The complex group of changes which occurs during the intrauterine maturation of the urinary tract gives rise to several anomalies including those of the urachus. The occurrence of patent urachus is very rare and 67 cases has been reported by world literature since 1550, first description of patent urachus by Bartholomaeus Gabriolus A brief discussion of embryology, diagnosis and treatment is included for completeness. And a case of congenital patent urachus was seen at Han Ill Hospital.
Diagnosis ; Embryology ; Urachus* ; Urinary Tract

A 68-year-old female was referred to our ophthalmologic department due to pain, redness and decreased vision of the left eye. She had saddle nose deformity and erythematous swelling and deformity on right anricle. Both eyes represented recurring conjunctival injection and chemosis, episcleral injection, and anterior uveitis on follow-up examinations. Left eye showed proptosis and limitation of eyeball movement with acute increase of IOP. The fluorescein angiography showed the choroidal folds which were seen as alternating lines of hyper- and hypofluorescence. B-scan ultrasonograms showed thickening of posterior coats of eye and retrobulbar edema, which seemed to be critical in the diagnosis of the posterior scleritis.
Aged ; Choroid ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Diagnosis ; Edema ; Exophthalmos ; Female ; Fluorescein Angiography ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Nose ; Polychondritis, Relapsing* ; Scleritis* ; Ultrasonography ; Uveitis, Anterior

A 68-year-old female was referred to our ophthalmologic department due to pain, redness and decreased vision of the left eye. She had saddle nose deformity and erythematous swelling and deformity on right anricle. Both eyes represented recurring conjunctival injection and chemosis, episcleral injection, and anterior uveitis on follow-up examinations. Left eye showed proptosis and limitation of eyeball movement with acute increase of IOP. The fluorescein angiography showed the choroidal folds which were seen as alternating lines of hyper- and hypofluorescence. B-scan ultrasonograms showed thickening of posterior coats of eye and retrobulbar edema, which seemed to be critical in the diagnosis of the posterior scleritis.
Aged ; Choroid ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Diagnosis ; Edema ; Exophthalmos ; Female ; Fluorescein Angiography ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Nose ; Polychondritis, Relapsing* ; Scleritis* ; Ultrasonography ; Uveitis, Anterior

Cyclodialysis and ciliochoroidal detachment was performed in one eye of three rabbits and in one eye of another three rabbits respectively. 0.1 ml of 10% sodium fluorescein was injected intracamerally after aspiration of aqueous humor and the eyeball was enucleated between 30 minutes and one hour after sodium fluorescein injection and prepared for fluorescence microscopy. Sodium fluorescein concentration in supraciliary space was much greater in group with cyclodialysis or ciliochoroidal detachment than in normal control group. These results suggest that in the eye with cyclodialysis, aqueous humor may gain access freely to supraciliary space through the cleft between anterior chamber and supraciliary space and then is removed rapidly and in the eye with ciliochoroidal detachment, aqueous humor may pass through uveoscleral outflow pathway.
Anterior Chamber ; Aqueous Humor* ; Fluorescein ; Microscopy, Fluorescence ; Rabbits

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Acetabulum*

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Cryptococcosis* ; Sputum*

Cyclodialysis and ciliochoroidal detachment were performed in three eyes of three rabbits and in three eyes of another three rabbits, respectively. After aspiration of the aqueous humor, 0.1 ml of 10% sodium fluorescein was injected intracamerally, and the eyeball was enucleated between 30 minutes and one hour after injection and prepared for fluorescence microscopy. Sodium fluorescein concentrations in the supraciliary space were much greater in the group with cyclodialysis or ciliochoroidal detachment than in the normal control group. These results suggest that (1) in the eye with cyclodialysis, the aqueous humor may freely gain access to the supraciliary space through the cleft between the anterior chamber and the supraciliary space and then be removed rapidly and (2) in the eye with ciliochoroidal detachment, the aqueous humor may pass through the uveoscleral outflow pathway.
Animals ; Anterior Chamber/metabolism ; Aqueous Humor/*secretion ; Choroid/metabolism/*surgery ; Ciliary Body/metabolism/*surgery ; Fluorescein ; Fluoresceins/diagnostic use ; Microscopy, Fluorescence ; Rabbits

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Aneurysm* ; Humans ; Hydrocephalus*

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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Combined esophageal variceal ligation and sclerotherapy has been hypothesized to be more effective for the control of bleeding esophageal varices than ligation alone. The present study was to compare the combined therapy with ligation alone in terms of variceal eradication, rebleeding, complication and survival rates in patients with bleeding esophageal varices. METHODS: Thirty-eight patients with bleeding esophageal varices were randomly assigned to receive ligation alone in 20 patients or the combined therapy in 18 patients. The clinical and endoscopic characteristics of patients in the ligation group were similar to those of patients in the combination group. In the combination group, 1-3 mL of ethanolamine was injected proximal to each ligated site. Treatments were repeated every 2- to 3-month until varices were eradicated. RESULTS: No significant differences were found between the ligation and combination groups in variceal eradication rates (70% vs. 72%), numbers of endoscopic sessions required to achieve eradication (3.5+/-0.33 vs. 3.3+/-0.31), rebleeding rates (30% vs. 28%) or 2-yr cumulative survival rates (95% vs. 75%). There were significantly more complications in the combination group (25% vs. 89%, p=0.001). CONCLUSION: Ligation alone is recommended rather than the combined ligation and sclerotherapy because of its lower complication rates.
Esophageal and Gastric Varices* ; Ethanolamine ; Hemorrhage* ; Humans ; Ligation* ; Sclerotherapy* ; Survival Rate ; Varicose Veins