No abstract available.
Crowns*

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Child* ; Humans

Ossification of the ligamentum flavum(OLF) is a well recognized cause of acquired spinal canal stenosis resulting in myelopathy, radiculopathy, or a combination of both. OLF is extremely rare in caucasian patients, but is one of the most common causes of compression of the posterior thoracic spinal cord in Japan. In most cases, it has been found in the thoracolumbar regions, and rarely in the cervical region. It is frequently but not alwalys found in association with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament(OPLL) and may cause cumulative damage, if comhined with OPLL. We experienced a case of ossification of the ligamentum flavum and posterior longitudinal ligament with sacral radiculopathy, which was treated hy posterior decompressive laminectomy and removal of the ossified ligamentum flavum and posterior longitudinal ligament. The day after operation, the radiating pain and paresthesia dramatically improved.
Constriction, Pathologic ; Humans ; Japan ; Laminectomy ; Ligamentum Flavum* ; Longitudinal Ligaments* ; Paresthesia ; Radiculopathy* ; Spinal Canal ; Spinal Cord ; Spinal Cord Diseases

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Calcinosis*

Leiomyosarcoma of the rectum is a extremely rare disease without well documented report on its management and prognosis. The most complicated problem lies on the correct diagnosis. Many pathologic and histologic criteria have been proposed to make it clear. The treatment of rectal leiomyosarcoma is controversial. Some authors recommand wide local excison for low-grade tumors as much as 2 cm in diameter. However, radical abdominoperineal resection is the procedure of choice. Leiomyosarcoma of the rectum is resistant to radiotherapy, and no single effective chemotherapeutic drug has been found yet, although adriamycin is effective in one third of all cases. The local recurrence rate was much higher in patients receiving wide local excision and the overall 5-year or 10-year survival rate is similar. We report a case of rectal leiomyosarcoma and review the literature.
Diagnosis ; Doxorubicin ; Humans ; Leiomyosarcoma* ; Prognosis ; Radiotherapy ; Rare Diseases ; Rectum* ; Recurrence ; Survival Rate

Palpation of an abdominal mass in an infant or child presents a challenging problem in diagnosis and treatment. We reviewed the data on 166 patients under age 15 years who admitted to Ped. Dept. of PMC due to palpable abdominal mass in Jan. 1972-July 1977. The results are as follows 1. Of the 57 surgical cases, pathologically confirmed abdominal tumors were 39 cases. Of the 20 retroperitoneal tumors, Wilms tumors were 13 cases, neuroblastomas were 3 cases, polycystic kidney was 1 case, and retroperitoneal teratoma was 1 case. Of the 19 intraperitonel tumors, hepatomas were 3 cases, hepatoblastoma was 1 case, choledocal cysts were 3 cases, mesenteric and omental cysts were 4 cases, malignant lymphomas were 4 cases and ovarian cysts were 3 cases. Other surgical diseases were 2 cases of ascariasis and 2 cases of bezoar. 2. Medical cases were as follows : 35 cases of leukemia, 15 cases of infectious hepatitis, 14 cases of congenital syphilis 7 cases of liver cirrhosis 7 cases of lirerabscesses, 4 cases of miliary Tbc., 3 cases of congenital spherocytosis, 1 case of cryptococosis, I case of osteopetrosis and 1 case of erythroblastosis fetalis. 3. In age distribution, almost all cases(94%) of Wilms tumor and neuroblastoma were under age of 4 and half of medical cases in infancy were congenital syphilis. 4. Of the pathologically confirmed 39 abdominal tumors, 20 cases were retroperitoneal tumor and 19 cases were intraperitoneal tumor. Of the 20 retroperitonel tumor cases, 16 cases were renal origin, 3 cases were adrenal origin, and 1 case was teratoma. Of the 19 intraperitoneal tum orcases, 8 cases were hepatobiliary origin, 3 cases were ovary origin, 4 cases were omental and mesenteric origin and 4 cases were lymphatics origin. 5. Of the 39 abdominal tumor cases, 34 cases (87%) visited the hospital with the chief complaint of palpable abdominal mass. But, of the 94 medical cases, only 16 cases(17%) visited the hospital with the chief complaint of palpable abdominal mass. 6. In some cases presumptive diagnosis on the base of history taking, physical examination, chest X-ray, simple abdominal X-ray. Peripheral blood findings on admission were uncorrect. In 1 case of Wilms tumor, we suspected liver abscess on admission. In 1/3 case of intraperitoneal tumors, we suspected retroperitoneal tumor on admission. We suspected lymphoma on admission in 1 case of ascariasis and 1 case of bezoar. We misdiagnoed 1 case of miliary Tbc. As hepatoma, 1 case of liver cirrhosis as retroperitoneal tumor and 1 case of congenital syphilis as retroperitoneal tumor on admission. 7. In the treatment of malignant abdominal tumor, we tried all possible measures such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. But prognosis of all malignant abdominal tumors were very poor. Only 1 case of Wilms tumor and 1 case of hepatoblastoma were survived at the time of review.
Age Distribution ; Ascariasis ; Bezoars ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; Child* ; Diagnosis ; Drug Therapy ; Erythroblastosis, Fetal ; Female ; Hepatitis A ; Hepatoblastoma ; Humans ; Infant* ; Infant, Newborn ; Leukemia ; Liver Abscess ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Lymphoma ; Neuroblastoma ; Osteopetrosis ; Ovarian Cysts ; Ovary ; Palpation ; Physical Examination ; Polycystic Kidney Diseases ; Prognosis ; Syphilis, Congenital ; Teratoma ; Thorax ; Wilms Tumor

