Trichophyton(T.) verrucosum had not been reported until now in Korea. We report herein a case of kerion celsi caused by T. verrucosum considered the first case in Korea and its epidemiologic enviroment. She was a 10 years old girl living in cattle country. Three weeks ago, three small erythematous nodules were developed and rapidly progressed to be large boggy mass like tumefactions. Histopathologically, fungal hyphae and spores were found in hair follicles in H & E and PAS stain. In fungal study, characteristic features of T. verrucosum were found as chains of chlamidospores et als. With above results, we could diagnose these lesions as kerion celsi caused by T. verrucosum which were transmitted from a cattle. After 4 weeks-administration of ketoconazole, lesions were healed completely.
Animals ; Cattle ; Child ; Epidemiologic Studies* ; Female ; Hair Follicle ; Humans ; Hyphae ; Ketoconazole ; Korea ; Spores ; Tinea Capitis* ; Trichophyton*

The changes of the serum calcium, sodium and potassium concentrations after use of succinylcholine, d-tubocurarine and pancuronium were compared before anesthesia with during anesthesia in 60 surgical patients. In succinylcholine administration group, potassium concentration was significantly increased at 20 and 30 minutes and calcium concentration was slightly decreased at 10, 20 and 30 minutes and sodium concentration was decreased at 10 minutes and increased at 20minutes slightly. In d-tubocurarine administration group, sodium concentration was significantly decreased at 10 and 20 minutes, but calcium and potassium concentration were not changed during anesthesia. In pancuronium administration group, clacium, sodium and potassium concentration were not cahgnes during anesthesia.
Anesthesia ; Calcium ; Humans ; Pancuronium ; Potassium ; Sodium ; Succinylcholine ; Tubocurarine

Hinman syndrome is a condition caused by an incoordination between the detrusor and external urethral sphincter during bladder contraction. Manifestations include day-and-night wetting, residual urine, infected urine, vesicoureteral reflux, christmas-tree shaped bladder-wall change, and upper tract damage without neurologic lesion or anatomical obstruction. Recently, this incoordination was postulated to be due to over-compensation of the external sphincter which compensates the uninhibitory detrusor contraction and pathological persistence of this "detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia" habit after brain cortical maturation. Accordingly, this syndrome is an acquired psychosocial-behavioral problem, reversible by bladder training and does not necessitate surgical intervention. We report a case of nonneurogenic neurogenic bladder who was successfully treated by biofeedback training, anticholinergic drugs and intermittent catheterization.
Ataxia ; Biofeedback, Psychology ; Brain ; Catheterization ; Catheters ; Urethra ; Urinary Bladder ; Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic ; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux

We have treated total 37 cases of femoral neck fracture in children who were under the 16 years old in age at the Catholic University Medical College since 1985, followed them for average 21 months to analyse their types of fracture and treatment, complications and prevention of complications, and obtained the following results. 1. According to the Delbet's classification, type I was 1 case, II were 18(49%), most common, III were 10 and IV were 8 cases. Their ages were average 8.2 years and boys were predominant in 27 cases. 2. Thirty-six cases were treated with open reduction and internal fixation within 1-13 days after fracture, but only one type IV was treated with closed reduction, followed by hip spica cast for 6 to 9 weeks in all. 3. The fixation devises were removed at average 8.7 months after operatio. 4. fifteen complications were observed in 11 cases(37%), that were AVN(3 cases), early physeal closure(8 cases), coxa vara(3 cases), coxa valga and limb shortening(each 1 case), and their causes were severe fracture displacement(2 cases), penetration of fixation devices to physis(8 cases), incomplete reduction and loss of initial reductio (1 case) etc, but were not correlated with their method of fracture treatment. Conclusively, the femur neck fracture in children could favorably be treated with open reduction and internal fixation to reduce their complications. Physeal early closures due to penetration of screws and pin were most common cause of complications, and their long-term follow-up should be necessary.
Child ; Classification ; Coxa Valga ; Extremities ; Femoral Neck Fractures ; Femur Neck ; Femur ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hip ; Humans ; Methods

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Arthroplasty* ; Knee*

Since the use of Charnley hip prosthesis, total hip arthroplasty has been used for the treatment of coxarthrosis. However, aseptic lossening of the acetabular cup component in total hip arthroplasty remains the most common cause of failure and most serious complication. Cementless acetabular cup fixation in total hip arthroplasty is increasingly popular because of the high failure rates of cemented components, particularly in younger and more active patients. We have experienced 62 cases of CLS expansion acetabular cup developed by L. Spontorno, from January 1992 to January 1994. We analysed 41 CLS expansion acetabular cup components in 38 patients performed at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kang Nam General Hospital with minimum follow up lyear(average 17.3 months). The object of this study is to evaluate the radiographic change of the cup inclination, horizontal and vertical migration of the CLS expansion acetabular cup by methods of Engh et al, and Callagham et al. The results were as follows: 1. The initial adequate contact fit were 39 hips and inadequate fit in 2 hips. 2. The initial acetabular inclination between 35 degrees and 55 degrees were 38 hips. 3. Vertical and/or horizontal migration was not occurred, except 2 hips which were complicated by deep infection. 4. Change of acetabular cup inclination than 5 degrees were not occurred. 5. Radiolucent line wider than 2mm was not found. 6. In final follow up of out 41 hips optimal stability was obtained in 39 hips, suboptimal stability was obtained in 2 hips, and definite instability was not found.
Acetabulum ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hip ; Hip Prosthesis ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Orthopedics ; Osteoarthritis, Hip

