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Femur*

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1. Sixty five cases of the tumors in the eye and adnexa(one to 78 old age) were observed at the National Medical Center in Korea, between 1959 and 1961. Those are analyzed and studied from the clinical view point. 2. Fifty-two tumor cases were primary and thirteen cases were secondary. The most frequent malignant tumor was retinoblastoma(15 cases) in childhood group and cancers(11 cases) in older age group. The malignant melanoma case(1 case) was definitely few in number. 3. The most frequent origin was the eye ball(19 cases) and next the lid(12 cases). The secondary tumors camed mostly from paranasal sinuses(12 cases). 4. Among the clinical diagnostic methods, it is revealed that the X-ray tomography with air insufflation into the orbit was most reliable. 5. The visual disturbance, exophthalmos, displacement of the eye, and impaired ocular movement were the most frequently seen as the clinical symptoms and of value for diagnosis.
Diagnosis ; Exophthalmos ; Humans ; Insufflation ; Korea ; Melanoma ; Orbit ; Tomography, X-Ray

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Infectious Mononucleosis*

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Meconium* ; Peritonitis*

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Leukemia*

Labyrinthitis causes damage to inner ear structure, and in turn hearing loss and vertigo. Labyrinthitis is classified as otogenic labyrinthitis and meningogenic labyrinthitis. Otogenic labyrinthitis can be diagnosed early through otoscopic examination. However, when there are no characteristic neurologic symptoms in patients with meningogenic labyrinthitis, clinicians can overlook the underlying meningitis and this may lead to the peripheral vertigo. We encountered an unusual case of meningogenic labyrinthitis that is misdiagnosed as peripheral dizziness.
Dizziness ; Ear, Inner ; Hearing Loss ; Humans ; Labyrinthitis ; Meningitis ; Meningitis, Bacterial ; Neurologic Manifestations ; Vertigo

BACKGROUND: Although HIV is introduced relatively late into Asia, the amount of HIV-positive population has been continuously growing in this area. UNAIDS/WHO estimate that 6.5 million people are living with HIV in the Asia/Pacific region at the end of 1999. To expect the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 21st century in Korea, it is necessary to monitor the changes of the number of newly found HIV-infected individuals and their immune status by year including their epidemiological data. METHODS: We have selected 591 HIV-infected individuals whose first CD4 count was checked within 6 months from the time of diagnosis of HIV infection from 1990 to 1999. For the measurement of CD4+T and CD8+T cells, blood samples of HIV-1 infected individuals were collected into three potassium ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (K3EDTA)-treated tubes and stained within at least 24 hours after drawing and analysed by flow cytometer (FACStar or FACScount). The immune status were classified into 4 groups as follows: group I (> or =500 CD4+T cells/mm3), group II (201~499 CD4+T cells/mm3), group III (51~200 CD4+T cells/mm3), and group IV (< or =50 CD4+T cells/mm3). RESULTS: The mean of number of CD4+T cells of HIV-infected individuals at the time of HIV diagnosis was 677 cells/mm3 and the percentage of CD4+T cells was 22.5% in 1990~1991 but 350 cells/mm3 and 14.7% in 1999, respectively. The number of newly found HIV-infected individuals belong to Group III increased rapidly from 1997 to 1999. Also, the proportion of newly found HIV-infected individuals having the CD4+T cell counts of < or =50 cells/mm3 increased slowly by the time of diagnosis of HIV infection. The proportion of newly found HIV-infected individuals who were found in general hospitals increased during the second half of the 1990s. CONCLUSION: These results show that not only the number of newly found HIV-infected individuals has increased annually but also their immune status at the time of HIV diagnosis have been more depressed by the year. Therefore, we should enforce education for prevention of HIV/AIDS about general population as well as high risk groups.
Asia ; Blood Cells ; CD4 Lymphocyte Count ; Cell Count ; Diagnosis ; Education ; HIV Infections ; HIV* ; HIV-1 ; Hospitals, General ; Korea ; Potassium

Endometriosis is a relatively common disease, affecting 5-10% of women of reproductive age. But, endometriosis affecting the urinary tract is very rare entity. Involvement of urinary tract by endometriosis occurs in about 1% of women with pelvic endometriosis. Ureteral endometriosis is mostly asymptomatic for a long time, and associated with nonspecific symptoms at clinical presentation and difficult preoperative diagnosis. The involvement of the ureter is rarely intrinsic by implantation of endometrial tissue in the wall of the ureter, but rather due to external compression by adjacent endometriosis and its attendant inflammation and fibrosis. We have experienced a case of right severe hydroureteronephrosis due to ureteral stricture from endometriosis. Laparoscopic nephrectomy was done due to renal atrophy. At the same time, laparoscopic total hysterectomy with right salpingo-oophorectomy was performed because of the uterine adenomyosis and right ovarian endometrioma. So, we report that with a brief review of literatures.
Adenomyosis ; Atrophy ; Constriction, Pathologic* ; Diagnosis ; Endometriosis* ; Female ; Fibrosis ; Humans ; Hydronephrosis* ; Hysterectomy ; Inflammation ; Nephrectomy ; Ureter* ; Urinary Tract

OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to evaluate the expression of c-Met in epithelial ovarian carcinoma. METHODS: Paraffin-embedded tissues from 50 epithelial ovarian adenocarcinomas were stained immunohistochemically for c-Met expression. The expression of c-Met was correlated with clinicopathologic parameters including, histologic type, tumor size, and tumor stage. RESULTS: c-Met expression was found in 29 cases (58%) among 50 ovarian cancers. In clinicopathologic study, c-Met expression of epithelial ovarian carcinomas did not show the correlation with clinicopathologic parameters such as histologic type, tumor size and stage. CONCLUSION: c-Met expression might be a potential prognostic marker for patients with advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancers. However, larger population-based studies should be performed to determine the prognostic potential of c-Met expression in advanced ovarian carcinoma.
Adenocarcinoma ; Humans ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; Prognosis