A clinical observation was made on the non-visualizing kidney of the in-patient in the Department of Urology, Capital Armed Forces General Hospital during the period from September, 1976 to December, 1981 and the following results were observed. 1. Of 1287 cases hospitalized, IVP was performed on 292 cases. Among these, 36 cases revealed non- visualizing kidney giving a rate of 12.3%. 2. The sex ratio between male and female was 8:1 and age distribution ranged from 1 to 66 years. 3. The clinical symptoms and signs were hematuria, flank pain, frequency, lower abdominal pain, and abdominal palpable mass in order. 4. The causes of non-visualizing kidney was classified as renal parenchymal and obstructive disease. Renal tuberculosis (9 cases) was the most frequent cause among the disease of parenchymal origin, and the calculus disease of the urinary track (5 cases) and hydronephrosis not caused by calculi (5 cases) were the most frequent cause among the disease of obstructive origin. 5. Surgery was performed in 29 cases (80.1%) and remaining 7 cases were managed conservatively.
Abdominal Pain ; Age Distribution ; Arm ; Calculi ; Female ; Flank Pain ; Hematuria ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Hydronephrosis ; Kidney* ; Male ; Sex Ratio ; Tuberculosis, Renal ; Urology

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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* ; Recurrence*

Clinical survey was performed on 413 cases of twin pregnancies and their 816 twin babies who were born at IlSin Christian Hospital during 5years from January 1987 to December 1991. The result of study was as follows: 1) there was 413 twin pregnancies among 40,711 deliveries, so the incidence of twins was 1:98.6. Average male-female sex ratio of twins was 1.3:1, same sex pairs rate was 86% and different sex ratio was 14%. 2) The incidence of relation with maternal age was highest between 25 years old and 29 years old but the ratio of twin delivery to total delivery was 0.9% so, was not higher than other age group. 3) The incidence of relation with maternal parity was highest at first pregnancy but the ratio of twin delivery to total delivery was highest at second pregnancies. 4) Normal birth weight infants were 45.7%, low birth weight infants were 54.3% and very low birth weight infants was 9.3%. Fullt-erm infants were 63.7% and prematurity were 35.4%. 5) The incidence of feto-fetal transfusion was 7.3%. 6) Perinatal death rate was 76.3 and was more higher in second babies. The most common cause of perinatal death was prematurity, followed by respiratory complication, congenital anomaly, infection and asphyxia. Still-births were 8 cases.
Adult ; Asphyxia ; Birth Weight ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant ; Infant, Low Birth Weight ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Very Low Birth Weight ; Maternal Age ; Mortality ; Parity ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Twin ; Sex Ratio ; Twins*

Myometrial pregnancy developing in an previous cesarean section scar is the rarest of all ectopic pregnancy and provavly one of the most dangerous because of the risk of rupture and hemorrhage. For a young patient wanting to maintain her fertility, an earlier diagnosis and more conservative treatment are highly desirable. We present a case of an ectopic pregnancy embedded in the myometrium of a previous cesarean section scar in which the patient preserved her fertility through more noninvasive method, transvaginal ultrasound-guided Methotrexate injection.
Animals ; Cesarean Section* ; Cicatrix* ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Fertility ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Methotrexate* ; Mice ; Myometrium* ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Ectopic* ; Rupture

We retrospectively studied 60 amblyopic patients who had been treated for 12 months or more. They were divided into three age groups; below 5.5 years, 5.5 years to 8 years and 8 years or more, and visual improvements were compared with three age groups. The visual improvements were 5 line increase in both of below 5.5 year group and 5.5 year to 8 year age group and 3 line increase in 8 year and older group. In all three age groups, two-thirds of the improvements were achieved during the first three months of treatment There was no difference in visual improvement according to amblyopic type(strabismic, anisometropic, strabismic and anisometropic amblyopia). Treatment failures seemed to be the later onset of treatment, eccentric fixation and large anisometropic difference.

54-year-old male patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia was consulted to our department. He had had a few painful erythematous necrotic plaques on the chest, which suggested initslly vasculitis or pyoderma. On histological examination, characterisitic histological findings of non-septated large hyphae were observed in the dermis and subcutaneoustissue, Although organism was not isolated on Sabouraud agar media containing cycloheximide, the diagnosis of cutaneous mucormycosis was made by the characteristic histological nattlre. He died after 2 weeks with amphotericin B intravenous injections so that additional fungus culture was not performed.
Agar ; Amphotericin B ; Cycloheximide ; Dermis ; Diagnosis ; Fungi ; Humans ; Hyphae ; Injections, Intravenous ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mucormycosis* ; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma* ; Pyoderma ; Thorax ; Vasculitis

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Cerebrospinal Fluid* ; Child* ; Humans ; Lactic Acid*

No abstract available.
Compliance* ; Oxygen* ; Positive-Pressure Respiration* ; Respiratory Insufficiency* ; Ventilation*

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Compliance* ; Oxygen* ; Positive-Pressure Respiration* ; Respiratory Insufficiency* ; Ventilation*

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Hepatic Veins*