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Female ; Ovary* ; Theca Cells* ; Thecoma*

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Endometriosis* ; Female

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Acne Vulgaris* ; Hair Removal* ; Pigmentation Disorders*

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Breast* ; Tuberculosis*

BACKGROUND: Determination of left ventricular(LV) myocardial mass with echocardioraphy is feasible and validated. American society of echocardiography(ASE) issued recommendations for the quantitation of the left ventricle by M-mode and 2-dimensional echocardiography in 1978 and 1989, respectively. Although some controversies exist regarding the relative accuracy of M-mode and 2-dimensional techniques, many workers now agree that 2-dimensional methods are more accurate and can be applied to a higher percentage of patients. But sometimes the validated methods are not optimal when parasternal short axis view is difficult to obtain, when the ventricle is distorted, or when scar tissue constitutes a portion of the myocardial volume. METHODS: We measured left ventricular mass in 72 normal subjects using three different methods-ASE cube method with correction in M-mode(method A), area-length method from parasternal short axis view and apical four chamber view(method B), and the method using Simpson's rule from apical four chamber view(method C). RESULTS: 1) LV mass(index) was 161.8+/-30.3g(98.7+/-15.6g/m2) by method A, 166.2+/-32.8g(101.2+/-16.5g/m2) by method B, and 161.2+/-31.8g(98.2+/-15.5g/m2) by method C. 2) LV mass or index by method B was significantly different from that by method A(p<0.001) and from that by method C(p<0.001). However there was no significant difference in LV mass or index between by method A and C(p>0.05). 3) There was a strong correlation between LV mass or index by the method A and B(r=0.873, p<0.001), by the method B and C(r=0.923, p<0.001), and by the A and C(r=0.945, p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: It is suggested that the method using Simpson's rule can reliably assess LV mass, although it results in smaller value that that by area-length method.
Axis, Cervical Vertebra ; Cicatrix ; Echocardiography* ; Heart Ventricles ; Humans

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Meconium* ; Peritonitis* ; Ultrasonography*

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Parenteral Nutrition, Total

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify nutritional status, and relationships among malnutrition, depression and quality of life in patients with gynecologic cancer who were receiving chemotherapy. METHODS: For this study a descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Participants were 111 women who were enrolled and agreed to undergo a face-to-face interviews including administration of the structured questionnaires: Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ), and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G). RESULTS: Mean body mass index was 23.3 and mean body weight was 56.5 kg. Sixty-three (57%) of the 111 patients were malnourished according to the PG-SGA. The malnourished patients showed higher levels of depression and lower quality of life compared to the non-malnourished patients. In addition, malnutrition was associated with BMI level, depression, appetite and quality of life. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that the prevalence of malnutrition is high and malnutrition in patients with gynecologic cancer influences depression and adversely affects the quality of life of these women. To improve the patient's quality of life, nutritional assessment and appropriate management is important to decrease malnutrition in patients with gynecologic cancer.
Appetite ; Body Mass Index ; Body Weight ; Depression* ; Drug Therapy* ; Female ; Genital Neoplasms, Female ; Humans ; Malnutrition* ; Nutrition Assessment ; Nutritional Status ; Prevalence ; Quality of Life* ; Questionnaires

Menetriers disease is a rare disease, characterized by a marked hypertrophy of the mucosa of the fundus and corpus of the stomach and gastrointestinal loss af protein often causing transient edema. The 16-Year-old female patient was admitted to the Seoul Adventist Hospital and she complained epigastric pain & discomfort for 20 days. Under the UGI & endoscoyy, pathologic examination was done. The diagnosis was estabilished. She wes treated medically.
Adolescent ; Diagnosis ; Edema ; Female ; Gastritis, Hypertrophic* ; Humans ; Hypertrophy ; Mucous Membrane ; Rare Diseases ; Seoul ; Stomach

Total hip arthroplasty for ankylosed hip has a higher risk of failure due to the poor condition of the hip abductors and the altered configuration of the bone, which lead to poor positioning or fixation of the prosthesis. Fifty-one hips (42 patients) converted to total hip arthroplasty between March 1983 and March 1994 have been reviewed three to thirteen years six months after operation. The average period of follow-up was four years nine months. Twenty six of the patients were men and sixteen were women. The average age at the time of operation was 40 years old (range,19 to 70 years). Among the 51 hips, bony ankylosis were 27 hips and fibrous ankylosis were 24 hips, spontaneous ankylosis were 40 hips and surgical ankylosis were 11 hips. The duration of hip fusion was 13 years six months in the bony ankylosis and 16 years one month in the fibrous ankylosis. Preoperatively 33 cases had low back pain, ipsilateral or contralateral knee or hip pain. In asymptomatic 18 cases, conversion total hip arthroplasty was also performed for the management of functional disabilities due to severe malpositioned ankylosis. At the time of the last follow-up, 25 cases were free from pain and six patients had a mild degree pain on the hip, knee or thigh. In bony ankylosis, the postoperative average hip motion ranged from 1.1 degrees to 93.2 degrees (average arc of motion of 92.1 degrees). In fibrous ankylosis, the postoperative average hip motion ranged from 1.7 degrees to 96.6 degrees (average arc of motion of 94.9 degrees). The average Harris hip score was improved from 66 to 86.9 in bony ankylosis and from 49 to 89.5 in fibrous anklyosis. The postoperative leg length discrepancy was 1.1 cm in average. The postoperative complications included heterotropic ossification in 25 cases (49%), cup loosening in two cases (3.9%) and stem loosening in three cases (5.6%). As for the clinical results, 24 cases (89%) of bony ankylosis and 23 cases (96%) of fibrous ankylosis had satisfactory functional results at the last follow-up. In conclusion, the conversion total hip arthroplasty could provide functional improvement, pain relief and especially correction of leg length discrepancy in most cases of ankylosed hip.
Adult ; Ankylosis ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip* ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hip* ; Humans ; Knee ; Leg ; Low Back Pain ; Male ; Postoperative Complications ; Prostheses and Implants ; Thigh