No abstract available.
Humans ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*

Three-dimensional surgical accuracy between virtually planned and actual surgical movements of the maxilla in two-jaw orthognathic surgery.

Three-dimensional surgical accuracy between virtually planned and actual surgical movements of the maxilla in two-jaw orthognathic surgery.

Inhalation of buckwheat flour as well as ingestion of buckwheat foods induces bronchial asthma. The buckwheat flour attached to the husks used as bed pillow filling can provoke bronchial asthma in patients sensitized to buckwheat. In Korea one third of the pillows contain buckwheat husk (BH). Recently the authors examined three asthmatics who presented symptoms when exposed to house dust extract and BH-pillow extract. They had no history of asthma attack following ingestion of buckwheat foods. The possibility of mites or mite like substances in the BH-pillow extract was evaluated. There was a good correlation of skin test results between Dermatophagoides farinae (D. farinae) and BH-pillow extract. The concentrated extract of BH-pillow displayed inhibition of D. farinae radioallergosorbent test (RAST) and a dose dependent pattern RAST inhibition. The lyophilized extract of BH-clean did not show any constant feature in D. farinae RAST inhibition test. Furthermore, mites of Dematophagoides species were discovered in the contents of BH-pillows. Ten of 40 cases who tested positive to the skin test for the extract of BH-pillow manifested weakly positive to buckwheat RAST. None of them presented a previous history of buckwheat food allergy. Also we evaluated the possibility of cross-allergenicity between buckwheat and its husk. Using these results the authors concluded that there were some amounts of allergenic substance from house dust mites in the contents of BH-pillows and that the dust from these could provoke or aggravate the symptoms of asthmatics who were sensitive to house dust mites.
Adult ; Allergens/immunology* ; Asthma/etiology ; Bedding and Linens* ; Cross Reactions ; Female ; Flour* ; Human ; Male ; Mite Infestations/complications ; Triticum/immunology

"Tumor-to-tumor" metastasis is a rare event; meningioma has been reported as the most common primary intracranial tumor to harbor cancer metastases. Several hypotheses have been previously proposed to explain this occurrence, but the exact mechanism by which these metastases develop into meningiomas is not yet understood. Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy have been valuable diagnostic tools, but preoperative diagnosis of metastasis to meningioma remains highly difficult. We present a case report of a metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer into an intracranial meningioma.
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung ; Carcinoma, Small Cell ; Lung Neoplasms ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Meningioma ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Spectrum Analysis

No abstract available.
Nails*

This study examined intakes of nutrients, carotenoids and polyphenols according to lens turbidity levels among adults visiting a cataract clinic. A total of 102 males and females aged 40 years or higher agreed to participate in the study, and a face-to-face survey interview was conducted to obtain information on general characteristics, health behaviors, and dietary intakes of each participant. The dietary data were collected by a food frequency questionnaire which was previously validated in a Korean population. In addition to essential nutrients, intakes of a total of 10 carotenoids and polyphenols were calculated based on the tables of food functional composition developed by National Academy of Agricultural Science. The subjects were divided into 3 groups according to turbidity levels (< 16, > or = 16 and < 25, < or = 25), and health behaviors and dietary intakes were compared among the turbidity groups. Data showed seemingly higher energy intake and lower dietary antioxidant (i.e., vitamin A, beta-carotene, lutein, zeazanthin, lycopene, cryptozanthin) intakes in the highest turbidity group. However, no statistically significant findings were found in all the comparative analysis on characteristics of health behavior and intakes of nutrients, carotenoids and polyphenols. The current study findings should be cautiously interpreted in consideration of several limitations including a cross-sectional study design, a small sample size, uneven sample size distribution across turbidity groups, and limited generalizability due to using a convenience sample. Therefore we cannot conclude that the risk of cataract is unrelated with dietary antioxidant intakes based solely on the results of this study.
Adult ; Aged ; Antioxidants ; beta Carotene ; Carotenoids ; Cataract ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Energy Intake ; Female ; Health Behavior ; Humans ; Lutein ; Male ; Polyphenols ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Sample Size ; Vitamin A

The human microbiome is a collection of microbial species and their associated genomes that live on and in the body. Recent advances in molecular biology methods have revolutionized microbiome analysis techniques. Studies of the airway microbiome have illustrated that the paranasal sinuses are not sterile in the healthy state. Because human airways are in constant contact with the external environment and their mucosal surfaces are colonized with microorganisms, it is assumed that the local microbiota might influence immune homeostasis as well. Chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic rhinitis are the most common chronic airway diseases that yield a significant amount of socioeconomic burden. Despite the problematic nature of the diseases, a thorough understanding of their cause and pathogenesis is still lacking. At present, bacteria are believed to play a pathogenetic role in the propagation of inflammation and it is necessary to establish the relationship between the microbiome and inflammatory patterns to find their clinical reflections and also their possible causal relationship. Such investigations may elucidate the path to therapeutic approaches in correcting an imbalanced microbiome. In this review, we summarized recent typical studies dealing with the upper airway microbiome and discuss their clinical significance focusing on chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic rhinitis.
Bacteria ; Colon ; Genome ; Homeostasis ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Metagenomics ; Microbiota* ; Molecular Biology ; Paranasal Sinuses ; Rhinitis, Allergic*

No abstract available.
Humans ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic* ; Renal Veins* ; Thrombosis*