No abstract available.
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma*

No abstract available.
Female ; Humans

No abstract available.
Amino Acids* ; Animals ; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid* ; Horns* ; Neurons* ; Rats* ; Receptors, GABA*

Portal vein (PV) thrombosis (PVT) is a rare condition with development of thrombosis in the PV and its branches. Further extension to the splenic and superior mesenteric vein (SMV) causes intestinal infarction, with a reported mortality of up to 50%. A variety of treatments for PVT exist including anticoagulation, thrombolysis, surgical thrombectomy, insertion of shunts, bypass surgery, and liver transplantation. We experienced a case of successfully treated by surgical thrombectomy with direct thrombolysis into the thrombosed-PV and SMV. A 31-year-old male presented worsening abdominal pain for one week. Preoperative contrast enhanced computed tomography scan revealed complete PVT extending to splenic vein and SMV. The PV was accessed surgically and opened by thrombectomy; visual inspection confirmed proximal and distal flow. Urokinase was administered directly into the inferior mesenteric vein with successful decrease in thrombus burden. The complete angiography showed complete dissolution of thrombosis in PV and SMV.
Abdomen, Acute* ; Abdominal Pain ; Adult ; Angiography ; Humans ; Infarction ; Liver Transplantation ; Male ; Mesenteric Veins* ; Mortality ; Portal Vein ; Splenic Vein ; Thrombectomy* ; Thrombosis* ; Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator ; Venous Thrombosis

No abstract available.
Humans ; Mucocele*

Two unusual cases of metastasis of carcinoma to carcinoma are reported. The initial malignancies, an adenocarcinoma of the rectum and a duct carcinoma of the breast, were found to have metastasis to a clear cell carcinoma of the kidney. The various theories on the peculiar tendency for the renal cell carcinoma to be the most common host tumor for other primary carcinoma are commented upon briefly.
Adenocarcinoma ; Neoplasm Metastasis

No abstract available.
Child* ; Cystitis* ; Eosinophils* ; Humans

Renal artery aneurysm (RAA) is uncommon, and the coexistence of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an extremely rare condition with potentially high life-threatening mortality in case of rupture. Aneurysms can be treated by endovascular intervention or open surgery. Although most of aneurysms are treated by endovascular intervention, open surgery is often necessary for RAAs associated with the proximal renal bifurcation or the branches in the distal renal arteries. We report a rare case of coexisting RAA with AAA treated by hybrid method, consisting of endovascular aneurysm repair for AAA and open surgery for RAA located adjacent to the distal branches of the renal artery.
Aneurysm* ; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal* ; Gallbladder Neoplasms* ; Humans ; Mortality ; Renal Artery* ; Rupture

Twenty nine patients who had fracture of tibial shaft were treated with closed Rush nailing and early weight bearing. 1. The average age was 37.8 years (range from 20 to 65), and 21 were men and 8 women. Eighteen cases were open fractures and 11 closed. 2. The time for clinical union was averaging 15.4 weeks. In some cases callus appeared as early as 3 weeks after nailing and in most cases appeared at 8 weeks. 3. Mild angular and rotational deformity of the fractured shaft were developed as complication but did not present any clinical problems. No deep wound infection and pulmonary embolism were encountered. 4. The nails allowed a certain dynamic controlled motion at the fracture site which was probably beneficial to early callus formation. 5. This type of closed nailing method required no medullary reaming, further periosteal stripping and muscle detachment. The allowance of early knee and ankle movements and early weight bearing after surgery could be listed as the advantage.
Ankle ; Bony Callus ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Female ; Fractures, Open ; Humans ; Knee ; Male ; Methods ; Pulmonary Embolism ; Tibia ; Weight-Bearing ; Wound Infection

Unfused olecranon epiphysis has been reported rarely. We found an unfused olecranon tip within joint and a few small spurs on the apposing olecranon fossa and removed it successfully through the arthroscope. We think that it is a part of secondary ossification center of the olecranon and tbat it was separated through the epiphyseal plate by repetitive impaction of the tip of the olecranon into the olecranon fossa during pitching. In conclusion, fusion of the intra-articular part(articular center) of the olecranon epiphysis can not occur by nature. Repetitive extension overload during pitching may cause symptoms, and could be treated with arthroscopic control.
Adult ; Arthroscopes ; Baseball ; Epiphyses ; Growth Plate ; Humans ; Joints ; Olecranon Process