1.A Case of Isolated Right Ventricular Hypoplasia without Tricuspid Atresia or Pulmonary Atresia.
Eui Jun YANG ; Sun Young KIM ; Sank Ook NAM ; Hee Ju PARK ; Nam Hee KWAK
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1999;42(7):1026-1030
Isolated right ventricular hypoplasia, unassociated with severe pulmonary or tricuspid valvar malformations, is a rare primary congenital cardiac anomaly in which of the trabecular portion of right ventricle fails to develop. An atrial septal defect or a patent foramen ovale serves as an escape valve. We observed a 2-day-old neonate with this disorder who suffered from cyanosis. The diagnosis was made by Doppler-echocardiography which revealed marked reduction in right ventricular size and right-to-left shunt through the atrial septal defect. There was no other cardiac malformation such as pulmonary atresia or tricuspid atresia.
Cyanosis
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Diagnosis
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Foramen Ovale, Patent
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Heart Defects, Congenital
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Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
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Heart Ventricles
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Pulmonary Atresia*
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Tricuspid Atresia*
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United Nations
2.A Case of Behcet's Colitis in Children.
Jae Hong PARK ; Ick Jin SONG ; Ju Seok LEE ; Eu Jun YANG ; Sank Ook NAM
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1999;19(3):473-477
Behcet's disease consists of a triad of relapsing inflammatory disease of the eye (iridocyclitis) with painful and recurrent oral and genital ulcerations. Arthritis, thrombophlebitis, neurologic abnormalities, fever, and colitis are associated clinical manifestations. The disease affects predominantly young adults and is very rare in children, especially those under 10 years of age. The proportion of Behcet's colitis in Behcet's disease is about 12%. Ulcerations are localized or diffuse, with the majority occuring in the ileocecal region. Extension to the serosal surface may result in perforation. The frequent complaints are abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hematochezia, loss of appetite, loss of weight gain, distention and palpable abdominal mass. The disease is complicated by intestinal obstruction, perforation, fistula formation, abscess formation and hemorrhage. We experienced a case of Behcet's colitis in a 9-year-old boy showing symptoms of abdominal pain, tenderness, and diarrhea. Thus, we report a case of Behcet's colitis with brief review of related literatures.
Abdominal Pain
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Abscess
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Appetite
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Arthritis
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Child*
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Colitis*
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Diarrhea
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Fever
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Fistula
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
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Hemorrhage
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Humans
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Intestinal Obstruction
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Male
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Nausea
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Thrombophlebitis
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Ulcer
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Vomiting
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Weight Gain
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Young Adult