Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis(NEH) was originally described in 1982 by Harrist et al. in a patient with myelogenous leukemia receiving chemotherapy. Clinically NEH represents various cutaneous manifestations with or without tenderness and pruritus. Histologic examination demonstrates a neutrophilic infiltrate within and around the eccrine gland and degeneration of the eccrine gland structures. Although the pathogenesis and possible cause of NEH remain unknown, it is probably an unusual cutaneous reaction to chemotherapeutic agents. A few cases of infection associated eccrine hidradenitis are found in the literature. We report three cases of neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis. Two cases were associated with hematologic malignancy. The third case was associated with an infection of Vibrio vulnificus.
Drug Therapy ; Eccrine Glands ; Hematologic Neoplasms ; Hidradenitis* ; Humans ; Leukemia, Myeloid ; Neutrophils* ; Pruritus ; Vibrio vulnificus

Monitoring fetal movement serves as an indirect rneasure of fetal well-being, especially for central nervous system integrity and function. Methods to monitor fetal movement vary from the simple approach of having the mother chart perceived movement to highly specialized methods. However there were no reliable objective monitoring methods in Korea. For development of objective method for evaluating fetal movement, during pregnancy, one-hundred and two pregnant patients were entered to this study. All patients were divided into following 3 groups and each type of monitoring methods were applied. Group 1(N=20): Type I using portable FHR Doppler unit(IFD-100 model, Intermed, Korea). Group 2(N=20): Type II using FHR Microphone(Prenatal Listening Kit, Model FS002, Unisar Inc., US). Group 3(N=62): Type III using conventional ultrasound transducer(Corometric 115 Model, US). In this study, accurate counting of the fetal movementutus were best performed using Type III, because of monitoring fetal movements has its greatest efficiency when using conventional ultrasound transducer of fetal monitor. It was also attractive to doctors and nurses as a convenient methods because it needed only single transducer when compared to Type I and II. Although monitoring fetal body movement permits a general assessment of well-being, no perfect technique is still reliable. Futher techniques would be developed using the results of this study for improvement of several factors such as accuracy and objectiveness
Central Nervous System ; Fetal Monitoring ; Fetal Movement* ; Humans ; Korea ; Mothers ; Pregnancy* ; Transducers ; Ultrasonography

BACKGROUND: To investigate the effect of manganese on lipid peroxidation and compositional changes of fatty acids in hippocampus of rat brain. METHODS: Seven rats in experimental group were given with MnCl2 intraperitoneally for 4 weeks (4 mg/kg once daily, 5 days per week). Twenty four hours after the last injection, rats were decapitated and, hippocampus were separated from the rat brain. RESULT: In Mn-treated group, manganese concentrations increased significantly in the hippocampus by 222% compared with control group (P<0.01). MDA concentrations increased significantly by 149% compared with control group (P<0.05). Among fatty acids, total n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) increased significantly by 237% compared with control group (P<0.05). Linoleic acid (LA) and arachidonic acids (AA) increased by 213%, 238% (P<0.05, P<0.01, respectively). Among n-3 PUFAs except linolenic acids, eicosapentanoic acid(EPA) and docosahexanoic acids (DHA) decreased significantly by 70%, 50% respectively compared with control group (both P<0.01). CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that manganese may cause compositional changes of fatty acids in hippocampus of rat brain. Characteristics of fatty acids compositional changes by manganese were the decrease of EPAs and DHAs (n-3 PUFAs), and increase of AA and LA (n-6 PUFAs). These changes with the increase of MDA, suggest that manganese neurotoxicity is caused by lipid peroxidation.
alpha-Linolenic Acid ; Animals ; Arachidonic Acid ; Arachidonic Acids ; Brain* ; Fatty Acids* ; Fatty Acids, Omega-3 ; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated ; Hippocampus* ; Linoleic Acid ; Linolenic Acids ; Lipid Peroxidation* ; Malondialdehyde ; Manganese* ; Rats*

A case of metastatic adrenal cortical carcinoma in which partial remission was achieved with transarterial embolization is presented as probably the first reported case in the literature to date. A 29-year-old woman was admitted because of adrenal cortical carcinoma which had not responded to mitotane. A left adrenalectomy with segmentectomy of the involved liver had been done previously. Abdominal computerized tomography demonstrated multiple large metastatic tumors in the liver. Transarterial embolization with Gelfoam and 20 mCi of 131I-labeled lipiodol was performed and resulted in a decrease in tumor size and biochemical parameters. Transarterial embolization can be one of the therapeutic modalities for metastatic adrenal cortical carcinomas.
Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms/metabolism/*therapy ; Adult ; *Embolization, Therapeutic ; Female ; Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable ; Hepatic Artery ; Humans ; Hydrocortisone/metabolism ; Iodine Radioisotopes ; Iodized Oil ; Liver Neoplasms/metabolism/*secondary/*therapy

PURPOSE: We compared orbital implants with hydroxyapatite and with Medpor (R) in operative group and observed clinical results by retrospective study. METHODS: We used hydroxyapatite implantation in 17 subjects(17 eyes) and Medpor(R) implantation in other 15 subjects (15 eyes) with enucleation and evisceration from April 1996 to May 2000. RESULTS: We observed clinical results for 10~34 month (average 20 month); Three cases of implant exposure, one case of peg extrusion, two cases of superficial conjunctival wound dehiscence, one case of granulation tissue overgrowth, and one case of implant self-infection after hydroxyapatite implantation; Two cases of implant exposure and one case of superficial conjunctivial wound dehiscence after Medpor(R) implantation. In measurement at 6 months after operation, fibrovascular ingrowth pattern after hydroxyapatite implantation was slightly better than Medpor R implantation, and prothesis motility was not different. CONCLUSIONS: We found high frequency of complication with implant exposure, superficial conjunctival wound dehiscence, granulation tissue formation after Hydroxyapatite implantation than Medpor(R) implantation, and that no different complication with the exception of noise of prosthesis movement in Medpor(R) implantation, which is better useful for peg drilling & enucleation. So it is thought to be Medpor(R) is more useful clinical materials for orbital implants than Hydroxyapatite.
Durapatite* ; Granulation Tissue ; Noise ; Orbit* ; Orbital Implants* ; Prostheses and Implants ; Retrospective Studies ; Wounds and Injuries

