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Erythroblastosis, Fetal* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Siblings*

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The results of arthroscopic synovectomy of the knee joints were reviewd in 23 joints of 21 patients hetween May 1992 and June 1996. The results were as follows: 1. Pain, tenderness, swelling, ROM of synovitis syrnpknns were much nsiproved postoperatively. 2. The degrees of articular cartilage damage were closely related to posto-perative functional recovery. 3. Preoperative and postoperative ESR changes were not ditferent signihcantly, 4. Recurrence rate was 17%, 4 cases. Of them, 2 cases were rheumatoid arthritis, 1 case was pigmented villonodular synovitis, I case was nonspecipic synovitis 5. Complicatior of arthrosc:opic synovectomy was nol found. We concluded that arthroscopic synovectoiny was very useful method of early diagnosis and treatment of synovial memhrane diseases.
Arthritis, Rheumatoid ; Arthroscopy ; Cartilage, Articular ; Early Diagnosis ; Humans ; Joints ; Knee Joint* ; Knee* ; Recurrence ; Synovitis ; Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular

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Neurofibromatoses*

Multiple neurilerv,omas occurred i.n a 14-year-old boy with neurofibromatosis and right eye blindness. His father succumbed to neurofibromatosis at the age of 42. Histologically-proved neurilemornas and neurofibromas were noted on the face, neck, trunk and extremities, but no cafe au-Iait spots ohserved. There were nevus anemicus, hairy nevus and pigmented moles. The associated features in this patient includc muscular atrophies, weakness of the left hand, parest,hesia of the medial side of left forcarm and Dupuytrens contracture of left fourth finger.
Adolescent ; Blindness ; Dupuytren Contracture ; Extremities ; Fathers ; Fingers ; Hand ; Humans ; Male ; Muscular Atrophy ; Neck ; Neurilemmoma* ; Neurofibroma ; Neurofibromatoses* ; Nevus ; Nevus, Pigmented

A case of pachyonychia congcnita occurring in a 8 year-old boy is described. A few weeks after delivery, his mother noticed thickening of all the finger and toe nails of her baby. Family history was denied. In addition to characteristic features of pachyonychia congenita of all the nails, follicular keratotic papules were noted on the knees, elbows, buttocks and legs, and also tender thick calluses, on the soles with palnioplantar hyperhidrosis. There were three cornu cutaneurn on the popliteal and left antecubital fossae. Other associated fea.tures include a painful tense bulla at the left fourth finger, irnpetiginous patches on the anterior thighs, hoarseness and leukokeratosis linguae, sparseness of the scalp hairs, and granulosis rubra nasi accompanied by facial hyperhidrosis.
Bony Callus ; Buttocks ; Child ; Elbow ; Fingers ; Hair ; Hoarseness ; Humans ; Hyperhidrosis ; Knee ; Leg ; Leukoplakia ; Male ; Mothers ; Nails, Malformed* ; Pachyonychia Congenita* ; Scalp ; Thigh ; Toes ; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

Fifty-nine knees with a specific diagnosis of mediopatella plica syndrom; under arthroscopy were treated by arthroscopic resection. The patients were se1ected for arthroscopy only if the symptoms had continued after a course of physical therapy and medication for at least three weeks. Seven patients were lost in follow up period. Fifty-two knees were reviewed after mean period of 21.5 monl;hs (range 12 to 37). The results were graded as excelient (61.5%), good (25%), poor (9.6%) and failure (3.9%). Majority of the patients ratect their result as excellent or good. We concluded that with the meticulous resection of the pathologic plica with arthroscopy, good result can he expected with resumption of athletic activities and no or mild pain in knee joint.
Arthroscopy ; Diagnosis ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Knee Joint* ; Knee* ; Sports

