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Animals ; Antlers* ; Lipid Peroxidation* ; Liver*

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Arachnoid* ; Arachnoiditis* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Tuberculosis*

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Arachnoid* ; Arachnoiditis* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Tuberculosis*

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Atrioventricular Block*

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Dialysis* ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic* ; Pericarditis*

Although lymphoma may involve any part of gastrointestinal tract either primary or secondary, esophageal involvement is rare. Secondary esopahgeal involvement of lymphoma is showing an incidence between 0% and 6% with autopsy series and lesser then 1% in living patients. The occurrence of a tracheoesophageal fistula(TEF) in patient with lymphoma is even more rare. We describe one case of TEF due to secondary esophageal invasion of T-cell lympboma and review the literature, with particular attention to chest CT and esophagoscopic finding, and endoscopic biopsy result.
Autopsy ; Biopsy ; Gastrointestinal Tract ; Humans ; Incidence ; Lymphoma ; Lymphoma, T-Cell* ; T-Lymphocytes* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Tracheoesophageal Fistula*

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to get baseline data to establish a guideline for the infant nutrition by observing the feeding practice and nutritional intake during infancy and evaluationg the nutritional status of iron and lipids at 12-month-old infants. METHODS: This survery was cnducted from July to November, 1992. Subjects were healthy infants who were brought to Yeungnam University Hospital for vaccination. We followed up feeding methods for 6 months in 120 infants, and laboratory tests which include hemoglobin, fematocrit, MCHC, ferritin, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglyceride and urea nitrogen/creatinine ratio were done in 36 infants at 12 months of age. RESULTS: Male to female sex ratio was 1.6:1 in total 120 study infants. Among 36 infants who took laboratory tests, five infants were breast-fed, 25 were formula-fed, and 6 were mexed-fed. Percentage of the formula-fed infants increased as their monthly age increases. Although 54.2% of the studied infants were started weaning diet at four months of age, 10.8% of infants were not given any weaning diet until 6 month of age. Breastfed infnats had lower hemoglobin(10.6+/-1.8g/dl), hematocrit(32.6+/-3.6%), serum ferritin(13.6+/-13.1ng/ml)(p<0.05), and 15.6% of them had anemia and 16.7% of them had iron deficiency. Serum lipids levels except total cholesterol in breaset-fed female infants were comparable between groups. CONCLUSIONS: We confirm that the incidence of iron deficiency anemia was increased in breast fed infants and there was no difference in lipids levels according to different feeding methods. Adequate iron supplementation through weaning diets is one of the most important problems in breast milk feeding
Anemia ; Anemia, Iron-Deficiency ; Breast ; Cholesterol ; Diet ; Feeding Methods ; Female ; Ferritins ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant* ; Iron* ; Male ; Milk, Human ; Nutritional Status* ; Sex Ratio ; Triglycerides ; Urea ; Vaccination ; Weaning

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Allografts* ; Herpesviridae* ; In Situ Hybridization*

BACKGROUND: Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) has been detected in all forms of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). The role of HHV 8 in dermatologic diseases other than KS is controversial. Some studies based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) findings suggest an association between HHV8 and epithelial tumors of the skin. OBJECTIVE: To assess the presence of HHV8 sequences in classic KS and some premalignant and malignant cutaneous epithelial tumors by nested PCR and find out any variations in HHV8 DNA by direct sequencing. METHODS: In total 71 sample tissues were obtained from Korean patients: 5 classic KS, 12 Bowen's disease (BD), 19 actinic keratosis, 14 squamous cell carcinomas and 21 basal cell carcinomas. The first and nested PCR were performed to amplify the fragments of HHV8 open read frame (ORF) 26 and ORF 75 which were directly sequenced by dideoxy termination methods. RESULTS: HHV8 DNA sequences were found in 3 of 5 classic KS (60%) and in 1 of 12 BD. Other epithelial tumors were negative for HHV8. On sequencing PCR products, substitutions at 1033 C->T, 1086 C->T, and 1139 A->C were detected in ORF 26 of all 4 positive PCR products. In 2 of 3 KS positive for ORF 26, substitution was detected at 237 G->A in ORF 75. CONCLUSION: All of our Korean samples were included in the Zong's C strain. This study suggests that C strain is predominant in classic KS in Korea. But it is rare in non-KS cutaneous epithelial tumors. Studies of the length difference in the HHV8 genome should follow.
Animals ; Base Sequence* ; Bowen's Disease ; Carcinoma, Basal Cell ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; DNA* ; Ecthyma, Contagious ; Genome ; Herpesvirus 8, Human* ; Humans* ; Keratosis, Actinic ; Korea ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Sarcoma, Kaposi* ; Skin

BACKGROUND: Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) has been detected in all forms of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). The role of HHV 8 in dermatologic diseases other than KS is controversial. Some studies based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) findings suggest an association between HHV8 and epithelial tumors of the skin. OBJECTIVE: To assess the presence of HHV8 sequences in classic KS and some premalignant and malignant cutaneous epithelial tumors by nested PCR and find out any variations in HHV8 DNA by direct sequencing. METHODS: In total 71 sample tissues were obtained from Korean patients: 5 classic KS, 12 Bowen's disease (BD), 19 actinic keratosis, 14 squamous cell carcinomas and 21 basal cell carcinomas. The first and nested PCR were performed to amplify the fragments of HHV8 open read frame (ORF) 26 and ORF 75 which were directly sequenced by dideoxy termination methods. RESULTS: HHV8 DNA sequences were found in 3 of 5 classic KS (60%) and in 1 of 12 BD. Other epithelial tumors were negative for HHV8. On sequencing PCR products, substitutions at 1033 C->T, 1086 C->T, and 1139 A->C were detected in ORF 26 of all 4 positive PCR products. In 2 of 3 KS positive for ORF 26, substitution was detected at 237 G->A in ORF 75. CONCLUSION: All of our Korean samples were included in the Zong's C strain. This study suggests that C strain is predominant in classic KS in Korea. But it is rare in non-KS cutaneous epithelial tumors. Studies of the length difference in the HHV8 genome should follow.
Animals ; Base Sequence* ; Bowen's Disease ; Carcinoma, Basal Cell ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; DNA* ; Ecthyma, Contagious ; Genome ; Herpesvirus 8, Human* ; Humans* ; Keratosis, Actinic ; Korea ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Sarcoma, Kaposi* ; Skin