To identify the relation between simple reaction time and height and arm length, simple reaction time was performed to medical students with measurement of height, and arm length. Participants should answer questions about Smoking, drinking, sleep deprivation, history of diseaseand drug, whether to use computer or hot Mean height of men(n=98) was 173.0+/-4.79 cm, that of women (n-22) 161.7+/-4.33 cm. Mean arm length of men was 73.5+/-3.09 cm, and that of women 68.0+/-2.93 cm respectively. Height and arm length were statistically significantly different between-men and women (plt;0.01). Mean simple reaction time of men was 265.4+/-25.03 msec, that of women 286.8+/-28.48 msec. Mean simple reaction time was also statistically significantly different(p<0.01). As a result of correlation analysis, for men. None was significant. However, for women, height and arm length showed statistically significant, correlation with mean reaction time. Correlation coefficient of height and arm length were 0.45 (p<0.05) and 10.57 (p<0.05) respectively.
Arm* ; Drinking ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Reaction Time* ; Sleep Deprivation ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Students, Medical

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is an autosomal dominant inherited disease characterized by onset at a relatively early age, an excess of synchronous and metachronous tumors, and a variety of extracolorectal malignancies. Small bowel carcinoma reported, is included in the tumor spectrum of HNPCC, but the frequency of occurrence of this tumor in HNPCC patients is comparatively rare. In Korea, several cases of multiple primary cancers in patients with HNPCC have been reported, however, primary jejunal adenocarcinoma in conjunction with multiple primary cancers in the digestive tract has rarely been reported. Recently, we evaluated a 61-year-old male diagnosed with metachronous triple primary cancers of the jejunum, stomach, and colon. We report this rare case of primary jejunal adenocarcinoma as a part of metachronous triple cancers along with a review of the relevant literature.
Adenocarcinoma ; Colon ; Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis ; Gastrointestinal Tract ; Humans ; Jejunal Neoplasms ; Jejunum ; Korea ; Male ; Microsatellite Instability ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary ; Stomach

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the pattern of cerebral response to motor tasks in patients with schizophrenia compared with normal subjects using functional MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Nine right handed-schizophrenic patients and six right-handed normal subjects were included. We used right hand movement as task. Series of 120 consecutive echo-planar images per section were acquired during three cycles of task and rest activations. Lateralization index of cortical response was measured and compared between patients and normal subjects. RESULTS: Right hand motor task was associated with greater activation in left sensorimotor cortex than the right in normal subjects. Schizophrenia patients showed relatively decreased activation in left cortex and increased activation in right cortex compared with normal subjects. In one patient, reversed lateralization was noted. CONCLUSION: Normal hemispheric asymmetry of cortical response to motor task was found in different pattern in schizophrenia. Our result is consistent with functional disturbance of motor circuitry in this disorder. Functional MRI will play an important role in diagnosis and research of this disorder.
Brain ; Diagnosis ; Hand ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Schizophrenia*

Humans ; Malocclusion ; Mandibular Condyle ; Mouth ; Prognosis ; Retrospective Studies ; Temporomandibular Joint ; Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

Objective: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a sleep-related breathing disorder that can have a significant impact on the quality of life. According to recent studies, some OSAS patients exhibit swallowing abnormalities, such as the premature entry of food into the hypopharynx, and laryngeal penetration. We aimed to evaluate the swallowing function of OSAS patients and compare swallowing-related parameters between OSAS severity groups through a video fluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS). Methods: Ninety-two participants with a symptom of snoring were enrolled in this retrospective study. Eighty-four participants were diagnosed with OSAS by polysomnography. The subjects were evaluated using the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and divided into four groups, namely non-OSAS, mild, moderate, and severe OSAS. Since all patients reported choking symptoms, they underwent VFSS and were evaluated for penetration or aspiration. The temporal parameters evaluated were oral transit time, pharyngeal transit time, and pharyngeal delay time. The movement parameters assessed were the distance, duration, and velocity of laryngeal elevation (LE). Results: Penetration was detected in six OSAS patients, but aspiration was not observed in any patient. Seventy-four patients showed vallecular and pyriform sinus residue, although the amount was not significantly large. There was no significant difference in any of the temporal parameters between the groups except pharyngeal transit time with 10 ml of yogurt. In the Pearson’s correlation and multivariate linear regression analysis, LE distance and LE velocity, both correlated with AHI scores with 5 ml of liquid, 10 ml of liquid, and 10 ml of yogurt, respectively. Conclusion Severe OSAS patients showed longer and faster hyolaryngeal movement while swallowing, which may be a compensatory movement to prevent penetration or aspiration.

