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Pancreas*

Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic examination were obtained in 31 patients both immediately and 2 to 5 months(mean3.1+/-1.8) after balloon dilation. Mitral valve area by planimetry immediately after valvuloplasty measured 1.8+/-0.3cm2 and 1.7+/-0.3cm2 at 2-5 months follow-up, but the difference was satistically insignificant. More than 15% decrease of the mitral valve area at follow-up was noticed in 10 patients(32%), but the valve area at follow-up was >1.5cm2 in all patients. Left atrial size(antero-posterior diameter) and volume by 2-dimensional echocardiography decreased more remarkably from 4.4+/-0.7cm, 82+/-42cm3 immediatly after vavuloplasty to 4.2+/-0.7cm, 68+/-26cm2 at follow-up respectively but there was no statistical significance. Mitral regurgitation graded by pulsed Doppler ultrasound decreased from 1.6+/-0.7 immediatly after valvuloplasty to 1.3+/-0.5(p<0.09) at follow-up, but there was no significant change in peak E velocity, EF slope, fractional shortening and ejection fraction. Symptomatic improvement at follow-up occured in all but one patient. Thus, 2 to 5 months after balloon mitral valvuloplasty there was no significantly after valvuloplasty decreased slightly at follow-up.
Echocardiography* ; Follow-Up Studies* ; Humans ; Mitral Valve Insufficiency ; Mitral Valve* ; Ultrasonography

Patients with hypertrophic cardiography often complain of chest pain and have electrocardioagrams suggesting myocardial damage or ischemia. Some of three patients have associated coronary arterial atherosclerosis. Transmural myocardial infarction may occur in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the absence of significant atherosclerosis of the extramural coronary arteries, about which several pathophysiologic exlpanations were discussed. Presented here, a case of 49-year-old man with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy accompanied with myocardial infarction and angiographically normal coronary arteries is reported. Asymmetric septal hypertrophy, characteristic morphologic abnormality of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, was progressed to dilated cardiomyopathy after the occurrence myocardial infarction.
Atherosclerosis ; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated ; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic* ; Chest Pain ; Coronary Vessels ; Humans ; Ischemia ; Middle Aged ; Myocardial Infarction*

Bacillus anthracis is a soil pathogen capable of causing anthrax in animals and humans. To establish a method for specifically detecting B. anthracis, we used nested polymerase chain reaction. Outer and inner sets of oligonucleotide primers were designed from the protective antigen (pag) gene and from the cya gene of the plasmid pXO1. Ainplification of 482 bp or 208 bp DNA fragment obtained from a nested PCR method provided the basis for rapid and reliable assay for the detection and identification of B. anthracis.
Animals ; Anthrax ; Bacillus anthracis* ; Bacillus* ; DNA ; DNA Primers ; Humans ; Plasmids ; Polymerase Chain Reaction* ; Soil

PURPOSE: MR is the most useful imaging method in evaluating the anatomic changes of the optic chiasm (OC). The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the OC displacement and visual manifestations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 44 patients who showed displacement of OC on brain MR. The pattern of OC displacement was classified into 3 groups according to following criteria: group A included the patients with OC displacement only due to empty sella;group B represented the patients with OC displacement by a lesion and the border between the lesion and OC was distinct;and group C was the patients with OC displacement by a lesion and had a indistinct border or thinning of the OC. RESULTS: Visual symptoms and signs were noted in 12 patients and the most common sign was bitemporal hemianopsia. In group A(7 patients), the visual symptoms and signs were seen in only one patient(14%), in whom contracted visual fields persisted since previous pituitary apoplexy had developed. In group B(30 patients), the visual symptoms and signs were seen in 4 patients(13%) who had tumorous conditions except one case of cysticercosis. In group C(7 patients), the visual symptoms and signs were seen in all patients (100%). CONCLUSION: The more OC is compressed, the more the prevalence of visual symptoms and signs increases. However, there was no correlation between the occurrence of visual symptoms and the presence of OC displacement only without compression.
Brain ; Cysticercosis ; Hemianopsia ; Humans ; Optic Chiasm* ; Pituitary Apoplexy ; Prevalence ; Retrospective Studies ; Visual Fields

BACKGROUND: Fiberoptic bronchoscope guided intubation is an important method of difficult airway management. The use of specific airways has been devised to assist the fiberoptic intubation. The authours compared effectiveness of separated airway with fiberoptic bronchoscope guided intubation and the hemodynamic responses. METHODS: 104 adult patients of American Society of Anesthesiologists grading (ASA) I-II who scheduled for surgery under general anesthesia were randomly divided into the Laryngoscope group (L group, n = 30) or the Fiberoptic bronchoscope group (F group, n = 36) or the Fiberoptic bronchoscope with separated airway (MF group, n = 38). A Fiberoptic bronchoscope guided intubation and a fiberoptic bronchoscope with separated airway and a direct laryngoscope was performed after inducing anesthesia. Intubation time, Jaw thrust incidence, mean blood pressure and heart rate after anaesthesia induction, at intubation and every two minute for a further 7 min were recorded. RESULTS: The intubation time was significantly shorter in the MF group (58.3 +/- 13.7 sec) than F group (71.9 +/- 22.1 sec). Jaw thrust incidence was lower in the MF group (60.5%) than F group (100%). The changes of MAPs and HRs during the observation were not significantly different in three group. CONCLUSIONS: Fiberoptic intubation using separated airway reduced intubation time and the incidence of jaw thrust.
Adult ; Airway Management ; Anesthesia ; Anesthesia, General ; Blood Pressure ; Bronchoscopes ; Heart Rate ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Incidence ; Intubation ; Jaw ; Laryngoscopes