Treatments of tibia shaft fracture are closed reduction followed by cast immobilization, external fixation, intramedullary nailing and internal fixation with plate and screws. Among these, intramedullary nailing is commonly used method today. The tibia nailing has high rate of union, but malunion, infection, the joint stiffness and anterior knee pain develops frequently. We reviewed the clinical and radiological result of anterior knee pain retrospectively after tibia nailing. The result were as follows: l. Age distribution of tibia shaft fracture was 17 to 76, and mean age was 40 male patients were 35 and female 13. 2. The open fractures were 17 and the closed fractures were 34. 3. The causes of' tibia shaft fracture were traffic accidents(30cases), fall down injuries(6 cases), slip down injuries(1 1 cases) and other injuries(4 cases) Among the these, 19 cases were cornbined with other fractures or neuri.isurgical injuries. 4. The incision methods were recorded as follows: parapatella tendon incision were 9 cases, patella splitting incision were 25 cases and unrecorded were 17cases. 5. According to the radiological analysis, the average nail plateau distance was 10.3mm and the extent of nail protrusion beyond the anterior cortex was -1.73mm. Among these, protrusion of proximal targeting screws were 8 cases. 6. Insertion of nail through the patella tendon was associated with a hipher incidence of knee pain compared to paratendon site of insertion. The extent of nail protrusion were related to anterior knee pain after tibia intramedullary nailing.
Age Distribution ; Female ; Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary* ; Fractures, Closed ; Fractures, Open ; Humans ; Immobilization ; Incidence ; Joints ; Knee* ; Male ; Patella ; Patellar Ligament ; Retrospective Studies ; Tendons ; Tibia*

Six cases of a rare variant of endocervieal adenocarcinoma (Adenoma maligum, AM) were collected for clinicopethologic analysis. The everage age of six patients was 49.3 years, and their chief com plaints were persis(ent mucid or watery discharge and intermittent vaginal spotting, The clinical im presaion was carcioma of The uterine cervix in faur out, of six cases. All except one were pathologically confirmed by initia1 biupey. two cases by colposcopic biopsies, two by cone biopsies, one by cone biopsy after suggested AM in calposcopic hiopsy. One case was incidentally found from hysterectnmised speeimen, which waas suspected as adennmyosis. On gross examination, the cervix usualty appeared either firm or indurated with thickening af the wall excepl one which was presented es a fungnting mass. The characteristic histologic feetures were ext,ensive arborizing endeervical glands with marked variation in size and shape, and the glands lined by mucin conyaining columnar epithelial cells with basal bland looking nuclei but with occasional cytologic atypia and rare mitose. The nenplasi.ic glands were characterized by deep stronml invasion be yond normal enddcervical glands, assosiated with loose edematous periglandular desmaplastic stromal reaction in moat cases. Immunohistochemical stainnings for carcinoembryonie antigen (CEA) revealed ey- toplasmic positivity in five cases. The clinical stage for all exeept one incidental case were : four Ib and one II b. In three cases, the radical hysterectomy with unilateral salpingooophorectomy plus dissection of bilateral pelvic and paraaortic lymph nodes was performed, and in one case radiotherapy was done prior to radical hysterectomy with bilateral salpingoophorectomy plus the dissection of left pelvic lymph nodes followed by chemotherapy. Total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingooophorectomy plus Burch's operation followed by radiation therapy was performed in on case. The remaining one case was treated with radiation therapy. Metastasis to the left obturator lymph node was discovered in one case with state IIb, and the patient expired 29 months after the radiotherapy. The remaining five cases are being carefully followed up. From our experience, we conclude that the early diagnosis of AM can be made based on comprehensive analysis concerning the clinical features, histopathological and immunohistochemical findings. The early diagnosis and proper therapy can lead to the better prognosis.
Adenocarcinoma ; Adenoma* ; Biopsy ; Cervix Uteri* ; Drug Therapy ; Early Diagnosis ; Epithelial Cells ; Female ; Humans ; Hysterectomy ; Lymph Nodes ; Metrorrhagia ; Mucins ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Prognosis ; Radiotherapy