PURPOSE:This study was performed to investigate the status of cardiac structure and function and to assess their alterations after growth hormone(GH) treatment in children with growth hormone deficiency(GHD). METHODS:Interventricular septal thickness and left ventriclular posterior wall thickness, ejection fraction(EF), fractional shortening(FS), systolic time interval(STI) of left ventricle were measured by two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography in sixteen children with GHD and age, sex matched sixteen children with GH normal short stature as control. The measure were done before GH treatment and at 6 and 12 months of GH treatment, respectively. RESULTS: 1)Left ventricular posterior wall thickness in GHD group was significantly thinner than that of control group(P<0.05). 2)Interventricular septal thickness and left ventricular posterior wall thickness were increased with GH treatment from 10.4+/-1.7mm, 8.1+/-1.8mm before GH treatment to 11.0+/-0.9mm, 8.7+/-0.7mm and 11.2+/-1.7mm, 9.7+/-1.8mm at 6 and 12 months of GH treatment, respectively. The increment of left ventricular posterior wall thickness after 12 months GH treatment revealed statistic significance(P<0.05). 3)There was no significant alterations of EF, FS, STI of left ventricle after GH treatment at 6 months and 12 months, respectively. CONCLUSION: Left ventricular posterior wall thickness in GHD group was significantly thin compared to that of control group(P<0.05). GH treatment in GHD children for 12 months, resulted statistically significant increase(P<0.05) in posterior wall thickness. There is no evidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after GH treatment. But we could not exclude the possibility of these alterations were induced by an increased overall body size and body surface area after GH treatment. To clarify the exact alterations of cardiac structures and function in children with GHD after GH treatment, long term follow-up studies should be necessary.
Body Size ; Body Surface Area ; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic ; Child* ; Echocardiography ; Follow-Up Studies ; Growth Hormone* ; Heart ; Heart Ventricles ; Humans

The aim of the present study is to demonstrate the usefulness of intraoperative fine needle aspiration (FNA) of pancreatic lesions in 30 patients. A conclusive diagnosis was done in 27 patients and the diagnoses of three patients were deferred. No complications followed the procedure. Based on histologic findings of the resected specimens in 20 cases and of cell blocks in 10 cases, the final diagnoses were adenocarcinoma in 19 cases, chronic pancreatitis in nine cases and tuberculosis in two cases. The sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy were 95%, 100% and 96% resepectively and there were no false positives. The smear of aspirate was stained with toluidine blue and examined by light microscope. The presence of there-dimensional clusters of disoriented cells and the increased nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio with large prominent nucleoli were the most helpful criteria for a diagnosis of malignancy in the pancreas. The intraoperative FNA of pancreatic lesions was considered as a simple, safe, and highly specific and sensitive tool in differentiating benign from malignant lesions. The intraoperative FNA can be recommended as the first tool of choice of intraoperative diagnostic procedure in lesions of the pancreas.
Child ; Male ; Female ; Humans ; Adenocarcinoma

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A case of hypertrophic lichen planus was reported and the literature reviewed. A 69-year-old widowed woman displayed generaIized discrete, multiple, round, various sized, flat-topped, hypertrophied papules and nodules on the abdomen, trunk and four extrimies for 42 years. An electron microscopic finding revealed widespread breakdown and thickening of the basal lamina at the dermo-epidermal junction and a degenerating change of the desmosomes. No particular intran uclear particles or bodies were discovered. We suggest that emotional factors and autoimmune mechanism might be the cause of the eruption in this case.
Abdomen ; Aged ; Basement Membrane ; Desmosomes ; Female ; Humans ; Lichen Planus* ; Lichens* ; Widowhood

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Dermatomyositis* ; Stomach Neoplasms*

Joubert syndrome is the very rare autosomal recessive disorder which is including agenesis of cerebellar vermis, respiratory discomfort, ocular motor apraxia, hereditary retinal dystrophy, ataxia and developmental retardation. To diagnose, the findings of electroretinography and visual evoked potential study can be useful and hypoplasia of cerebellar vermis in brain MRI can make certain diagnosis. We found ocular motor apraxia without head thrusts in 4-month little baby can't even control his head and neck, and then his electroretinography and visual evoked potential study was normal and there was agenesis of cerebellar vermis by MRI finding. So he was diagnosed as Joubert syndrome with ocular motor apraxia. Agenesis of cerebellar vermis is considered to be one of the causes of oculomotor apraxia, and the clinical presentation varies with the age and motor development of the child. So, we describe this case with a brief review of the literatures related to this disease.
Apraxias* ; Ataxia ; Brain ; Child ; Diagnosis ; Electroretinography ; Evoked Potentials, Visual ; Head* ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Neck ; Retinal Dystrophies

Paraganglioma is a benign tumor arising in the paraganglion system scattered throughout the body, but its cytopathologic findings arenot well known. We experienced a case of paraganglioma of carotid body diagnosed by fine needle aspiration. The patient was a 30 year-old female who suffered from the left neck mass for 3 years. The mass was 3x3crn in size without pulsation or bruit. Cytologically, the smear revealed aggregated and singly scattered tumor cells having abundant pale cytoplasm and indistinct cell borders. Their nuclei were round to oval, but enlarged nuclei were occasionally observed. The nuclear membrane was smooth with fine clumping of chromatin. Differentiation from metastatic follicular carcinoma of the thyroid gland was difficult.
Adult ; Biopsy, Fine-Needle ; Carotid Body ; Chromatin ; Cytoplasm ; Female ; Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental* ; Humans ; Neck ; Nephrotic Syndrome* ; Nuclear Envelope ; Paraganglioma ; Thyroid Gland

Aneurysm of the pulmonary artery is a rate entity. A neonate was seen with cyanosis and tachypnea. There was a grade 4/6 systolic murmur along the left sternal border. The chest X-ray showed a round mass shadow in the left parahilar region. Echocardiogram showed large Ventricular Septal Defect and mild Pulmonary Stenosis. The cardiac angiogram showed giant aneurysm of pulmonary artery. Surgical intervention was advised. However, the patient was discharged against operative plan. And the patient died two weeks later.
Aneurysm* ; Cyanosis ; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Pulmonary Artery ; Pulmonary Valve Stenosis* ; Systolic Murmurs ; Tachypnea ; Thorax

PURPOSE: To report a case of an acquired dacryocystocele successfully treated with bicanalicular silicone intubation and to review relating literature. CASE SUMMARY: A 17-year-old girl visited our clinic with tearing of both eyes since birth and a mass on the right medial canthal area for 2 years. A firm, non-tender mass with a well-demarcated border was palpated in the subcutaneous level just inferior to the right medial canthal ligament. Lacrimal irrigation via the lower punctums showed reflux through the opposite punctums without nasal passage in both of her eyes. Computed tomographic scan showed a widening of the right lacrimal sac fossa and bony nasolacrimal canal and a 16 x 18 mm sized cyst-like mass in the right lacrimal sac. The patient was diagnosed with right acquired dacryocystocele associated with bilateral congenital nasolacrimal duct obstructions. After opening of the obstructed common canaliculus using a fine lacrimal probe, silicone intubation was performed. The tearing symptom improved and the mass disappeared during the subsequent follow-up period of 1 year. CONCLUSIONS: When only accompanied by distal nasolacrimal duct obstruction, acquired dacryocystocele can be inferred to be associated with congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction. Subsequently, bicanalicular silicone intubation can be considered as a treatment of choice.
Adolescent ; Eye ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Intubation ; Ligaments ; Nasolacrimal Duct ; Parturition ; Silicones

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Exostoses*