To confirm the value of the peripapillary atrophy(PPA) for the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with glaucoma, we performed magnification-corrected morphometry of photographs of 234 eyes of 141 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and 139 eyes of 86 normal subjects. For the data analysis, only one eye of each patient was randomly selected. Both groups did not differ significantly in age. refractive error and disc area. According to the neuroretinal rim/disc area ratio, the glaucoma group was divided into four stages(1; more than 0.61, 2; 0.60~0.41, 3; 0.40~0.21, 4; less than 0.20). PPA differentiated into two different zones(alpha and beta). Zone alpha(0.76+/-0.55mm2 vs 0.47+/-0.32mm2) and zone beta(0.50+/-0.63mm2 vs 0.06+/-0.15mm2) and the total PPA(1.26+/-0.97mm2 vs 0.54+/-0.38mm2) were significantly larger(p=0.0001), and zone beta occurred more often(59.5% vs 17.4%, P=0.0001) in the glaucoma group than in the normal group. The area, angular extent and width of both zones enlarged significantly with increasing stage of glaucoma. The frequency of zone beta increased with advancing stage of glaucoma. These findings suggest that both zone alpha and beta increase continuously with advancing neural rim damage. Therefore, the PPA is useful for the diagnosis and progression of glaucomatous nerve damage.
Atrophy* ; Diagnosis ; Follow-Up Studies ; Glaucoma ; Glaucoma, Open-Angle* ; Humans ; Refractive Errors ; Statistics as Topic

We investigated whether there was any difference in the extent of cupping reversal after reduction of intraocular pressure(IOP) by trabeculectomy between advanced glaucoma(stage IV of Jonas classification; 6 eyes) and less advanced glaucoma(stage III or less; 5 eyes). Computer-aided morphometry was performed in 11 eyes of 10 adult patients with chronic open-angle glaucoma in whom reversal of glaucomatous cupping was apparent photographically. Mean preoperative IOP, postoperative IOP, and percent reduction of IOP respectively were 42.5+/-8.3mmHg, 12.5+/-3.8mmHg, and 69.1+/-13.2%(range, 40.6 to 81.0%) over a mean period of 22.7+/-14.6 months(range, 5 to 53 months). Mean cup area and cup to disc ratio decreased significantly(P<0.01, Wilcoxon signed rank test). The reversal of rim area/disc area ratio showed a marginally significant correlation with the percent reduction of IOP(Spearman`s correlation coefficient=0.57, P=0.07). The reversal of vertical cup to disc ratio was significaltly lower in eyes with advanced glaucoma than in eyes with less advenced glaucoma(P=0.03, Mann-Whitney U test). Although reversal of other disc parameters tended to be lower in eyes with advanced glaucoma, they were not statistically significant. In eyes with advanced glaucoma, reversal of rim area/disc area ratio was more pronounced in the nasal disc region than in the superior or inferior disc region. Our results suggest that the extent of cupping reversal after reduction of IOP may decrease in the advanced stage of glaucoma than in mild to moderate stages of glaucoma.
Adult ; Classification ; Filtering Surgery* ; Filtration* ; Glaucoma* ; Glaucoma, Open-Angle ; Humans ; Intraocular Pressure ; Trabeculectomy

We investigated whether there was any difference in the extent of cupping reversal after reduction of intraocular pressure(IOP) by trabeculectomy between advanced glaucoma(stage IV of Jonas classification; 6 eyes) and less advanced glaucoma(stage III or less; 5 eyes). Computer-aided morphometry was performed in 11 eyes of 10 adult patients with chronic open-angle glaucoma in whom reversal of glaucomatous cupping was apparent photographically. Mean preoperative IOP, postoperative IOP, and percent reduction of IOP respectively were 42.5+/-8.3mmHg, 12.5+/-3.8mmHg, and 69.1+/-13.2%(range, 40.6 to 81.0%) over a mean period of 22.7+/-14.6 months(range, 5 to 53 months). Mean cup area and cup to disc ratio decreased significantly(P<0.01, Wilcoxon signed rank test). The reversal of rim area/disc area ratio showed a marginally significant correlation with the percent reduction of IOP(Spearman`s correlation coefficient=0.57, P=0.07). The reversal of vertical cup to disc ratio was significaltly lower in eyes with advanced glaucoma than in eyes with less advenced glaucoma(P=0.03, Mann-Whitney U test). Although reversal of other disc parameters tended to be lower in eyes with advanced glaucoma, they were not statistically significant. In eyes with advanced glaucoma, reversal of rim area/disc area ratio was more pronounced in the nasal disc region than in the superior or inferior disc region. Our results suggest that the extent of cupping reversal after reduction of IOP may decrease in the advanced stage of glaucoma than in mild to moderate stages of glaucoma.
Adult ; Classification ; Filtering Surgery* ; Filtration* ; Glaucoma* ; Glaucoma, Open-Angle ; Humans ; Intraocular Pressure ; Trabeculectomy

A case of Tuberculous abscess in cerebrum, in a 17 years-old male, is presented, which was confirmed Pathologically and microbiologically. At present, tuberculous infection progressively decrease, and especially occurs rarely tuberculous abscess in central nerve system. The prognosis is known to be poor. We have experienced a case of tuberculous abscess in cerebrum and obtained a good result after surgery. So, we report our case with a brief review of the articles.
Abscess* ; Adolescent ; Cerebrum* ; Humans ; Male ; Prognosis