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No abstract available.
Cushing Syndrome*

BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken to test the validity of M-mode and a new cross sectional cehocardiographic quantification of pericardial effusion. METHODS: This study was performed in 12 patients with large pericardial effusion of whom hed M-mode and 2-D echocardiography just before therpeutic drainage of the effusion. The volume of Pericardial fluid removed by pericardiocentesis was compared with te echo-free space estimated by M-mode echocardiography and the volume estimated by new 2-D echocardiographic method. The pericardial sac volume and the cardiac volume were calculated by applying the formula for the volume of a prolate ellipse. RESULTS: 1) There was a good correlation between 2-D echocardiographic estimate and the actual volume removed by pericardiocentesis(r=0.72, p<0.05). 2) The correlation between the echo-free space estimated by M-mode echocardiography at the level of mitral valve and the actual volume was also good(r=0.81,p<0.001). CONCLUSION: The M-mode and 2-D echocardiographic method is successful in helping to estimate large pericardial effusion.
Cardiac Volume ; Drainage ; Echocardiography* ; Humans ; Mitral Valve ; Pericardial Effusion* ; Pericardiocentesis ; Phosmet

This study was performed to determine whether there were retinal changes in Parkinson's disease. Photopic and scotopic Flash ERGs were conducted for 21 patients with Parkinson's disease and for 19 control subjects. Seventeen patients were medicated with anticholinergics and L-dopa containing drugs. Five findings were observed from the study. 1. There was no difference in implicit time of photopic and scotopic a-and b-waves between the control and the Parkinsonian groups (p(t)>0.05). 2. Amplitude of photopic b-wave was smaller in the Parkinsonian group than the control group (p(t)<0.05). 3. Amplitudes of photopic and scotopic a-and b-waves did not differ between the control and the medicated Parkinsonian groups (p(t)>0.05). 4. Amplitudes of photopic (p(t)<0.001) and scotopic (p(t)<0.01) b-wave were smaller in the nonmedicated Parkinsonian group than the control group. 5. Age and sex characteristics did not affect the results in either group. From the above findings, it is suggested that there is a retinal cell change responsible for b-wave generation in Parkinson's disease, and it is reversed by anti-Parkinsonian medication.
Cholinergic Antagonists ; Humans ; Levodopa ; Parkinson Disease ; Retinaldehyde ; Sex Characteristics