No abstract available.
Atrophy* ; Temporal Lobe*

80 cases of Cysticercosis were studied and analysed, which were diagnoses by biopsy at Seoul National University in the past three years from January-1978 to March-1980. The results were summerized as follows. 1. The relative incidence ratio of cysticercosis among 18,941 surgical specimens was 0.42%. 2. The age group between 11 and 50 years old occupied 87.5%. 3. Of the 80 cases, there were 38 males and 42 female patients, without significant sex predominence. 4. The common sites of cysticercosis were upper extremities (35.0%) and anterior surface of the trunk (37.5%) 5. Epidemiologically, there was marked predominence of rural area over urban area. 6. There were 8 cases (10%) of definite cerebral cysticercosis and 4 cases (5%) of suspicious cerebral cysticercosis. 7. In the cases of nodular masses of extremities, the parasitic infection, especiaily cysticercosis celluiosae, must be included in differential diagnosis distinguished from other soft tissue tumors.
Biopsy ; Cysticercosis ; Diagnosis ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Extremities ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Seoul ; Upper Extremity

Paraganglioma is a benign tumor arising in the paraganglion system scattered throughout the body, but its cytopathologic findings arenot well known. We experienced a case of paraganglioma of carotid body diagnosed by fine needle aspiration. The patient was a 30 year-old female who suffered from the left neck mass for 3 years. The mass was 3x3crn in size without pulsation or bruit. Cytologically, the smear revealed aggregated and singly scattered tumor cells having abundant pale cytoplasm and indistinct cell borders. Their nuclei were round to oval, but enlarged nuclei were occasionally observed. The nuclear membrane was smooth with fine clumping of chromatin. Differentiation from metastatic follicular carcinoma of the thyroid gland was difficult.
Adult ; Biopsy, Fine-Needle ; Carotid Body ; Chromatin ; Cytoplasm ; Female ; Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental* ; Humans ; Neck ; Nephrotic Syndrome* ; Nuclear Envelope ; Paraganglioma ; Thyroid Gland

No abstract available.
Granuloma* ; Leprosy, Lepromatous*

We experienced a case of acquired bronchial stenosis in a male premature infant who had recurrent postextubation atelectasis of the right lung. Bronchography showed the stenosis of the distal portion of right main bronchus and the proximal portion of intermediate bronchus and autopsy findings showed ill-defined irregularly elevated nodule with fibrotic scarring in the trifurcation of right main bronchus. Endotracheal suction was suspected as the main cause. A brief review of literature was made.
Autopsy ; Bronchi ; Bronchography ; Cicatrix ; Constriction, Pathologic* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature ; Lung ; Male ; Pulmonary Atelectasis ; Suction*

About 80% of Bladder cancer is non muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Despite of appropriate therapy, a lot of NMIBC recur as a superficial tumor or progress to muscle invasive disease. Several studies about prognostic factors of recurrence and progression have reported a single risk factor variously according to each study. These efforts were developed to predict the risk by scoring system and large-scale studies had been conducted. These studies had limitations that their patients did not receive BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guerin) immunotherapy, immediate intravesical chemotherapy, second-look TUR (transurethral resection) in high-risk group. Through studies to date, patients with NMIBC have showed heterogenous prognosis and a more sophisticated scoring system can give personalized treatment and exact prediction.
Drug Therapy ; Humans ; Immunotherapy ; Mycobacterium bovis ; Prognosis ; Recurrence* ; Research Design ; Risk Factors ; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms ; Urinary Bladder*

No abstract available.
Empyema* ; Lymphoma*

BACKGROUND: The physiological change of positive acceleration is primarily focused on the hydrostatic column effects that are associated with acceleration exposures. IOP values during positive acceleration is reduced according to this theory. However, the first trial of IOP measurement during positive acceleration showed that there were no significant changes in IOP values during the +2G phase of parabolic flight. In addition, IOP study during centrifuge exposures showed that there were significant increases in IOP during +2Gz and +3Gz. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of positive acceleration on IOP. METHODS: The data from 4 normal subjects (2 men and 2 women) were included in this study. The baseline IOPs of subjects were within normal range. The subjects did not wear anti-G suits and use anti-G maneuver during the acceleration exposure. Pressure phosphene tonometer was used to measure IOP. To minimize the difference between the Goldmann tonometer and the pressure phosphene tonometer, IOPs were measured in subjects for 1 week prior to this study. IOP measurements of protocol 1 were obtained with pressure phosphene tonometer at +1Gz (baseline), +2Gz, +3Gz, +4Gz, and again at +1Gz (post). IOP measurements of protocol 2 were obtained at + 1Gz (baseline), +3Gz, and again at +1Gz (post). IOP measurements of protocol 3 were obtained at + 1Gz (baseline), +4Gz, and again at +1Gz (post). A total of 55 IOP measurements for each subject were made. RESULTS: The result showed that there was a significant difference in the means of IOP in protocol 1, 2, and 3 (P<0.05). But, they did not show an increasing or decreasing trend according to increase in acceleration. In particular, subject 1 showed that there was significant decrease of IOP in protocol 1, 2, and 3 compared to the baseline IOP measurements during positive acceleration(P<0.05). Based on symptom questionnaire and VTR review, variable body contractions may affect the IOP measurements during acceleration. There were significant differences in the means of IOP among variable body contractions in subject 1 when compared to the baseline IOP measurements. CONCLUSIONS:Persistent decreases of IOP in subject 1 suggest that the mechanism of IOP changes under positive acceleration could be explained by the hydrostatic column effect. In addition, interpretation for IOP measurements under positive acceleration should be cautious due to variable muscle contraction.
Acceleration* ; Humans ; Intraocular Pressure* ; Male ; Muscle Contraction ; Phosphenes ; Reference Values ; Surveys and Questionnaires

No abstract available.

No abstract available.
Mitral Valve*