An unusual pattern of focal involvement of lymph nodes by Hodgkin's disease is described using the name Interfollicular Hodgkin's Disease. It is characterized by florid reactive follicular hyperplasia which overshadows involvement of the interfollicular zones by Hodgkin's desease. The importance of interfollicular Hodgkin's disease rests on its misdiagnosis as a benign lesion. We report a case of interfollicular Hodgkin's disease in a 34-year-old female patient in the inguinal area. The lymph nodes showed reactive follicular hyperplasia. The focal interfollicular spaces were invaded by Hodgkin's disease. The Reed-Stemberg cells stained positively with CD15 and CD30 antibody in the immunohistochemical stain. An in situ hybridization study looking for EBV was negative in these R-S cells.
Female ; Humans

Primary carcinoma of fallopian tube is very rare tumor, that has an incidence less than 1% in all female genital malignanciea. Yhe symptoms are not distinctive, and in moat cases, they are so slight that the disease is well advanced when the diagnosis is made. The postmenopausal bleeding is the most common presenting eomplaint. The diagnosis of carcinoma of the fallopian tube is not made preoperatively in most cases. A 57 years woman presented with complainta of postmenopausal bleeding for 1 month. This paper reports a case of primary fallopian tube carcinoma and presents literature review.
Diagnosis ; Fallopian Tubes* ; Female ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Incidence

Among total 108 cases of biopsy-proven fibroadenomas of the breast, which obtained from the files of the Asan Medical Center during one year period from October 1998 to September 1999, 23 cases cytologically diagnosed as high risk group were reviewed to retrieve the mis-leading factors. Initial cytologic diagnoses of 23 cases were proliferative breast lesion with atypia(high risk) in 21 cases(91.3%) and papillary neoplasm in 2 cases(8.7%). When we reanalysed 23 cases by Masood scoring system, they were classified as one non-proliferative breast lesion(4.3%), 16 proliferative breast lesions without atypia (69.6%), and 6 proliferative breast lesions with atypia(26.1%). None were subject to the category of carcinoma. Cytologic features leading to the overdiagnosis of high grade epithelial lesions were as follows; cellular dissociation without nuclear atypia, nuclear pleomorphism, anisonucleosis, and occasional macronucleoli without nuclear enlargement, lack of myxoid stroma, and few naked stromal cells. To avoid cytologic overdiagnosis of fibroadenoma, mild to moderate nuclear pleomorphism without nuclear enlargement, and cellular dissociation without nuclear atypia should not be regarded as criteria of high risk group.
Neoplasm Metastasis

Adrenal pseudocysts are rare benign cystic lesions resulting from a hemorrhage into a normal parenchyme of the adrenal gland. Although the frequency of adrenal cysts are increasing due to improved radiologic imaging techniques, only two cases have been reported in Korean literatures. A 63-year-old man was presented with a 10-year history of a mass in the right abdomen. Abdominal computed tomogram and a magnetic resonance image study showed a 9 cm sized well defined heterogeneous low attenuated mass in the right suprarenal area. Gross examination revealed an ovoid rubbery mass measuring 10 9 8 cm and weighing 355 gm. The content of this lesion was tan to deep brown, necrotic, and creamy with myxoid areas. Histologic examination revealed compressed, thin layers of adrenal cortex embedded in the fibrous tissue, and the cystic contents were eosinophilic fibrinoid materials with a few dilated cavernous vascular spaces lined by endothelial cells.
Abdomen ; Adrenal Cortex ; Adrenal Glands* ; Endothelial Cells ; Eosinophils ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Triacetoneamine-N-Oxyl

Renal cell carcinoma, intimately associated with a sarcomatous component, is a rare malignant renal tumor. There is disagreement whether these represent true sarcomas or are sarcomatoid metaplasia. Therefore, this sarcomatous component is at times still a troublesome problem for pathologists. In March, 1986, we experienced a case of renal cell carcinoma associated with rhabdomyosarcomatous component in 47 year-old woman who had a rapidly enlarged, palpable abdominal mass. Grossly, a spherical renal cell carcinoma, 17x14x10 cm, in upper and middle portions of the right kidney showed extension through the renal capsule into the perirenal fat. Area of myxoid change was evident in the reanl cell carcinoma, with extensive hemorrhagic necrosis. Microscopically, in the myxoid area, there was malignant spindle cell proliferation in which many rhabdomyoblasts showing distinct cross striation could be demonstrated. This rhabdomyosarcomatous component intermixed with renal cell carcinoma of clear cell type could be also identified in the focal area.
Female ; Humans

No abstract available.
Dendritic Cells

The author studied 20 healthy adults (20 hands) as a control and 30 patients (40 hands) with carpal tunnel syndrome to evaluate the clinical usefulness of measuring nerve conduction velocity after wrist flexion in diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. The median nerve conduction velocity over wrist to finger segment was measured before and after wrist flexion for 1, 2 and 5 minutes, using belly-tendon method for motor nerve distal latency (MNDL) and antidromic method for sensory nerve conduction velocity (SNCV). The results were as follows: 1. In control group, MNDL increased in 1 hand and SNCV decreased in 2 hands after wrist flexion. In patient group, MNDL increased in 2 hands and SNCV decreased in 3 hands after wrist flexion. 2. In both control and patient group, there were no significant changes in mean values of SNCV and MNDL between before and after wrist flexion. 3. Phalen's wrist flexion test was positive in 5 percent of control and 60 percent of patient group. 4. Tinel's sign was present in 10 percent of control and 33 percent of patient group.
Adult ; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome* ; Diagnosis ; Fingers ; Hand ; Humans ; Median Nerve ; Methods ; Neural Conduction* ; Wrist*

Epinephrine induced cardiac dysrhythmias and cardiovascular responses during halothane anesthesia for 70 pediatric tonsillectomy cases were observed at Taegu Catholic Medical College from January to July, 1991 We have evaluated the frequencies of cardiac arrhythmia, and the changes of heart rate and blood pressure according to the administration of epinephrine for the purpase of hemostasis on the operating fields. All patients were divided into 3 groups as follows: Group I; Epinephrine used under halothane anesthesia(n=30). Group II; Epinephrine used under halothane anesthesia with fentanyl(n=20). Group III; Epinephrine used under halothane anesthesia with fentanyl, but shut-off the halothane inhalation briefly(n=20). The results were as follows: l) Systolic blood pressure, Increases of systolic blood pressure were observed in all groups compared with pre-injection state and there were statistical significances in group L 2) Heart rate; Decreases of heart rate were observed in group III compared with pre-injection state and there were statistical significances in group III compared with group I. 3) Dysrhythmias; Most childrens electrocardiograms revealed the sinus rhythms except only 4 cases of premature ventricular contraction and 2 cases of nodal rhythm. These benign dysrhythmias were restored to normal sinus rhythms immediately after administration of small doses of lidocaine & 100% oxygen and simultaneously shut-off the inhalation of halothane.
Anesthesia* ; Arrhythmias, Cardiac ; Blood Pressure ; Child ; Daegu ; Electrocardiography ; Epinephrine* ; Fentanyl ; Halothane* ; Heart Rate ; Hemostasis* ; Humans ; Inhalation ; Lidocaine ; Oxygen ; Tonsillectomy* ; Ventricular Premature Complexes

No abstract available.
Diagnosis* ; Female ; Humans ; Ovarian Neoplasms*

No abstract available.
Humans ; Twins*