No abstract available.
Pneumonia* ; Squalene*

Several prognostic factors have been implicated in survival prolongation in patients with metastatic brain tumors. Among these, surgery has been regarded as very significant one with respect to life prolongation and improving the quality of survival in such patients. From August 1982 through July 1996, a series of 31 patients with metastatic brain tumors among 785 patients with operated brain tumors, whose medical records, X-rays and follow-ups were avilable, was studied retrospectively to evaluate the beneficial effects of surgery. Despite the limitations inherent to the retrospective study and limited number of patients, we divided these patients into two groups to find out any statistical differences in terms of survival and quality of survival among them: 1) Conservative group(8 nonoperated patients: 5 patients with biopsy or partial resection): 13, and 2) Surgical treatment group(17 totally resected patients: one patient with subtotal resection): 18. The quality of survival was assessed by Karnofsky performance(KP) scale before and after each treatment. The survival of the patients in the surgical treatment group was longer than the conservative treatment group(14.5 months/10 months), but this was not statistically significant(p value: 0.3305). However, improvement of quality of survival, in terms of KP scale, was significantly higher in the surgical treatment group(p value: 0.0027). Although confounded by the lack of controlled, randomized study and limitations of retrospective study, aggressive surgery can be regarded to have a significant role in improving the quality of survival in patients with metastatic brain tumors.
Biopsy ; Brain Neoplasms* ; Brain* ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Life Support Care ; Medical Records ; Pheniramine ; Retrospective Studies

Clevudine was approved as an antiviral agent for hepatitis B virus, which showed marked, rapid inhibition of virus replication without significant toxicity. However, several studies have reported myopathy associated with clevudine therapy. Also, we experienced seven patients who suffered from myopathy during clevudine therapy. To characterize clevudine-induced myopathy, we collected previously reported cases of clevudine myopathy and analyzed all the cases including our cases. We searched electronic databases that were published in English or Korean using PubMed and KoreaMed. Ninety-five cases with clevudine myopathy, including our seven cases, were selected and analyzed for the demographic data, clinical features, and pathologic findings. The 95 patients with clevudine-induced myopathy comprised 52 women and 43 men aged 48.9 years (27–76 years). The patients received clevudine therapy for about 14.2 months (5–24 months) before the development of symptoms. Weakness mainly involved proximal extremities, especially in the lower extremities, and bulbar and neck weakness were observed in some cases (13.7%). Creatine kinase was elevated in the majority of patients (97.9%). Myopathic patterns on electromyography were observed in most patients examined (98.1%). Muscle biopsy presented patterns compatible with mitochondrial myopathy in the majority (90.2%). The weakness usually improved within about 3 months after the discontinuation of clevudine. Though clevudine has been known to be safe in a 6-month clinical trial, longer clevudine therapy for about 14 months may cause reversible mitochondrial myopathy. Careful clinical attention should be paid to patients with long-term clevudine therapy.
Biopsy ; Creatine Kinase ; Electromyography ; Extremities ; Female ; Hepatitis B ; Hepatitis B virus ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Male ; Mitochondrial Myopathies* ; Muscular Diseases ; Neck ; Virus Replication

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study OBJECTIVES: To determine MR findings that affect the bone cement leakage in patients with osteoporotic compressive fractures who are receiving percutaneous vertebroplasties and kyphoplasties. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective review was conducted on 105 patients with 131 vertebrae treated by percutaneous vertebroplasties (group 1: 66 patients and 78 cases) and kyphoplasties (group 2: 39 patients and 53 cases) from October 2001 to October 2005. The study was performed to determine whether cement leakage was related to any of the following MR findings: level of injured vertebra, severity of anterior height loss, posterior cortical disruption, endplate disruption, presence of either vacuum or cystic portions, linear sclerosis that was low in signal intensity in T1 and T2-weighted images. RESULTS: Bone cement leakage was detected in 51 (65.3%) of 78 treated vertebrae in group 1 and 18 (33.9%) of 53 treated vertebrae in group 2. There was a statistically significant difference between the incidences (p<0.05). Vertebral endplate disruption had a positive correlation in both groups (p<0.05). There was more cement leakage in group 1 (48.5%) than in group 2 (18.1%) in cases of endplate disruption (p<0.05). Vacuum or cystic change had negative correlations to bone cement leakage in group 1 (p<0.05). No other MR findings demonstrated a statistically significant correlation with bone cement leakage. CONCLUSION: On the MR findings, vertebral endplate disruption and vacuum or cystic change in fractured vertebrae demonstrated a significant correlation with bone cement leakage in group 1. There was relatively less cement leakage into the intervertebral spaces with kyphoplasties than with vertebroplasties in the cases of vertebral endplate disruption.
Fractures, Compression* ; Humans ; Incidence ; Kyphoplasty* ; Retrospective Studies ; Sclerosis ; Spine ; Vacuum ; Vertebroplasty*

No abstract available.
Factor VIII* ; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length*