The aim of this study was to analyze an association between milk consumption and serum lipid profiles in postmenopausal women in Korea. The dietary data by the Food Frequency Questionnaire were evaluated among 208 postmenopausal women who did not receive hormone therapy and their serum concentrations of triglyceride (TG), total, HDL-, and LDL-cholesterol, and alkaline phosphatase were analyzed. When the relationship between milk consumption and serum lipid profiles were analysed by linear regression, we found a negative relationship of milk consumption with ALP and a positive relationship with HDL-cholesterol. Animal calcium intake was significantly correlated with ALP and HDL-cholesterol. In addition, the serum level of HDL-cholesterol of the upper quartile (UQ) subjects who took animal calcium over 313 mg/day was significantly higher than the lower quartile (LQ) subjects who consumed milk below 101 mg/day when we compared the UQ and LQ subjects. The HDL-cholesterol level of the UQ subjects who consumed 235 ml of milk tended to be higher than the that of the LQ who consumed 53 ml. As for serum concentrations of TG, total cholesterol, and LDL-cholesterol, there was no significant difference between the UQ and LQ groups of milk consumption. Based on our study, we concluded that continual consumption of approximately one cup of milk per day was associated with low cardiovascular risks with favorable lipid profiles and ALP in postmenopausal women.
Alkaline Phosphatase ; Animals ; Calcium ; Cholesterol ; Female ; Humans ; Korea* ; Linear Models ; Menopause ; Milk* ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Triglycerides

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Atrophy* ; Brain*

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Blood Platelets* ; Platelet Aggregation*

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Health Promotion*

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Health Promotion*

Herein, a rare case of port site metastasis, following a laparoscopic radical nephrectomy in a 62-years old male patient with a stage pT2N0M0 and Fuhrman grade III renal cell carcinoma, is reported. The patient suffered port site metastasis, with local recurrence. The port site metastasis was incidentally found in the patient during the laparoscopic examination for a laparoscopic mass resection of a local recurrent tumor. The most important appropriate surgical techniques are those where the port site metastasis can be controlled.
Carcinoma, Renal Cell* ; Humans ; Laparoscopy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Metastasis* ; Nephrectomy* ; Recurrence

BACKGROUND: The pathogenic human parvovirus B19 replicates only in erythroid progenitor cells. The blood-group P antigen has been reported to be the cellular receptor of this virus. Human parvovirus B19 is known to be the etiologic agent of erythema infectiosum and causes a chronic anemia resulting from a persistent infection in immunocompromised patients. Recently, it has been re-ported to play a role in rheumatoid arthritis activity (RA). This study was aimed to determine whether human parvovirus B19 has a role to play in chronic anemia of RA which is the case in immunocompromised patients. We also investigated the association between the activity of the disease in RA and human parvovirus B19 infections. METHODS: Of 107 patients that had RA, 49 patients had anemia and 58 patients did not. We used ESR and CRP results to estimate the degree of disease activity. Thirty-eight patients having RA had a normal ESR and 69 patients had a high ESR. Sixty patients had normal CRP and 47 patients had high CRP. Sera of patients were tested for the presence of anti-human parvovirus B19 (IgG and IgM) using ELISA (Biotrin, Co. Dublin, Ireland). RESULTS: Of 107 patients who had RA, 79.4% (85/107) and 3.7% (4/107) were positive for IgG and IgM, respectively. There were no statistical differences between RA patients with anemia and those without anemia in the anti-human parvovirus B19 test (P>0.05). There were also no statistical differences between patients that had a normal or high ESR/CRP ratio (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Human parvovirus B19 did not play a role in the formation of the chronic anemia of RA which is different from the cases of immunocompromised patients. Furthermore, we found no association between disease activity in RA and human parvovirus B19 infections.
Anemia* ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid* ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Erythema Infectiosum ; Erythroid Precursor Cells ; Humans* ; Immunocompromised Host ; Immunoglobulin G ; Immunoglobulin M ; Parvovirus ; Parvovirus B19, Human*

An isolated unilocular renal hydatid cyst is very rare and to the best of our knowledge, no such case has been reported in the Korean literature. A 56 year old woman, who liked eating raw vegetables fertilized by dog feces, visited our department because of an incidentally found renal cyst. Ultrasonography and the computed tomography (CT) scan showed a typical daughter cyst within the 6cm sized mother cyst. We performed retroperitoneal laparoscopic cyst marsupilaization after aspiration of the cystic contents and injection of a scolecidal agent. No dissemination and no recurrence have occurred to date.
Animals ; Dogs ; Eating ; Echinococcosis* ; Feces ; Female ; Humans ; Kidney ; Laparoscopy ; Middle Aged ; Mothers ; Nuclear Family ; Recurrence ; Ultrasonography ; Vegetables

The most interesting change in anesthetic technic for pain relief during labor and delivery has been the widespread acceptance of continuous lumber epidural analgesia. Primary effect of epidural analgesia is to relieve pain and therapy to preserve the morale and to prevent exhaustion of the mother. For the past year in our hospital, continuous lumbar epidural analgesia was attempted on 38 pregnant women and its effect was assessed. In established labor, epidural analgesia was started for pain relief and was maintained with intermittent injections until delivery; in 45% the duration exceeded six hours. Labor was slightly retarded, probably due to inadvertent selection of patients with slow and painful progress. Vacuum extraction was used in 52.6%. Fetal condition was excellent(Apgar score of 7 or greater in 97.4%). Continuous epidural analgesia gives superior relief of pain but cells for experienced management and nursing care.
Analgesia, Epidural* ; Female ; Humans ; Morale ; Mothers ; Nursing Care ; Pregnant Women ; Vacuum

Urethral diverticulum is a relatively uncommon abnormality for a man. We report here on a case of acquired anterior urethral diverticulum with giant calculi and cutaneous fistula in a 64-years old male patient who had suffered from urethritis 10 years previously. Retrograde urethrography and urethroscopy confirmed the anterior urethral diverticulum with giant calculi, and these procedures ruled out the presence of any associated obstructive urethral anomalies. We performed urethral diverticulectomy, with removal of the calculi, and then we performed urethroplasty.
Calculi* ; Cutaneous Fistula* ; Diverticulum* ; Humans ; Male* ; Middle Aged ; Urethra ; Urethritis