No abstract available.
Chorion* ; Chorionic Villi Sampling* ; Chorionic Villi* ; Chromosome Aberrations* ; Female ; Pregnancy ; Prenatal Diagnosis*

No abstract available.
Ascites* ; Pancreatitis, Chronic* ; Pleural Effusion*

No abstract available.
Dandy-Walker Syndrome* ; Prenatal Diagnosis* ; Trisomy*

PURPOSE: This study was performed to evaluate the effect of dietary factors on the risk of breast cancer in Korean women. METHODS: New histologically proven breast cancer cases (n=108) were selected at Hanyang and Soonchunhyang University Hospitals in Seoul. Controls (n=121) were selected from patients in the Departments of Plastic Surgery, General Surgery and Opthalmology at the same hospitals by frequency matching of age and menopausal status. Informations on demographic, reproductive, and dietary factors were collected by an interviewer. Food intake was assessed by using food frequency questionnaires. The association of dietary factors with breast cancer risk was analyzed using total nutrient intake and food intake based on menopausal status. The statistical analysis was done by using unconditional logistic regression after adjusting for age and other confounding factors. RESULTS: The results were as follows: Breast cancer risk significantly decreased with consumption of the following nutrients: fiber in postmenopausal women, vit C in postmenopausal and total women, and vit E in premenopausal women. However, neither total energy nor fat intake was associated with development of breast cancer. Grape and pepper intake in premenopausal women and kimchi intake in total women were significantly associated with decreasing risk of breast cancer. Overall consumption of vegetables and fruits was associated with decreased breast cancer risk. CONCLUSION: Consumption of vegetables and fruits showed a protective effect in breast cancer risk, but neither the intake of fat nor the intake of protein was associated with breast cancer risk in this study. These findings suggest that the consumption of vegetables, and fruits is a protective factor. Further studies with larger numbers of subjects should be conducted to evaluate the association between breast cancer risk and dietary factors.
Breast Neoplasms* ; Breast* ; Case-Control Studies* ; Eating ; Female ; Fruit ; Hospitals, University ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Seoul ; Surgery, Plastic ; Vegetables ; Vitis

Kaposis sarcoma is a multicentric neoplastic vascular tumor involving the skin or internal organs. We report a case of classic Kaposis sarcoma in a 69-year-old male who had positive serum cytomegalovirus antibodies and disseminated multiple erythematous to purplish colored confluent papules and edema on both lower legs. The histopathological finding showed abnormally proliferated and dilated vessels, vascular spaces, spindle cells, and extravasated erythrocytes. He was treated with radiotherapy, but died due to ventricular tachycardia.
Aged ; Antibodies ; Cytomegalovirus ; Edema ; Erythrocytes ; Humans ; Leg* ; Male ; Radiotherapy ; Sarcoma, Kaposi* ; Skin ; Tachycardia, Ventricular

Killian-Jamieson diverticula are lateral diverticula in the cervical esophagus. Because of their location, they have been found incidentally during ultrasound (US) and they've sometimes been mistakenly identified for thyroid nodules. We describe here the US findings, the fine needle aspiration (FNA) procedure and the esophagography of a Killian-Jamieson diverticulum in a 70-year-old man. This diverticulum was considered to be a calcified thyroid nodule until we performed FNA. We will discuss the sonographic findings that are helpful for differentiating Killian-Jamieson diverticula from thyroid nodules. In addition, we describe the US findings of a small Killian-Jamieson diverticulum in a 34-year-old woman.
Adult ; Aged ; Biopsy, Fine-Needle ; Diverticulum* ; Esophagus ; Female ; Humans ; Thyroid Gland* ; Thyroid Nodule* ; Ultrasonography*

The monoclonal antibody Ki-1(CD30) was first described in 1982 and was reported to react selectively with Reed-Sternberg cells in Hodgkins disease, highly activated B and T cells and large cell lymphomas of both T-and B-cell origin. Lymphomatoid papulosis(LyP) is characterized by recurrent erythematous papules or nodules that undergo spontaneous healing with hyperpigmentation and scarring. Histologically, two major types of LyP can be distinguished: type A is characterized by the presence of variable numbers of Ki-1+ large, atypical lymphocytes with some Reed-Sternberg like cells and type B is characterized by Ki-1- atypical cerebriform mononuclear cells similar to those in mycosis fungoides. We report a case of Ki-1+ lymphomatoid papulosis which was histopathologically recognized as a type B lesion but represented a Ki-1 positive reaction.
B-Lymphocytes ; Cicatrix ; Hodgkin Disease ; Hyperpigmentation ; Lymphocytes ; Lymphoma ; Lymphomatoid Papulosis* ; Mycosis Fungoides ; Reed-Sternberg Cells ; T-Lymphocytes

We report two cases of recurrent extramarnmary Pagets disease after wide local excision. Both cases involved the scrotum and the penoserotal junction, respectively. On histopathological examination, we could observed many Paget cells confined to the epidermis and the hair follicle, but not invading the underlying dermis in both cases. There was no evidence of internal malignancy. Both cases were treated with wide local reexcision.
Dermis ; Epidermis ; Hair Follicle ; Paget Disease, Extramammary* ; Scrotum

A clinical and histologic survey was done on 71 cases of basal cel carcinoma(BCC) filed at Department of Clinical Fathology, Kang Nam, Han Kang, and Kang Dong Sacred Heart Hospital during past 13 year s from 1979 to 1991. The results were summerized as follows: 1. Of all malignant skin tumors BCC accounted for 31.6%. The frequency of BCC in the total number of outpatients visiting the Department of Dermatology was 0.06%. 2. The ratio of men to women with HCC was 1:1.03. 83.8% of the pat.ients with BCC were older than the age of l0 years with the mean age of 56.9 years. 3. 83.8% of the BCC appared in the face, especially on the nose(25.4%), eyelid(20.3%). 4. On the basis of classification of Lever et al, the solid type(66.7% ) was the most com mon histologic pattern, followed by the adenoid(8.8%), pigmented(8.8%), and etc. By the classification of Farmer et al, the nodulocystic type(35.1% ) was the most common histologic pattern followed by infiltrative(31.6%), adenoid(8.8%), pigmented(8.8%), and etc. By the classification on Sexton et al, in the order of decreasing frequency, liistologic subtypes were the nodular(43.9%), mixed (22.8%), infiltrative(19.3%), supeficial(3.5%), morpheic(3.5%), and micronodular(3.5%).
Carcinoma, Basal Cell* ; Classification ; Dermatology ; Female ; Heart ; Humans ; Male ; Outpatients ; Skin

No abstract available.
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome*