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Histamine* ; Pruritus*

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Bacteremia* ; Humans ; Renal Dialysis*

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is a systemic disorder with cystic manifestations in the kidneys, liver, pancreas, seminal vesicles, and meninges; its noncystic manifestations affect mostly the vascular, cardiac, and connective tissues. Cardiovascular abnormalities, including mitral and aortic valvular prolapse and regurgitation and annuloaortic ectasia, have been considered important extrarenal manifestations of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. But there were no reports with dilated cardiomyopathy in patients with polycystic kidney disease yet. We have experienced a case of dilated cardiomyopathy that is associated by autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in 40 year old male patient. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed variable sizes of multiple cysts in both kidneys and echocardiography showed the marked dilatation of left ventricle and severely depressed left ventricular systolic function (ejection fraction=19%). He was treated with diuretics intravenously and orally. Then dyspnea and abdominal distension was improved. This is the first case of dilated cardiomyopathy with autosomal dominant polycystic disease in Korea.
Adult ; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* ; Cardiovascular Abnormalities ; Connective Tissue ; Dilatation ; Dilatation, Pathologic ; Diuretics ; Dyspnea ; Echocardiography ; Heart Ventricles ; Humans ; Kidney ; Korea ; Liver ; Male ; Meninges ; Pancreas ; Polycystic Kidney Diseases ; Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant* ; Prolapse ; Seminal Vesicles ; Ultrasonography

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Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory* ; Peritonitis*

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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a ubiquitous virus and its infections occur commonly after renal transplantation and immunosuppressive therapy. Early and accurate laboratory diagnosis of CMV infection in renal transplant is necessary but often difficult. To find optimal diagnostic methods for CMV infection, we compared shell vial culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blot of PCR products. A total of 301 specimens of urine, blood neutrophils, tissues, or body fluids were obtained from 75 renal transplant recipients and were submitted to shell vial culture for CMV as well as DNA PCR using primers for immediate early(IE) gene of CMV. The human fibroblast cell line (MRC-5) was used to culture CMV and were examined with immunofluorescence staining using monoclonal antibody to the early antigen of CMV. The PCR products (274 and 379 bp) were detected by gel electrophoresis and ethidium bromide staining. When PCR products were not clearly visible on electrophoresis, PCR products were analyzed by Southern blot using IE gene probe. Sixty four(85.3%) of 75 renal transplant recipients showed CMV infection as analyzed by PCR and Southern blot as well as shell vial culture. On shell vial culture, CMV were detected in 81 specimens from 30(40%) renal transplant recipients in viremic state. On PCR and Southern blot analysis CMV were detected in 55 and 26 specimens, respectively from 59 patients. The sensitivity of culture and PCR to detect CMV infection were 42.4% and 83.3%, respectively. The results of two studies were concordant in 48%. PCR and Southern blot did not detect CMV in 10 and 5 culture proven CMV positive samples, respectively. Mutant CMV were found in 3 patients which showed 5-10 bp deletion in IE gene. Moreover, DNA sequencing analysis showed 5 mutant strains among 11 strains which appeared same by PCR prodcut. These results suggest that PCR followed by Southern blot may be more sensitive, but less specific than shell vial culture in the diagnosis of CMV disease. PCR followed by Southern blot may not detect mutant CMV. Combined analysis using both shell vial culture and PCR followed by Southern blot may be necessary to diagnose CMV infection in renal transplant recipients.
Blotting, Southern ; Body Fluids ; Cell Line ; Clinical Laboratory Techniques ; Cytomegalovirus Infections* ; Cytomegalovirus* ; Diagnosis ; DNA* ; Electrophoresis ; Ethidium ; Fibroblasts ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique ; Humans ; Kidney Transplantation ; Neutrophils ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Transplantation*

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Catheterization* ; Catheters* ; Edema* ; Subclavian Vein* ; Upper Extremity*

As craniopharyngioma is histologically benign, recent trend of managing this tumor has been complete surgical removal without adding any adjuvant therapy. But because of its close relation with surrounding vital structures, total removal sometimes results in unacceptable neurologic sequelae. To avoid these serious complications various management options have been suggested. Among these, bleomycin injections into the cystic cavity have been sporadically reported with satisfactory results. The authors report a 50-year-old woman presented with visual symptoms, who was found to have a largely cystic craniopharyngioma. Because the boarder between the tumor and hypothalamus was ill defined, intracystic bleomycin injection followed by delayed surgery was scheduled. A total of 80mg bleomycin was given over the 8 days. After the treatment high fever, skin rash and mental change developed but these symptoms were gradually subsided and the cysts were shrunken with surrounding infarction. During the follow-up period, visual symptoms became rapidly worse for which surgery was undertaken. Optic nerve was severely compressed by the underlying solid tumor and overlying A1 portion of the anterior cerebral artery. The tumor was near totally removed without any vascular insult. After the operation, the patient remained drowsy and lapsed into coma 6 days later and died. CT scan just before her death showed an infarct in the right ACA and MCA territories suggesting ICA occlusion. The cause of ICA occlusion remained to be unsolved.
Anterior Cerebral Artery ; Bleomycin* ; Coma ; Craniopharyngioma* ; Exanthema ; Female ; Fever ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Hypothalamus ; Infarction ; Middle Aged ; Optic Nerve ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

We report a case of rhabdomyolysis in a 29-year-old man, presenting pain on neck and shoulder and dark urine, which developed after taking Bear's gall and swimming. Laboratory studies revealed serum creatinine 0.9 mg/dL, creatinine kinase 83,045 IU/L, serum myoglobin 794.6 ng/mL, urine myoglobin 220.2 ng/mL. Tc-99m MDP whole bone scan showed diffuse increased uptake confined to the soft tissue of upper chest. The condition resolved spontaneously when consumption of the product ceased, he was recovered with normal creatine kinase. Generally, the Bear's gall is termed gall bladder of bear dried under the air-flow, which has been applied as versatile treatment in oriental medcine. Rhabdomyolysis is a well known complication of HMG-CoA inhibitor therapy, the Bear's gall has not yet been reported as a cause of rhabdomyolysis. We postulate that the Bear's gall may result in muscle injury.
Adult ; Creatine Kinase ; Creatinine ; Humans ; Myoglobin ; Neck ; Phosphotransferases ; Rhabdomyolysis* ; Shoulder ; Swimming ; Technetium Tc 99m Medronate ; Thorax ; Urinary Bladder