Forty two high risk low birth weight infants who had been admitted in neonatal intensive care unit at Yongdong Severance Hospital from August 1987 to July 1990 and followed up in the high risk infants follow-up clinic were studied for evaluation of their development using the Bayley develop-mental test at the age of 9 month(corrected age). The results obtaincd were as follows: 1) Their Mental Developmental Index(MDI)and Psychomotor Developmental Index(PDD)were 99.4+/-12.8 and 101.8+/-16.6 MDI and PDI in birth weight 1000~1500 gm group were 95.3+/-9.8 and 99.3+/-14.3 and the indexes in birth weight 1500~2500gm group were 102.2+/-14.3 and 103.5+/-17.9. 2) There is no statistical significant relationship between the results of Bayley scales and birth weight, cranial ultrasonographic finding, APGAR score, ventilator care and neonatal seizure. However, the MDI was significantly lower in small for gestational age group than appropriate gestational age group. 3) The body weight, height and head circumference measured at the age of 9 month, at the same time when Baylcy developmcntal test was performed, were 45.0+/-29.6, 40.2+/-25.7 and 46.2+/-26.8percentile of Korean Pediatric Growth Standard(1985).
Apgar Score ; Birth Weight ; Body Weight ; Follow-Up Studies ; Gestational Age ; Head ; Humans ; Infant* ; Infant, Low Birth Weight* ; Infant, Newborn ; Intensive Care, Neonatal ; Seizures ; Ventilators, Mechanical ; Weights and Measures

We described a giant chroioangioma of the placenta that caused premature rupture of membranes at 31 weeks of gestation in a 31-year-old primiparous woman and a subsequent neonatal death of the baby. The placental mass, weighing 820 gm and measuring 21.5x15x4.5 cm, was easily shelled out from a edematous 1280 gm-placenta. The mass had a thin fibrous capsule and a solid fibromatous appearance. The infant, weighed 2175 gm, appeared edematous oon the whole body and had Apgar scores of 4 and 5 at 1 and 5 minutes respectively. The baby expired 4 days after birth due to high output cardiac failure and respiratory failure. Postmortem examination revealed markedly dilatated umbilical vein, inferior vena cava and right atrium with patent froamen ovale, congestive hepatosplenomegaly, pulmonary hemorrhages, and meconium aspiration pneumonia. Microscopically, the mass revealed a variety of histologic patterns, reflecting entire spectrums of villous vasculogenesis from loose myxomatous connective tissue and undifferentiated hemangioblastic cell nests to well-developed capillaries with hematopoietic cells in the lumen.
Infant ; Male ; Female ; Infant, Newborn ; Humans

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Rhinomanometry*

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Biopsy* ; Salivary Glands* ; Sjogren's Syndrome*

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Nose* ; Paranasal Sinuses*

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Humans ; Thoracic Injuries* ; Thoracotomy*

Infection is a leading cause of death in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Insufficiency of the reticuloendothelial system, immunosuppressive therapy and inadequate opsonization are the main predisposing factors for infection. Salmonella infection is one of the most common opportunistic bacterial infections in patients with SLE and it can provoke a bacteremia or a localized infection. We report here on a rare case of septic knee arthritis caused by Group B Salmonella in a SLE patient, and this was treated with arthroscopic irrigation and antibiotics.
Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Arthritis ; Arthritis, Infectious ; Bacteremia ; Bacterial Infections ; Cause of Death ; Humans ; Knee ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic ; Mononuclear Phagocyte System ; Salmonella ; Salmonella Infections

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Tongue Neoplasms* ; Tongue*

BACKGROUND: Since ciliary dysfunction of the respiratory system impair mucosal ciliary clearance, it is associated with recurrent or persistent upper respiratory infections, chronic bronchitis, chronic sinusitis, recurrent pneumonia, recurrent otitis media, bronchiectasis and chronic rhinitis. Primary ciliary dyskinesia has a familial tendency and it is known to have autosomal recessive trait, and rarely acquired trait. OBJECTIVES: We had this study in order to inspect whether primary ciliary dyskinesia is associated with recurrent or persistent upper respiratory problems or not. MATERIAL AND METHODS: From May 1995 through April 1996, by electron microscopy of the nasal mucosa, the authors analysed nine patients who had recurrent or persistent respiratory symptoms. RESULTS: Electron microscopic findings revealed primary ciliary dyskinesia in 4 patients with the symptoms of upper respiratory tract problems. CONCLUSION: It is concluded that nasal mucosal biopsy may be necessary for rule out primary ciliary dyskinesia in the patients with recurrent respiratory infections.
Biopsy ; Bronchiectasis ; Bronchitis, Chronic ; Humans ; Kartagener Syndrome* ; Microscopy, Electron ; Nasal Mucosa ; Otitis Media ; Pneumonia ; Respiratory System ; Respiratory Tract Infections ; Rhinitis ; Sinusitis