To pursue a desirable format for the pathological diagnosis of liver cirrhosis, the authors attempted to classify 369 biopsy-proven cirrhosis on the basis of etiology and made effort to find out the morphological characteristics of each category. About 735 of total cases were HBsAg seropositive postnecrotic cirrhosis. Alcholic cirrhosis ws the second most frequent type, although accounted only 6.8%. In about 15%, the etiology was not known. Excluding the congenital biliary atresia, chronic biliary obstruction appeared to be a rare cause of cirrhosis among these biopsied cases. Of the HBsAg positive postnecrotic cirrhosis, the eAg seropositive cases tended to be micronodular and to show a higher necroinflammatory activity, in contrast to eAg seronegative cases and those complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), suggesting that the loss of eAg is followed by a decrease of the destructive activity, active regeneration of hepatocytes and finally the development of HCC. alcoholic cirrhosis was micronodular in 64% and revealed histologic evidences of alcoholic liver disease in most cases. The results indicate that etiological diagnosis can be made in most cases of cirrhosis by the morphological characteristics and the precise clinical informations, including those on the NANB virus and the inborn error of metabolism, and that the pathological diagnosis should be more comprehensive, implicating the etiology, the nodular size and the necroinflammatory activity.
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

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Colloid Cysts* ; Colloids* ; Lateral Ventricles*

Recently there has been remarkable improvement in the treatment of chondrosarcoma, accompanied with the development of diagnostic tools, operative technique, replacement materials and designs, anticancer-chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In well-deferentiated chondrosarcom, wide excision is the only treatment required. Nevertheless, in dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma, anticancerchemotherapy or radiotherapy is usually recommended after the wide excision. From 1984 to 1994, 22 patients diagnosed as chondrosarcoma had been treated at Seoul National University Hospital. We analysed anatomic distributions, size, methods of treatment and their results. The avereage age was 38 years and 10 months(15 years 73 years) and the average follow-up period was 3 years and 10 months(1 year and 6 months
Chondrosarcoma ; Classification ; Fibula ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Methods ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Osteochondroma ; Radiotherapy ; Seoul ; Transplants

Fisting is an uncommon sexual activity, and death due to fisting is very rare. In the present report, we describe a case of a woman who died from fisting by her male partner. A 38-year-old woman went to a motel with a man after consuming alcohol, and there they kissed each other. As desired by woman, the man inserted his fingers into her vagina and anus, and later inserted his fist and forearm into her vagina and anus. After 20-30 minutes of fisting, the woman became unconscious and died. The autopsy confirmed the presence of perineal and vaginal lacerations with massive internal pelvic soft tissue injury with uterine artery rupture. A partial tear was noted at the rectosigmoid junction. The cause of death was hypovolemic shock due to uterine artery rupture. Following court trials, the assailant was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment for the felony of inflicting bodily injury resulting in death.
Anal Canal ; Autopsy ; Cause of Death ; Female ; Fingers ; Forearm ; Humans ; Lacerations ; Male ; Rupture ; Sexual Behavior ; Shock ; Soft Tissue Injuries ; Unconscious (Psychology) ; Uterine Artery ; Vagina

BACKGROUND: Although palmoplantar epidermal cysts have long been associated with develop ment following implantation of an epidermal fragment as a result of a penetrating or blunt injury, the pathogenic mechanism is still not fully understood. Since 1987, many cases have been reported in which human papillomavirus(HPV) could be associated with palmoplantar epidermal cysts. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we evaluated the clinicopathological findings of palmoplantar epidermal cysts and investigated them for the presence of HPV in order to examine the role of HPV in the pathogenesis of this disorder in Korea. METHODS: The clinical, histological, immunohistochemical studies were performed on seven cases of plantar cysts, and two cases of palmar cysts. RESULTS: No previous trauma history was seen. Histopathologically, parakeratotic nuclei, or vacuolar strutures within the keratinous mass in the cyst cavity were found. However, we could not find intracytoplasirnic eosinophilic bodies in the wall, the cyst content, or the overlying epidermis. The dyskeratotic keratinocytes were observed in 3 cases. Papillomavirus common antigens were not detected by immunohissochemical staining. CONCLUSIONS: Palmoplantar epidermal cysts in Korea have some different histological features compared to those of HPV 60-associated cases in Japan and we could not detect the immunohistochemical evidence of HPV infection in our cases.
Eosinophils ; Epidermal Cyst* ; Epidermis ; Humans ; Japan ; Keratinocytes ; Korea ; Wounds, Nonpenetrating

