No abstract available.
Neurofibroma*

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Thanatophoric Dysplasia*

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Thanatophoric Dysplasia*

Bone materials diggd up from the Haemi nameless martyrdom holy place burial sites were severely broken into fragments of various size, clay matrix filled the bone marrow cavities, grass roots were spreaded into the periosteum and the fragments were very soft enough to be flaken. To make permanent specimens, bony fragments impregnated within unsaturated polyester resin with catalyzer MEKP, promotor 8% cobalt octoate, and UV absorber. Permanent specimens were so very transparent that all the macroscopic structures can be observed, and they were hard enough not to be broken or cracked. This method of preserving bony fragments is considered to be used in archaeologic preservation and in making teaching materials of various human organs or tissues.
Bone Marrow ; Burial* ; Cobalt ; Humans ; Methods ; Periosteum ; Poaceae ; Polyesters ; Teaching Materials

No abstract available.
Dapsone* ; Dermatitis* ; Neutrophils*

No abstract available.
Antigens, CD4*

Purpose: The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of suction drains following total hip arthroplasties, by comparing the post-operative results between the group with suction drains and the group without suction drains. Materials and Methods: Eighty-six patients, who underwent primary total hip arthroplasties from June 2001 to June 2004, were divided into two groups: group 1 (48 patients), with suction drains; and group 2 (38 patients), without suction drains. We assessed the perioperative hemoglobin and platelet levels, the amount of total blood loss, the amount of post-operative blood transfusions, post-operative ranges of motion (ROMs, at 6 weeks), wound problems, and general conditions. Results: Although the postoperative hemoglobin level was greater in group 2 than in group 1, there was no statistically significant difference. The amount of total blood loss and blood transfusions in group 1 were statistically greater than in group 2 (p<0.05). There were no statistically significant differences in the post-operative ROMs and wound complications between groups 1 and 2. Conclusion: There were no limitations of hip motion and no wound complications in the patients without suction drains after total hip arthroplasties. However, they required fewer post-operative blood transfusions than did the patients with suction drains, due to less post-operative blood loss; and the absence of a suction drain might prevent retrograde tube infections. In addition, patients without suction drains after total hip arthroplasties seemed to recover better did than those with suction drains. Therefore, suction drains might provide no benefit in total hip arthroplasties.
Arthroplasty ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip* ; Blood Platelets ; Blood Transfusion ; Hip ; Humans ; Suction* ; Wounds and Injuries

A 54-year-old male patient who was suffering from bipolar I disorder for 19 years and was admitted to the National Bugok Mental Hospital due to a depressive episode, was referred to the Kosin University Gospel Hospital. On arrival at the emergency room, he had confused mentality with disorientation, memory impairment, hypomania, marked anxiety and hyperirritability. The change of neuromuscular activity such as ataxia, gait disturbance, tremor, shivering, myoclonus and epileptic seizures was also shown. In addition, the symptoms and signs of autonomic instability including diaphoresis, tachycardia, hypotension, fever and facial flushing were noticed. The above symptoms developed after the administration of sertraline successive to the discontinuation of fluoxetine without any washout period. The degree of severity seemed to be severe because he had epileptic seizures, fever and hypotension. He was recovered from the severe serotonin syndrome by the supportive symptomatic treatment with sodium valproate, clonazepam, lorazepam and cyproheptadine after cessation of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during hospitalization. Therefore, this rare case of severe serotonin syndrome was reported and related literatures were also reviewed.
Anxiety ; Clonazepam ; Cyproheptadine ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Epilepsy ; Fever ; Fluoxetine* ; Flushing ; Gait Ataxia ; Hospitalization ; Hospitals, Psychiatric ; Humans ; Hypotension ; Lorazepam ; Male ; Memory ; Middle Aged ; Myoclonus ; Serotonin Syndrome* ; Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors ; Serotonin* ; Sertraline* ; Shivering ; Tachycardia ; Tremor ; Valproic Acid

Osteoblastoma is a rare tumor which forms osteoid and bone with highly vascular stroma, account for less than 1 percent of all bone tumors. The lesion had been though to be controlled with curettage and local excision. In recent years, osteoblastomas have been described as aggressive osteoblastoma or malignant osteoblastoma, separated from the innocuous behavior of usual osteoblastoma. It represents the histologic characteristics of the presence of epithelioid osteoblasts, trabecular rather than lace-like osteoid, low mitotic rate with no atypical form with prominent giant cells of osteoclastic type. The differential diagnosis between aggressibe osteoblastoma and osteogenic sarcoma is extremely difficult, but its peculiar histologic pattern and its different clinical and radiologic features and better prognosis are helpful. We report here a case of aggressive osteoblastoma of 17 years old female patient with 3 years and 4 months follow-up period and review the literature.
Curettage ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Giant Cells ; Humans ; Osteoblastoma ; Osteoblasts ; Osteoclasts ; Osteosarcoma ; Prognosis

The mechanical derangement, developmental anomaly, infection amd tumor should be considered as a cause of low back pain in adolescents. Disc herniation in adolescents is very rare and some of that are due to fracture of the epiphyseal ring. We report a case of fracture of the first sacral epiphyseal ring simulating disc rupture.
Adolescent ; Epiphyses ; Humans ; Low Back Pain ; Rupture