesion pigmented villonodular synovitis, which is now generally accepted. Still the direct cause of this lesion is not clearly known, but chronic stimulation of synovia is generally accepted as an etiologic factor. In this paper we report four cases of pigmented villonodular synovitis, which were diagnosed and treated in our department. One of the four cases occurred at the proximal tibiofibula joint which is a very rare site.
Cholesterol ; Fingers ; Hemosiderin ; Joints ; Synovial Fluid ; Synovial Membrane ; Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular ; Tendons ; Xanthomatosis

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Brain Abscess* ; Brain*

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Brain Abscess* ; Brain*

In order to compare the effects of the flexible external fixations with the rigid one on fracture healing, rabbits tibiae were fractured surgically and each fracture were immobilized with external devices using graphites (the group I), plastics (the group II) and stainless steel (the group III). At six weeks after fracture, clinical and radiological union rates in group I, II and III were 91% 73% and 60% respectively. The rabbits tibiae were load in 4-point bending test to determine the mechanical properties of the fracture healing. The means and standard errors of maximum bend moment of the fractured tibiae were 11. 30±2.33kg.f. cm., 8.55±2.02kg.f. cm. and 9.79±2.09kg.f. cm. in group I, II and III respectively. These data may suggest that a certain amount of the flexibility (ex, graphite) or motion is better than the rigidity (ex, stainless steel) in fracture healing by the method of the external immobilization).
Fracture Healing ; Graphite ; Methods ; Plastics ; Pliability ; Rabbits ; Stainless Steel ; Tibia

Adhesives ; Burns ; Calcium Chloride ; Cicatrix ; Cicatrix, Hypertrophic ; Collagen ; Factor XIII ; Fibrin Tissue Adhesive ; Fibrin ; Fibrinogen ; Follow-Up Studies ; Gingiva ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Mouth ; Nose ; Polymers ; Skin Transplantation ; Skin ; Surgery, Oral ; Sutures ; Thrombin ; Tissue Donors ; Transplants ; Wound Healing

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Rhizotomy* ; Trigeminal Neuralgia*

Notch stenosis had been thought to be related with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possible relationship between notch stenosis and ACL injury. We measured the notch seen on the axial section in MRI at popliteal groove. We have retrospectively analyzed 116 cases of knee MRI. All cases were divided into three groups ; Group I were fifty six normal knee. Group II were thirty knee with contact ACL injuries. Group III were thirty knee with non contact ACL injuries. The result were as follows; 1. Statistically significant difference was found in the notch width index (NWI) between group I and group III but no significant differences was found in the NWI between group I and group II. 2. Statistically significant correlation to non-contact ACL injuries was found in the NWI at both anterior and posterior outlet of the notch. 3. An unique shape of the notch was found in the majority of group III.There seemed to be an obvious relationship between notch stenosis and non-contact ACL injuries.
Anterior Cruciate Ligament* ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Knee ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Retrospective Studies

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Nephrotic Syndrome*

A case of infantile multiloculated brain abscess diagnosed by computerized tomography and enhancement with intravenous contrast material is introduced. In this case, patient was successfully treated by repeated needle aspiration and lesions were observed by means of serial computerized tomography and intracapsular microbarium injection. The abscess cavities were punctured stereotaxically on measuring the lesions of the plain skull film with consequence C.A.T scan.
Abscess ; Brain Abscess* ; Brain* ; Humans ; Needles* ; Skull