Ganglion is the most common soft tissue tumor which occurs mainly in hand, but it can also occur in any part of the extremity. It is not always necessary to excise the tumor because it seldom cause symptoms severe enough to take operation. We reviewed the patients with ganglion treated surgically. Exculding the cases which were operated under local anesthesia and Bakers cyst, 42 patients were treated surgically from 1983 to 1992. Females were 33, and males 9. Average age at the time of operation, was 40 years (16 to 67). All the cases were analysed retrospectively in terms of surgical indication, anatomical location, size, duration of symptoms, relationship between recurrence and size, and complication. The average duration of follow-up was 1 year 7 months, ranging from 1 year to 4 years. The causes of operation were, cosmetic problem in 6996 (29 cases); pain in 19% (8 cases); and both comesis and pain in 12% (5 cases). The locations were, wrist in 4696 (19 cases); knee 29% (12 cases); foot 12% (5 cases); hand 7% (3 cases); forearm 2% (1 case); ankle 2% (1 case); and elbow 296 (1 case). The size of mass was less than 2.5 cm in 30 cases (71%), and more than 2.5 cm in 12 (29%). (Total average of size was 2.4 cm)The average duration of symptoms were 28 months (1 month 15 years). The recurrence was found in 7 cases: 3 of them (10%) occurred among 30 cases the diameter of which was less than 2.5 cm, and other four (33%) occurred among 12 cases, larger than 2.5 cm. There were no other complications.
Anesthesia, Local ; Ankle ; Elbow ; Extremities ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Foot ; Forearm ; Ganglion Cysts ; Hand ; Humans ; Knee ; Male ; Recurrence ; Retrospective Studies ; Wrist

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We present a case of a young female patient with fulminant hepatitis who showed an altered biodistribution of Ga-67, after being scanned twice at 10 month intevals. On initial scan, uptake of Ga-67 was increased in the liver, kidneys, and skeletons. Increased hepatic Ga-67 uptake may be explained by increased transferrin unbound Ga-67 that was taken up by the inflamed liver. The saturation of iron-binding proteins due to multiple transfusions may lead to increased renal and skeletal Ga-67 uptake. On follow-up scan hepatic Ga-67 uptake was markedly increased. Also increased Ga-67 uptake in the axial skeleton and normalized renal uptake were shown. The findings were consistent with iron deficiency anemia. This case demonstrates altered Ga-67 biodistribution associated with multiple transfusions, fulminant hepatitis, and iron deficiency anemia.
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hepatitis ; Humans ; Iron-Binding Proteins ; Kidney ; Liver ; Skeleton ; Transferrin

The authors underwent the serum lipid study, involving the lipoprotein fraction, and the HDL-cholesterol mean values in normal Korean adults visited to Hanyang University Hospital, and also compared with the previously reported serum lipid studies. The results are as follows; 1) The mean values of triglyceride, total cholesterol, and phospholipid were 103.3+/-17.1mg%, 188.9+/-18.2mg%, and 196.7+/-19.8mg%, respectively. 2) Compared with the past 7 years triglyceride showed increasing tendency with significance, and cholesterol and phospholipid showed slightly increasing tendency. 3) In the serum lipoprotein fraction, the mean values of alpha-lipoprotein, pre-beta-lipoprotein, and beta-lipoprotein were 37.2+/-5.9%, 16.0+/-4.2%, and 48.6+/-5.2%, respectively. 4) Compared with the past 10 years, the alpha-, and pre-beta-lipoprotein showed increasing tendency, meanwhile, beta-lipoprotein revealed decreasing tendency. 5) The mean value of HDL-cholesterol was 52.3+/-14.6mg%, and the ratio of HDL-cholesterol to total cholesterol(HDL-cholesterol/total cholesterol) was 28.2+/-7.9. 6) Compared with the past 2 years, HDL-cholesterol level showed slightly increasing tendency.
Adult ; Cholesterol ; Humans ; Lipoproteins ; Triglycerides

Amiodarone, an antiarrhythmic drug, may exert pulmonary toxicity in some patients but the pathogenesis is not clear. This study was carried out to investigate the pathogenetic mechanism of pulmonary injury induced by amiodarone at dose of 100 mg/kg/day given to rats by intraperitoneal injection for 3 weeks. And the preventive effects of concomitantly injected steroid (10 mg/kg/day) on amiodarone induced pulmonary injury was also studied using bronchoalveolar lavage, light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The results obtained were summarized as follows: Mild lymphocytosis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was found in all experimental groups. Intracytoplasmic lamellar body formation was found in all types of pulmonary cells and type II pneumocytes revealed the earliest abnormal lamellar body formation. The capillary endothelial cells showed cellular swelling and detachment from underlying basement membrane at early phase of experiment and the edema of alveolar wall and interstitium were noted. Interstitial fibrosis and proliferation of type II pneumocytes were noted at late phase. The lungs of steroid injected groups revealed accumulation of lamellar bodies in all types of pulmonary cells but interstitial fibrosis was not occurred. These findings support the concept that amiodarone is responsible for a drug-induced phospholipidosis and directly toxic to pulmonary endothelial and epithelial cells. And steroid may regress the progression of amiodarone induced pulmonary injury.
Rats ; Animals