Radiological criteria such as smooth, sharply defined interface, obtuse angles between lesion and lung and intimate effect on mediastinal contents were usually used to differentiate mediastinal lesion from parenchymal lung lesion Recently, we experienced a 60-year-old female presenting with anterior mediastinal mass with cavitation. Grossly it was proven to be peripheral lung cancer adjacent to mediastinum and microscopically it was squamous cell carcinoma. The gross pathological findings of surgical specimen were very well correlated with radiological findings. The unique location such as lung periphery and attachment to mediastinum led us to misdiagnosis of anterior mediastinal mass such as germ-cell tumor and neurogenic tumor.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Diagnostic Errors ; Female ; Humans ; Lung ; Lung Neoplasms ; Mediastinum ; Middle Aged

PURPOSE: To report a case of nasal-type NK/T cell lymphoma occurring in the sphenoid and ethmoid sinuses of an orbital apex syndrome patient. CASE SUMMARY: A 61-year-old male patient visited our hospital for the impairment of vision in the right eye for the previous month, and for right-side blepharoptosis, pain around the eyeball, and limitation of extraocular movement in the right eye for three days earlier. In MRI (magnetic resonance image) and CT (computed tomography), shades with vague boundaries were observed in the right sphenoid and ethmoid sinuses, and open biopsy and decompression were performed for the lesions. After the surgery, the vision of the right eye increased, and improvement was observed in the right blepharoptosis, the pain around the eyeball, and in the limitation of motility of the extraocular muscle in the right eye. The patient was diagnosed with nasal type NK/T cell lymphoma in biopsy, and radiotherapy and chemotherapy were performed.
Biopsy ; Blepharoptosis ; Decompression ; Ethmoid Sinus ; Eye ; Humans ; Lymphoma ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Muscles ; Orbit ; Vision, Ocular

The aim of this study was to investigate the change of microbial contamination levels in the different areas and at the different time points after application of a quaternary ammonium compound (QAC) that has mechanical antimicrobial effect. The microbial contamination levels were measured in three different areas; unit chair handle, spit sink area and hand piece holder at different time points using adenosine triphosphate (ATP) monitoring system and ATP surface test kit. Hand piece holder showed the highest level of microbial contamination. In most of the clinics, QAC significantly reduced the levels of microbial contamination, and maintained antimicrobial activity for 4 to 6 months. QAC may be used effectively in dental clinics due to the duration of antimicrobial effect and the minimal exposure of chemicals and further studies are needed with large sample size.

BACKGROUND: Surgical excision and alcohol sclerotherapy have been used to treat congenital vascular malformations (CVM) with a significant success rate but the methods have also left marked morbidity. The alternative, sclerotherapy using ordinary sclerosants, although resulting in trivial complications, has a relatively low cure rate and is rarely used in Korea for CVM management. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects and side effects of sclerotherapy using ordinary sclerosants such as polidocanol (POL) and sodium tetradecyl sulfate (STS) for the treatment of CVM of a venous and lymphatic type. METHODS: To confirm the long-term effects and safety with at least a 3-year follow-up, we chose a total of 26 patients who had undergone sclerotherapy between 2000 to 2004. There were 22 venous malformations (VMs) and 4 lymphatic malformations (LMs) which were rather small and superficial, not beyond muscular fascia. Sclerotherapy using POL and STS was performed by blind intraluminal and/or intralesional injection without the aid of imaging methods such as ultrasound examination. The results were evaluated by the patients' subjective satisfaction, physical examination, comparison of photographs and/or radiological examinations, then they were classified into 4 groups; excellent (improvement >75%), good (50~75%), fair (25~49%) and poor (<25%). RESULTS: Twenty two VMs comprised 14 in the excellent group (66.7%), 6 in the good group (25.0%), 1 in the fair group (4.2%) and 1 in the poor group (4.2%). Two LMs of macrocystic type revealed excellent results but the other two showing microcystic type revealed poor results. The dose of sclerosant was 0.1 to 2 ml in every session and a total of 1 to 6 sessions (average: 2.2) were performed. Only one VM showed hyperpigmentation as a side effect. CONCLUSION: Sclerosants for ordinary varicose vein eradication can be used on the treatment of small and superficial venous malformations and macrocystic-lymphatic malformations with relative efficacy and safety.
Fascia ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Hyperpigmentation ; Injections, Intralesional ; Korea ; Physical Examination ; Polyethylene Glycols ; Sclerosing Solutions ; Sclerotherapy ; Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate ; Varicose Veins ; Vascular Malformations