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in pediatric age tends to progress to end stage renal disease and to recur after renal transplantation. And recurrence of FSGS after kidney transplantation results in the graft loss in above half of cases. An unknown circulating factor in serum and immunologic dysfunction may be responsible for the recurrence. So, plasmapheresis to remove the uncertain serum factor and high dose cyclosporin A to control the immunologic system have been tried as the therapeutic regimen. We experienced 5 patients with recurrent FSGS after transplantation and tried plasmapheresis and methyl prednisolone pulse therapy with high dose cyclosporin A for them. The patients were 2 girls and 3 boys, aged between 8 and 14 years. In all cases, the kidney was donated by living related donors. Recurrence of FSGS was detected by postop. 3 days. Plasmapheresis started within 1 week after recurrence in 4 cases, and 2 months in 1 case. Early plasmapheresis brought rapid and sustained remission in 2 cases without evidence of acute rejection and short-term partial response in remaining 3 cases. In conclusion, plasmapheresis with high dose cyclosporin A resulted in a good outcome in recurrent FSGS. And starting plasmapheresis as early, prior to irreversible glomerular scarring, as possible is important for immediate and long-term prognosis in recurrent FSGS after renal transplantation.
Child ; Cicatrix ; Cyclosporine ; Female ; Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental* ; Humans ; Kidney ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; Kidney Transplantation* ; Plasmapheresis* ; Prednisolone ; Prognosis ; Recurrence ; Tissue Donors ; Transplants

Many hospitals experience one or more retained surgical instrument events with risk of patient morbidity and medicolegal problems. Identification of retained surgical instrument is important. The radiologists should be familiar with imaging finding of retained surgical instrument. In a 62-year-old female with a retained plastic tube, localized peritoneal infiltration around air-containing tubular structure mimicked acute appendicitis on abdomen computed tomography (CT), one year after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We reported CT findings of foreign body reaction related to retained Endoloop ligature plastic tube mimicking acute appendicitis.
Abdomen ; Appendicitis* ; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic ; Female ; Foreign Bodies* ; Foreign-Body Reaction* ; Humans ; Ligation* ; Middle Aged ; Peritonitis ; Plastics*

Nimesulide, highly selective cyclooxygenase inhibitor-2, is a newly developed, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with low toxicity in gastrointestinal tract. But recently, seven cases of nimesulide-induced hepatitis of which types were hepatocellular, hepatocanalicular, and mixed damage were reported. Our case of nimesulide-induced hepatic damage was mixed cholestatic and hepatotoxic hypersensititvity reaction, and her story was as follows. A 70-year female patient's first hepatic event happened in Jaunuary, 1998 after taking nimesulide 200mg daily for 50 days from November 1997, but it was cleared. She was admitted to our unit because of jaundice, edema and ascites in May, 1998 after retrial of nimesulide 150 mg daily for 50 days. Biochemical determinations showed increase of AST (181 IU/L), ALT (110 IU/L), bilirubin (20.3 mg/dL) and albumin (2.3 g/dL). Prothrombin time was also prolonged upto 2.51 INR. But neither viral markers such as anti-HCV, HBsAg, anti-HBc IgM, anti-HAV IgM, anti-CMV, anti-EBV IgG and IgM nor other immunologic markers such as ANA, SMA, and AMA were positive. Ultrasonography showed diffuse hyperechogenicity in liver and mild splenomegaly but no dilatation in biliary tract. Liver biopsy showed portal to portal bridging necrosis with severe hepatocytic cholestasis. Her liver function returned to normal after discontinuation of nimesulide. At 8 months after beginning treatment, she complained of recurrent epistaxis and abdominal distension. At this time, her liver biopsy showed cirrhosis. In conclusion, we considered that this case was nimesulide-induced Liver cirrhosis.
Abdominal Abscess ; Ascites ; Biliary Tract ; Bilirubin ; Biomarkers ; Biopsy ; Catheterization ; Cholestasis ; Dilatation ; Drainage ; Edema ; Epistaxis ; Female ; Fibrosis ; Gastrointestinal Tract ; Hepatitis A Antibodies ; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens ; Hepatitis* ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; Immunoglobulin M ; International Normalized Ratio ; Jaundice ; Liver ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Necrosis ; Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases ; Prothrombin Time ; Splenomegaly ; Ultrasonography

