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Dental Porcelain* ; Fatigue* ; Fractures, Stress*

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Abscess*

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Leiomyoma* ; Scalp*

Choriocarcinoma associated with a normal pregnancy is rare. Futhermore, choriocarcinoma coexistent with a viable pregnancy is even rarer and associated with a greater risk of hepatic and cerebral involvement. So timely diagnosis of the disease is important for successful treatment and aggressive diagnostic procedures may therefore warranted. The patient should be treated with primary intensive combination chemotherapy(EMA-CO) and the selective use of irradiation and surgical therapy. We experienced a case of metastatic choriocarcinoma of lung and kidney following preterm delivery at 34th week of pregnancy and so present it with brief review of literature.
Choriocarcinoma* ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Kidney ; Lung ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy*

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Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic*

BACKGROUND: Atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common congenital cardiac anomaly, accounting for 30 percent of congenital heart disease detected in the adult. Many patients with ASD are well tolerated and reach adult without significant symptoms. The patients with ASD die 4th and 5th decades, but prolonged survival is not uncommon. In general, the survival depends on whether pulmonary hypertension develops during adulthood or not. The most common cause of death in the patients with ASD is right ventricular failure or arrhythmias. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From January 1988 to June 1997, 33 cases of ASD underwent open heart surgeries in our hospital. Among them, 31 cases were adult ASD, and 2 tricuspid regurgitation, 1 pulmonic stenosis, 1 mitral regurgitation, 1 tricuspid regurgitation, and 1 coronary artery disease were combinded. All of the patients underwent surgical repair using autologus pericardial patch or direct closure. RESULTS: The postoperative course was smooth and uneventful. Most of the patients showed significant improvement in ECG finding, hemodynamic profile, radiologic finding, and echocardiography, after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Conclusively, most of the ASD should be closed even in patients over the age of 60 years, and early surgical repair must be done to prevent pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular failure, and arrythmias.
Adult* ; Arrhythmias, Cardiac ; Cause of Death ; Coronary Artery Disease ; Echocardiography ; Electrocardiography ; Heart ; Heart Defects, Congenital ; Heart Septal Defects ; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial* ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Hypertension, Pulmonary ; Mitral Valve Insufficiency ; Pulmonary Valve Stenosis ; Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency

No abstract available.
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations* ; Microsurgery*

No abstract available.
Kidney* ; Perfusion* ; Radionuclide Imaging*

No abstract available.
Chorionic Gonadotropin* ; Humans* ; Hypertension* ; Pregnancy*

Purpose: Gastric subepithelial tumor (GST) is a disease entity that includes all gastric subepithelial lesions. The oncologically safe surgical technique is complete resection with adequate resection margins. Most of the studies about laparoscopic gastric wedge rsection (LGWR) in GST focus on oncologic curability or surgical effectiveness. However, studies on the factors associated with the operation time are rare. Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze and compare the factors associated with the operation time of LGWR. Methods: From 2010 to 2019, 145 consecutive patients undergoing LGWR were reviewed retrospectively. Clinical characteristics of GST and operation time were analyzed and compared. Results: A total of 145 patients was enrolled and reviewed. There were 59 males (40.7%) and 86 females (59.3%) with a mean age of 53.6 years and mean body mass index (BMI) of 23.9 kg/m 2 . Mean tumor size was 2.9 cm and mean operation time was 66.0 minutes. In statistically, the mean operation time showed significant association with tumor size, BMI, longitudinal tumor location and tumor location between lesser and greater curvature. In multivariate analysis, tumor size, BMI and longitudinal classification of tumor location are statistically significant. Conclusion A shorter operation time is expected when there is a small tumor, low BMI and mid portion of the stomach GST. Preoperative evaluation for tumor size and body weight is important. In patients with large GST, obesity and both end stomach GST, we think that pre-operative preparation for long operation time should be considered.