The exact etiologies and mechanisms of ischemia in avascular necrosis of femoral head are still under investigation. But this condition seems to be increasing during a few decades with increasing use of steroid and alcohol abuse in Korea. The treatment modalities have been based on the stages of the disease by simple radiographic findings that do not describe the accurate pathological extent or localization. Therefore more sophisticated study is needed to treat the AVN of the femoral head well. Magnetic resonance images, simple radiographs, scintigraphs of 13 patients(22 femoral heads), who were admitted and treated at Seoul National University Hospital from April, 1989 to December, 1989 were correlated, to characterize the type of AVN by extent and location regardless of its stage and reveal the relationship between types and stages. It is the result of this study that the type of AVN as well as stage should be considered in determining the treatment modality.
Alcoholism ; Classification ; Head ; Ischemia ; Korea ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Necrosis ; Seoul

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The cystic lesions within the knee joint are rare, contrary to those located around the knee. They usually are eniscal or ganglion cyst, reported in association with the joint capsule of the knee or the menisci and close to the peroneal tendons. The intraarticular ganglion cyst arising from the cruciate ligaments are rare and cause pain, effusion and limitation of the knee joint. We report (he case of a patient with right knee joint pain caused hy an intraarticular ganglion cyst arising from the posterior cruciate ligament with review of reference.
Ganglion Cysts* ; Humans ; Joint Capsule ; Knee ; Knee Joint ; Ligaments ; Posterior Cruciate Ligament* ; Tendons

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Peripheral Vascular Diseases*

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Primary Myelofibrosis*

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Bites, Human* ; Herpes Simplex* ; Humans ; Simplexvirus

Microform cleft lip is a mild form of incomplete cleft lip, also known as a minimal occult, abortive, forme fruste cleft lip. However, it has no definition and few methods have been reported for its correction. A microform cleft lip is characterized as the incomplete union of the superficial portion of the orbicularis oris muscle. It is more prominent during facial expression than in a resting state. We confined microform cleft lip in our study to the absence of philtral skin change and a contracted position on the top of cupid's bow. During the past 5 years, 17 patients of microform cleft lip were operated on. We corrected the defect of the upper vermilion border and nostril sill with minimal incision, and repaired the underlying lip musculature in superficial discontinuity. Reduction of the widened alar base was performed. Deformed alar cartilage was dissected via rim incision, and suspended in a medial and upper direction with pull-out sutures. The most important thing is precise repair of the superficial portion of the separated orbicularis oris muscle via minimal incision, and it is best to operate after 1-year of age for accurate repair. The results were satisfactory and the parents were also satisfied. The advantages of this procedure are as follows: 1. Less visible, minimal scar on upper lip 2. Simultaneous correction of vermillion notching, deformed cupid's bow and nasal deformity. 3. Eversion of philtral ridge due to tenting effect of horizontal mattress suture 4. Philtral elongation effect by reduction of alar base and Z-plasty of cupid's bow.
Cartilage ; Cicatrix ; Cleft Lip* ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Facial Expression ; Humans ; Lip ; Microfilming* ; Parents ; Skin ; Sutures

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Animals ; Antibody Formation* ; Immunoglobulin E* ; Mice* ; Poly I-C*

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Adult* ; Humans ; Skin* ; Transforming Growth Factor beta* ; Wound Healing* ; Wounds and Injuries*

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Melanosis* ; Skin Care* ; Skin*