Transitional-CpG methylation between unmethylated promoters and nearby methylated retroelements plays a role in the establishment of tissue-specific transcription. This study examined whether chromosomal losses reducing the active genes in cancers can change transitional-CpG methylation and the transcription activity in a cancer-type-dependent manner. The transitional-CpG sites at the CpG-island margins of nine genes and the non-island-CpG sites round the transcription start sites of six genes lacking CpG islands were examined by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. The number of active genes in normal and cancerous tissues of the stomach, colon, breast, and nasopharynx were analyzed using the public data in silico. The CpG-island margins and non-island CpG sites tended to be hypermethylated and hypomethylated in all cancer types, respectively. The CpG-island margins were hypermethylated and a low number of genes were active in the normal stomach compared with other normal tissues. In gastric cancers, the CpG-island margins and non-island-CpG sites were hypomethylated in association with high-level chromosomal losses, and the number of active genes increased. Colon, breast, and nasopharyngeal cancers showed no significant association between the chromosomal losses and methylation changes. These findings suggest that chromosomal losses in gastric cancers are associated with the hypomethylation of the gene-control regions and the increased number of active genes.
Alu Elements/genetics ; *Chromosome Deletion ; CpG Islands/*genetics ; *DNA Methylation ; DNA, Neoplasm/chemistry/isolation & purification ; Gene Expression Profiling ; *Genes, Neoplasm ; Humans ; Long Interspersed Nucleotide Elements/genetics ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; *Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Stomach Neoplasms/*genetics

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Hepatitis A is increasing during the recent years in Korea, and sporadic cases of hepatitis E are not rare. We investigated the etiology of acute viral hepatitis, including 27 cases of coinfection with hepatitis A and E, during the last 3 years. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of one hundred eleven patients with acute viral hepatitis at Chung-Ang University Hospital was done from January 2005 to July 2007. The patients were positive for any one of the following tests: IgM anti-HAV, IgM anti-HBc, HCV RNA and IgM anti-HEV. RESULTS: The proportions of acute viral hepatitis A, B and C were 94.6% (105/111), 4.5% (5/111) and 0.9% (1/111), respectively. Among the patients with hepatitis A, 27 patients (24.3%) were positive for IgM anti-HEV. We analyzed 105 patients with either hepatitis A only or they had coinfection of hepatitis A and E. The mean age, the duration of the hospital stay, the mean levels of serum transaminase, bilirubin and albumin and the protrombin time were similar between the patients with hepatitis A only and those with coinfection of hepatitis A and E. All the patients were discharged without serious complication such as fulminant hepatic failure. The biochemical liver function tests were normalized in all patients within 8 weeks. CONCLUSIONS: The most common etiology of acute viral hepatitis in Koreans was the hepatitis A virus. Patients coinfected with hepatitis A and E were observed. The patients with coinfection of hepatitis A and E showed no significant difference in their clinical features and laboratory parameters, as compared to the patients with hepatitis A only.
Bilirubin ; Coinfection ; Hepatitis ; Hepatitis A ; Hepatitis A Antibodies ; Hepatitis A virus ; Hepatitis E ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin M ; Korea ; Length of Stay ; Liver Failure, Acute ; Liver Function Tests ; Retrospective Studies ; RNA