The authors report a case of malignant teratoma in a 3-year-old girl who suffered from occipital headache and vomiting for about 2 months. The tumor occupied left cerebellopontine angle resulting in a moderate degree of hydorcephalus. Histologically, the tumor consisted mainly of neuroepithelial tissues showing varying degrees of differentiation, with areas of epidermis, mature fat tissue, connective tissue, gastrointestinal glands and smooth muscle bundles containing ganglions. Also noted are groups pf polygonal or spindle cells representing immature mesodermal tissue. In contrast to two malignant intracranial teratomas previously reported in Korean literatures, this case is characterized by the presence of predominent neuroepithelial components and by uncommon tumor location, the posterior fossa far from middle line of the body.

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There are two major types of vascular birthmarks, hemangiomas, those demonstrating endothelial hyperplasia, and malformation, those with normal endothelial turnover. Venous malformations have previously been treated by surgical excision, where possible. Although not a panacea for all such tumors, the use of sclerosing agents is decidedly preferable in some cases to extirpation with a scapel. The method involves the direct injection of absolute alcohol into the lesion on the fluoroscopic guide. The effect of treatment is satisfactory and there appears tobe no long term complication. We report 2 cases of surgically irresectable and deep-seated venous malformation which were treated sclerotherapy using ethanol.
Ethanol ; Hemangioma ; Hyperplasia ; Sclerosing Solutions ; Sclerotherapy*

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Urinary Bladder Neoplasms* ; Urinary Bladder*

Adenocarcionma of fetal type is in lung is a newly recognized malignant tumor sharing morphologic features with the epithelial component of the pulmonary blastoma devoid of sarcomatous component. We present a case of adenocarcinoma of fetal type in a 28-year-old female, consisting of numerous branching tubules or glands and morula-like epithelial complexes. Histologically, the tubules and glands were composed of glycogne-rich nonciliated epithelial cells showing in part argyrophilia. Some of tubular and morula-like epithelial cells revealed immunoreactivity for neuron-specific enolase. We report this case with a review of literatures with special references on the histogenisis. This report is the pathologically confirmed second case of the pulmonary adenocarcinoma of fetal type in Korea, following the report of Cho and Lee, 1990.
Female ; Humans ; Adenocarcinoma

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Animals ; Horns* ; Pregnancy*

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Animals ; Horns* ; Pregnancy*

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Diagnosis* ; Ultrasonography* ; Varicocele*

PURPOSE: We compared the recurrence rate and mean interval to recurrence according to tumor grade after complete transurethral resection and adjuvant intravesical instillation with bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), in patients with stage T1 transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between January 1994 and May 2000, 31 patients presenting to our hospital with T1 superficial bladder cancer received adjuvant intravesical instillation with BCG after complete transurethral resection of the bladder tumor. Tumors with CIS lesion or recurrent tumors were excluded. The recurrence rates, mean interval to recurrence, tumor size and number of tumors were compared according to tumor grade. RESULTS: Of the 31 patients, 5 presented with grade I tumor, 17 with grade II tumor and 9 with grade III tumor. Mean follow-up period was 22 months (range 6-58) and mean tumor sizes according to tumor grade were 1.6, 1.6 and 1.7cm in grade I, II and III, respectively. Twelve (38.7%) patients experienced tumor recurrence. The recurrence rates according to tumor grade were 20.0%, 41.2% and 44.4% in grade I, II and III, respectively. Mean interval to recurrence were 40, 11.4 and 7.5 months, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that the recurrence rates were higher in grade II and III tumors than in grade I tumor. Therefore close follow-up is necessary in both grade II and III tumors.
Administration, Intravesical ; Bacillus ; Carcinoma, Transitional Cell ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Mycobacterium bovis* ; Recurrence* ; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms* ; Urinary Bladder*

Ureterocele is a cystic dilatation of the intravesical segment of the ureter. In the ectopic ureterocele the ureteral orifice opens at a point other than its normal upper pole position, usually at the bladder neck or in the urethra, and is commonly associated with the upper moiety of a duplicated collecting system. Reflux into the ipsilateral lower pole ureter occurs in almost 50 per cent of ectopic ureterocele. But reflux into the ureterocele is rare. Recently we experienced a case of ectopic ureterocele associated with reflux into the ureterocele and treated successfully by heminephrectomy and total ureterectomy.
Dilatation ; Neck ; Ureter ; Ureterocele* ; Urethra ; Urinary Bladder