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Amylases* ; Child* ; Humans

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Liver* ; Neoplasm Metastasis*

We experienced a case of achondroplasia in 34 month old male infant. Diagnosis was suspected by clinical features and radiologic examination. A review of literature was made briefly.
Achondroplasia* ; Child, Preschool ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Infant ; Male

Neurilemmoma is a relatively rare, which was first described by Stout in 1935. Neurilemmoma is a neoplasm arising from Schwann cells. It is usually solitary and may be benign or malignant, solid or cystic, encapsulated or diffuse. We report one case of retroperitoneal neurilemmoma with review of literature.
Neurilemmoma* ; Schwann Cells

The Wada test was performed for lateralization of language and memory function, using intracarotid injection of Sodium Amytal. But, the internal carotid artery(ICA) Wada test has some limitations for testing memory function. The posterior cerebral artery(PCA) Wade test has been designed to modify to modify the ICA Wada test for testing memory function selectively. In our study, 10 patients out of 12 patients with intractable seizure underwent only the ICA Wada test and the other 2 patients underwent both are ICA and the selective PCA Wada test In all 12 patients undergoing the ICA Wada test, we succesfully localized speech and language dominace. Four of 12 patients who underwent the ICA Wada test for evaluation of memory function displayed superior memory functions in one hemisphere, but the other hemisphere also significantly contributed to memory. The selective PCA Wada test, performed in 2 patients, showed successful results of memory function test in both patients. Four of 12 patients underwent temporal lobectomy and there was no major post-operative language or memory deficits. We conclude that the ICA and PCA Wada tests are useful for preoperative evaluation of medically intractable epilepsy, and the PCA Wada test is valuable in memory evaluation in some patients who have hight risk of postoperative global amnesia after temporal lobectomy following equivocal results of memory function by the ICA Wada test.
Amnesia ; Amobarbital ; Drug Resistant Epilepsy* ; Humans ; Memory Disorders ; Memory* ; Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis ; Seizures

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Sparganosis*

Congenital M llerian anomalies of uterus are so infrequently encountered and endometriosis, primary infertility, hematometra, and urinary tract anomalies are claimed to be common complaints in women with unicornuate uterus. We report one case of rudimentary horn associated with agenesis of right kidney and pelvic endometriosis which is presented with brief review of literature about anomaly of the female genital tract.
Animals ; Endometriosis* ; Female ; Hematometra ; Horns* ; Humans ; Infertility ; Kidney* ; Urinary Tract ; Uterus

Congenital biliary atresia is the commonest cause of prolonged obstructive jaundice in the neonatal period, and is due to the pathologic closure of a major portion or segment of the biliary tree. The neonate with prolonged obstructive jaundice poses a diagnostic dilemma that may be insoluble by routine clinical and laboratory studies. This applies particularly to the most common entities, neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia. We esperienced one case of congenital biliary atresia associated with ectopic pancreatic tissue in 23 day-old female which was confirmed by autospy. Literature about congenital biliary atresia were reviewed.
Biliary Atresia* ; Biliary Tract ; Female ; Hepatitis ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Jaundice, Obstructive

OBJECTIVE: To assess the results of the sacrospinous ligament suspension using Miya hook for the treatment of uterovaginal prolapse or vault prolapse following hysterectomy. METHODS: Between October 1997 and December 2000, in Kyung Hee Medical Center, 50 pelvic organ prolapse patients underwent vaginal hysterectomy and sacrospinous ligament suspension or sacrospinous ligament suspension only. We evaluated age, parity, operation time, recovery time, duration of hospitalization, change of Hemoglobin level, number of vaginal delivery, type of prolapse, and complications. RESULTS: Forty-four patients (88%) had uterine prolapse and six patients (12%) had vaginal vault prolapse. All patients underwent sacrospinous suspension and anterior-posterior colporraphy in which forty-one patients (82%) underwent concomitant vaginal hysterectomy. There has been one failure case. And then repeat sacrospinous ligament suspension with anterior and posterior vaginal repair was performed successfully. Recurrent prolapse hasn't been developed yet. Most common problems were transient voiding difficulty and vague buttock pain. CONCLUSION: The sacrospinous ligament suspension is considered to be effective and safe in the treatment of vault and uterine prolapse. It avoids major abdominal surgery and allows the surgeon to correct coexistent cystocele and rectocele.
Buttocks ; Cystocele ; Female ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Hysterectomy ; Hysterectomy, Vaginal ; Ligaments* ; Parity ; Pelvic Organ Prolapse* ; Prolapse ; Rectocele ; Uterine Prolapse

A 42-year-old man with Erdheim-Chester disease (EC) is presented. This is the first case of this disease reported in Korea. The patient complained of knee pain and plain roentgenogram of the bilateral legs revealed diffusely increased density, coarsened trabecular pattern, and cortical thickening in the diaphysis, and metaphysis as well as epiphysis. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed that the lesions showed low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and heterogeneously low and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. Histological examination of the biopsy specimen showed a xanthogranulomatous lesion consisting aggregations of foamy histiocytes and Touton-type giant cells. Immunohistochemical staining showed positive reaction to anti-S-100 and lysozyme in the cytoplasm of the giant cells.
Adult ; Bone Marrow/pathology ; Case Report ; Histiocytosis/pathology* ; Human ; Knee/radiography ; Knee/pathology ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Osteosclerosis/radiography ; Osteosclerosis/pathology