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Acetabulum*

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Ankle Fractures* ; Ankle*

Intradural lipomatosis is a rare clinical entity characterized by excessive fat deposition in the intradural space. And they occur slightly more frequently in males. It may lead compression of the spinl cord or lumbargo, radiating pain, paresthesia, intermittent claudication and if they involve the cervical and thoracic region, the patients with tumours in these regions most frequently present with a slow ascending monoparesis or paraparesis, cutaneous sensory loss and defective deep sensation. Only 3% of tumours have been reported in the thoraco-lumbar region. The diagnosis should be based on a combination of clinical, imaging, surgical, and histological findings, and especially the diagnostic procedure of choice in patients with progressive myelopathy is MRI scan as it produces accurate imaging without exposure to ionizing radiation. He was treated surgically-removal of excessive fat tissue and decompressive laminectomy. We report a case of intradural lipomatosis that we had removed by surgically.
Diagnosis ; Humans ; Intermittent Claudication ; Laminectomy ; Lipomatosis* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Paraparesis ; Paresis ; Paresthesia ; Radiation, Ionizing ; Sensation ; Spinal Cord Diseases

A study on changes of serum HDL-cholesterol level in various diseased states was performed. Diseased groups were nephrotic syndrome, liver cirrhosis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism and chronic alcoholism. Following results were obtained. 1) Compared to normal control group, levels of HDL-cholesterol in nephrotic syndrome were lower but the difference was significant statistically. 2) In liver cirrhosis, the result showed much lower levels than normal control group with high significance. 3) In both hyper-and hypothyroidism group, the levels of HDL-cholesterol were significantly lower than normal control group. 4) In chronic alcoholism, the levels were significantly higher than normal control group. 5) Except for the group of chronic alcoholism, the levels of HDL- cholesterol were higher in female groups than male groups, but was of no significance statistically.
Alcoholism ; Cholesterol ; Female ; Humans ; Hyperthyroidism ; Hypothyroidism ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Male ; Nephrotic Syndrome

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About 40% of patients suffering from postencephalitic or idiopathic parkinsonism experience distressing and ill-defined sensations. Antipsychotic-induced acute extrapyramidal syndromes (EFSs) share phenomenological, pharmacological, and biochemical characteristics with these parkinsonisms. Thus, it is conceivable that antipsychotic-induced acute EPSs may also be associated with primary sensory symptoms. The aim of this study was to test this hypothesis, first by examining the frequency and risk factors of primary sensory symptoms and then by contrasting the clinical characteristics in patients with or without antipsychotic-induced acute EFSs and in patients who did or did not report sensory symptoms. The study group comprised 107 patients who receiving antipsychotics. The authors used DSM-IV criteria and Yale Extrapyamidal Symptom Scale for acute EFSs and modified McGill Pain Questionnaire for sensory symptoms. The results were as follows: 1) Twenty-one(19.6%) of 107 patients receiving antipsychotics reported sensory symptoms. Among these 21 patients, 12(57.1%) reported paresthesia, 6(28.6%) reported pain, 3(14.3%) reported both. 2) fifteen(34%) of the 44 patients with antipsychotic-induced EFSs reported sensory symptoms, while only 6(9.5%) of the 63 patients without EFSs reported sensory symptoms(p<0.01). The severity of sensory symptoms was significantly correlated with the EPSs rating score(p=0.001). 3) In the patients with sensory symptoms, the women significantly outnumbered the men(p<0.05). Any risk factor of sensory symptoms, however, couldn't be found in age, diagnosis, and drug. The subjective response including sensory symptoms were associated with drug response, drug compliance, quality of life and prognosis. It is suggested that further systematic investigation and interest about sensory symptoms and subjective response of the acute EPSs should be needed.
Antipsychotic Agents ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group* ; Compliance ; Cross-Cultural Comparison* ; Diagnosis ; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ; Female ; Humans ; Pain Measurement ; Paresthesia ; Parkinsonian Disorders ; Prognosis ; Quality of Life ; Risk Factors ; Sensation

Multiplex Ligation dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA) to detect large deletions or duplications has been widely used as a diagnostic tool for various disease clinically. As this method requires only a small amount of template DNA and is very simple and high throughput, it has numerous advantages for the analysis of the human specimen obtained from archaeological sites. In this study we therefore tried to perform MLPA analysis for detecting any of duplications or deletions in mummy samples (n=4) from medieval Joseon tombs of Korea. Of them, we could not get any authentic data from 3 samples by MLPA method while only one case (HD2) showed the possible presence of duplications or deletions during her lifetime. Although the current report reveal that MLPA is a promising tool for anthropological study in South Korea, more studies are still needed to make up for the validity problem of commercial MLPA kit used in this study.
DNA ; Humans ; Korea* ; Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction* ; Mummies

PURPOSE: After the RS (respiratory syncytial) virus, the influenza virus is the most common cause of childhood lower respiratory tract infection. We assessed the radiologic findings of childhood lower respiratory tract infection by the influenza virus. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 105 pediatric patients (76 males and 29 females; mean age, 2.4 years) with symptoms of respiratory tract infection were examined between March 1997 and April 2000. Nasopharyngeal aspirates were obtained and influenza virus infection was confirmed by direct or indirect immunofluorescent assays. Peribronchial infiltration, hyperinflation, atelectasis, pulmonary consolidation, and hilar lymphadenopathy were evaluated retrospectively at simple chest radiography. RESULTS: Bilateral perihilar peribronchial infiltration was noted in 78.1% of patients (n=82), hyperinflation in 63.8% (n=67), atelectasis in 3.8% (n=4; segmental 50%, lobar 50%), and pulmonary consolidation in 16.2% [n=17; segmental 70.6% (n=12), lobar 29.4% (n=5)]. Hilar lymphadenopathy was noted in one patient in whom there was no pleural effusion, and subglottic airway narrowing in 12 of 14 in whom the croup symptom complex was present. CONCLUSION: The major radiologic findings of influenza virus infection were bilateral perihilar peribronchial infiltration and hyperinflation. In some patients, upper respiratory tract infection was combined with subgolttic airway narrowing. Atelectasis or pleural effusion was rare.
Croup ; Female ; Humans ; Influenza, Human* ; Lymphatic Diseases ; Male ; Orthomyxoviridae* ; Pleural Effusion ; Pulmonary Atelectasis ; Radiography ; Respiratory System* ; Respiratory Tract Infections* ; Retrospective Studies ; Thorax

Mycobacterium neoaurum is rapidly growing mycobacteria that can cause human infections. It commonly causes bloodstream infections in immunocompromised hosts, and unlike other mycobacteria species, it rarely causes pulmonary infections. We confirmed the first pulmonary infection case in Korea caused by M. neoaurum using full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Lung Diseases/*diagnosis/microbiology ; Mycobacterium/genetics/*isolation & purification ; Mycobacterium Infections/*diagnosis/microbiology ; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/genetics/isolation & purification ; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics ; Republic of Korea ; Sequence Analysis, RNA

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Acromegaly* ; Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic*