A case of acquired lymphangioma was reported and the literature was reviewed. The patient was 28 yeara old pregnant woman at 7 months gestation who develo- ped multiple white-gray tense vesicles measuring 2-4mm in diameter on bilateral major labia following lymphedema of the lower extremities due to tubercuIous inguinal lymphadenitis.
Female ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Lymphadenitis ; Lymphangioma* ; Lymphedema ; Pregnancy ; Pregnant Women ; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

Even though ultrasonography is a primary tool for evaluation of gynecological pelvic mass, CT can be helpful when ultrasonography is suboptimal either because of abundant intestinal gas or marked obesity. Authors experienced 3 cases of hydatidiform mole demonstrated by CT. The findings of hydatidiform mole are enlargement of uterus, low density in the uterine cavity, irregular soft tissue mass with small multiple cysts, and strong contrast enhancement of the soft tissue mass within the uterine cavity. CT can be a useful diagnostic tool for differentiation of hydatidiform mole from choriocarcioma because of good visualization of uterine wall and pelvic structures.
Female ; Hydatidiform Mole ; Obesity ; Pregnancy ; Ultrasonography ; Uterus

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Child* ; Humans ; Purpura*

Single photon emission computed tomographic(SPECT) imaging, performed at oral and maxillofacial surgery department, is valuable in assessing temporomandibular dysfunction, looking for metastases in patients with malignancies, diagnosing facial asymmetry. Conventional planar scintigraphy is limited by two-dimensional representation of three-dimensional structures. The SPECT exam, by sectioning through a distribution of tracer, eliminates the obscuring effects of tracer located outside the plane of interest. In our department, we used this image for four type cases retrospectively. 1. Those patients who have facial asymmetry 2. To find metastases in patients with malignacies 3. In combination with magnetic resonance imagine, to confirm the diagnosis of internal joint derangement 4. To evaluate the viability of grafted bone. Recently, this image is able to be used in those patients whose symptoms etiology cannot be explained by other diagnostic techniques.
Diagnosis ; Facial Asymmetry ; Humans ; Joints ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Radionuclide Imaging ; Retrospective Studies ; Surgery, Oral ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon* ; Transplants

Neomorphogenesis of cartilage using chondrocyte-polymer constructs is a potential source for development of cartilage reconstruction. Current tissue engineering techniques of neocartilage rely on in vivo implantation of polymer-chondrocyte constructs. The purpose of this study was to find a way to bioengineer cartilage in vitro by entrapping chondrocytes in a molded autologous fibrin glue. Chondrocytes isolated from the cartilage of rabbit joints were combined with fibrinogen extracted by a single cryoprecipitation of autologous plasma, and they were then polymerized with thrombin to create a fibrin glue with a final cell density of 2.5x10(6) cells/ml. The collagen for a control study was used as a polymer. The polymer-chondrocyte constructs were cultured for 4 weeks and the fibrin-chondrocyte constructs molded in the shape of a human ear were cultured for 6 weeks in vitro. Morphometric, histochemical, and histomorphometric analysis including glycosaminoglycan quantitation confirmed the following results: 1) Highly-concentrated autologous fibrinogen was easily extracted by a single cryoprecipition of autologous olasma. 2) The fibrin-chondrocyte constructs demonstrated the presence of actively proliferating chondrocytes with the production of cartilaginous matrix(collagen and glycosaminoglycan) at 1 week after culture, as well as gross and histologic evidence similar to those of normal cartilage at 3-4 weeks after culture. 3) The collagen-chondrocyte constructs demonstrated lower degrees of hardness and transparency, as well as a lower density of cells and glycosaminoglycan during the culture period. 4) Neocartilage generated from fibrin-chondrocyte constructs in the shape of a human ear nearly retained their original configuration and size without degeneration for 6 weeks of culture in vitro. This study demonstrated a novel method for bioengineering the molded cartilage in vitro using autologous fibrin glue as a matrix scaffold. The generated cartilage showed gross and histologic evidence similar to those of normal cartilage, retaining the original gross dimension. With further refinement, this may be a new application of tissue engineering for the reconstruction of cartilage.
Bioengineering ; Cartilage* ; Cell Count ; Chondrocytes* ; Collagen ; Ear ; Fibrin Tissue Adhesive* ; Fibrin* ; Fibrinogen ; Fungi ; Hardness ; Humans ; Joints ; Plasma ; Polymers ; Thrombin ; Tissue Engineering*

Clinical and statistical analysis were performed on 573 cases of neonates who were admitted in the special care baby unit, St. Benedict Hospital, from January 1978 to June 1979. The results were as following: 1) Sex ratio of male to female was 1.04:1. 2) According to the route of admission, The ratio of "non-referred patients" to "referred patients was 1.86:1. 3) About the parity incidence, the first baby was 57.1%, the second was 29.7%, and the third was 9.6%. 4) About the age on admission, the babies of the one day I\of age was 45.5% and 86.9% was within 1 week of age. 5) According to the duration of admission, 1-7 days group was the most common(59.6%) and the next were 8-14 days group(24.6%), 15-21 days group(6.1%) 6) According to the duration of admission, 1-7 days group was the most common(59.6%) and the next were 8-14 days group(24.6%), 15-21 days group(6.1%). 7) About the maternal education of non-referred patients, group of high school educated was the most common(45.6%), followed by college(22.3%), middle school(15.3%), and primary school(9.7%). 8) On distribution of the maternal age of non-referred patients, the group of 20-30 years of age was the most common(51.7%), followed by 20-25 years of age (23.3%). Admission rate according to maternal age, higher incidence was seen over 31 years of age. 9) The most common placentas weight of non-refered patients was 600-800 gm. Group(39.9%) and the highest incidence of pre-term was the group of 200-400gm. 10) The most frequent problem was hyperbilirubinemia, followed by prematurity, infectious diseases, respiratory tract diseases, congenital anomalies, diseases associated with metabolism and birth injury. 11) According to the age of initiation of treatment in hyperbilirubinemic patients, the most common age was 4 day(30.5%) and the next was 3 days(25.1%), Suspected causes ware idiopathic(51.2%), blood group incompatibility(17.1%), prematurity(15.3%) and so on. 12) The main diseases associated with prematurity were hyperbilirub-inemia(47.9%), pneumonia(15.1%), RDS(8.4%). 13) Mortality rate were 26.6% in pre-term, 7.4% in post-term, 2.6% in full-term and mortality rate of all admission was 8.0%. Generally, the shorter gestational age and lower birth weight, the higher the mortality rate of premature infants was observed. 14) The leading causes of death were immaturity(48.5%), RDS(24.2%), pneumonia(21.2%) in pre-term, pneumonia(27.3%), kernicterus(18.2%) in full-term and anencephaly & placental dysfunction syndrome in postern 2 cases.
Anencephaly ; Birth Injuries ; Birth Weight ; Cause of Death ; Communicable Diseases ; Education ; Female ; Gestational Age ; Humans ; Hyperbilirubinemia ; Incidence ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature ; Male ; Maternal Age ; Metabolism ; Mortality ; Parity ; Placenta ; Respiratory Tract Diseases ; Sex Ratio

In adenomatous polyposis coli there are many colonic and extracolonic manifestations, and various combinations of these induce different clinical presentations and syndromes. We experienced a unique case of adenomatous polyposis of the large intestine and stomach in a 39-year-old man. In the colon, small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma rather than adenocarcinoma had developed, which did not contain adenomatous or carcinomatous foci. The adenomatous polyps in the colon were all small and sessile with no cancerous or precancerous change two years after the resection of the symptomatic gastric adenomas, even though the gastric adenomas were larger and showed dysplastic change. We think this case is another variant of adenomatous polyposis syndrome.
Adenocarcinoma ; Adenoma

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Actinomycosis*

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Actinomycosis*

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